Ph.D. Position Filled

DESCRIPTION:

Part of the Marie Curie Innovative Training Network ES-Cat, aimed at directed protein evolution for synthetic biology and biocatalysis. The project is an EU-funded collaboration between European laboratories working on protein engineering: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/hollfelder/Research/es-cat. We are seeking a motivated student for a Ph.D. in the Loschmidt Laboratories at the Masaryk University and International Centre For Clinical Research, Brno, Czech Republic: http://loschmidt.chemi.muni.cz/peg.

RESEARCH TOPICS:

• protein engineering, directed evolution, mechanistic enzymology
• software engineering: Caver, Hotspot Wizard, PredictSNP, FireProt

PROFILE OF CANDIDATE:

• experience in protein OR software engineering
• high motivation and enthusiasm
• basic molecular biology OR programming in JAVA
• proficiency in English language

APPLICATIONS:

• Curriculum Vitae
• cover letter describing motivation and previous experience
• two letters of recommendation
• send application to Kristina Chuda at kristina.chuda@fnusa.cz