University assistant predoctoral

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University assistant predoctoral

52 Faculty of Chemistry

Job vacancy starting: 12/15/2024 | Working hours: 30,00 | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)

Limited contract until: 12/14/2028

Job ID: 3228

The Department of Biological Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry announces a 4-year position for a university assistant (prae-doc) on the topic of developing chemical tools for investigating microbial interactions (research group Microbial Biochemistry, Böttcher lab). Our research group is currently looking for highly talented and highly motivated PhD students (prae-doc) with a strong background in Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and/or Pharmacology, and/or Microbiology to join our Microbial Biochemistry Research Group at the University of Vienna. Our vision is to develop customized chemical tools to selectively target viability, virulence and behavior of individual species in a complex microbiome which would open the possibility of chemical microbiome engineering in the future.

Explore and teach at the University of Vienna, where more than 7,500 academics thrive on curiosity in continuous exploration and help us better understand our world. Does this sound like you? Then join our accomplished team!

As a university assistant prae doc, you will complement/complete the research team around exploring chemical strategies for the customized modulation of bacterial population behavior with the goal of selectively interfering and controlling growth, motility, virulence and species interactions of human pathogens and commensals. You will also take over tasks such as investigating the chemical interactions of commensal and pathogenic bacteria as well as the chemistry of microbe-human interactions and aim to exploit the potential of the privileged structures of natural products by synthetic organic chemistry.

What makes us special as a team is that we hereby focus mainly on novel anti-infective compounds including inhibitors of virulence and specific pathogenesis-associated targets as well as species selective antibiotics.

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• You are involved in research projects and scientific studies on the aforementioned topics with the possibility of writing a dissertation.
• Design and synthesis of chemical probes.
• Application of probes for labeling microbial targets.
• Biological assay development.
• Target identification and/or natural product isolation and inhibitor discovery
• We expect you to finalize your dissertation agreement within 12-18 months.
• You work on your dissertation and its completion.
• You hold courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
• You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.
• Preparation of research reports, manuscripts for publications and oral presentations.
• Supervision and training of students and staff members.

• Completed Master's degree or Diploma, in the field of chemistry, life sciences, biochemistry, molecular biology pharmacology, microbiology, or similar.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.
• Very good organization skills, precision and diligence in laboratory work.
• Highest level of motivation.
• Excellent teamwork skills.

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours and can partially work remotely.

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 3578,80 (on a full-time basis) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

The employment duration is 4 years. Initially limited to 1.5 years, the employment relationship is automatically extended to 4 years if the employer does not terminate it within the first 12 months by submitting a non-extension declaration.

• With your academic curriculum vitae
• With your letter of motivation including research interests / ideas for a prospective doctoral project proposal (max. 2 p.)
• Master Degree / Diploma
• At least two references
• Via our job portal/ Apply now - button

Thomas Böttcher

thomas.boettcher@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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​Application deadline: 12/09/2024