Three years Post-Doc Position (m/f/d) – Directed Enzyme Evolution to Detoxify Mycotoxins

Applications for a Postdoctoral Associate Position (m/f/d) in the group of Jun.-Prof. Martin Weissenborn are invited. The Weissenborn lab is an independent junior research group at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle (Saale), Germany, a member of the Leibniz Association and foundation under public law, located on the Weinberg-Campus of the Martin Luther University (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg. The Weissenborn group is part of the Leibniz Research Cluster.
Motivation: We want to engineer enzymes for environmental purposes. 30–70 % of all agricultural products have to be discarded due to contaminations by mycotoxins. Enzymes shall be developed using directed evolution (Nobel Prize 2018) within this project, which specifically modify and hence detoxify these mycotoxins. The project is highly interdisciplinary involving a veterinarian, an organic chemist and an industry partner.
Who should apply: We are looking for proactive, innovative and independent working style. The PhD-thesis should be finalised and should preferably have centred on directed evolution, biochemistry, organic chemistry, high throughput analysis or comparable topics.
What we offer: It is a full-time position (100 %, TV-L 13) starting 1st of July. Salary and social benefits are according to the German Public Service regulation (TV-L). You will have the possibility to develop yourself in a young group and motivating group atmosphere with many new techniques in an inspiring research environment and outstanding equipment/fa-cilities at the Leibniz-Institute and the University. You will find flat hierarchies as well as regular feedback from the group leader.
Location: Halle is a beautiful small city (240.000 inhabitants) one hour away from Berlin and 30 min from Leipzig. Due to the central location in Germany and excellent connection to the high-speed train network, you are very quickly in most areas of Germany (Frankfurt 3 hours, Hamburg 3.5 hours, Munich 3 hours) and due to the airport (Halle/Leipzig) in Eu-rope.
How to apply: For questions please contact martin.weissenborn@ipb-halle.de (+49-345-55821700). If you are interested to work at the distinguished Leibniz-Institute then please apply until the 17th of May 2020. Applications must include a motivation letter, a CV with university transcripts (degrees and grades), and the names and addresses of at least two references. Please email applications quoting reference number 4/2020 as a single pdf document to bewerbungen@ipb-halle.de.
Please notice our data protection information for applicants (m/f/d) according to Article 13 and 14 GDPR concerning data protection processing in the application process:
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