Postdoc: Nanopore Sensing & Hybrid Device Innovation

1000scholars; Groningen; On-site; EUR 47,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

End-of-year bonus 8.3%

Holiday allowance 8%

Extensive professional development

Job summary

The Maglia lab at the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB) seeks a postdoctoral researcher to lead Groningen’s contribution to a strategic consortium.

You will engineer and characterize biological nanopores for single-molecule sensing and collaborate with VUB-VIB and IMEC to integrate de novo-designed pores into functional platforms, contributing to publications and supervision.

Qualifications

• PhD in relevant field completed or nearing completion.
• Experience with protein engineering, expression and purification.
• Experience with single-molecule biophysical techniques is highly desirable.
• Strong publication record for career stage.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and characterize biological nanopores for protein/peptide sensing.
• Collaborate with VUB-VIB to test de novo-designed nanopores for single-molecule sensing.
• Collaborate with imec to integrate biological nanopores with solid-state platforms.
• Design and perform single-molecule experiments (electrical recordings, possibly optical readouts).
• Contribute to project management and reporting to funding bodies; engage with industry.
• Publish findings and supervise PhD students and junior lab members.

Skills

Protein engineering

Single-molecule biophysics

Membrane proteins & nanopores

Scientific output

Education

PhD in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, or Bionanotechnology

Job description

The Maglia lab at the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB) seeks a postdoctoral researcher to lead Groningen’s contribution to a strategic consortium.

You will engineer and characterize biological nanopores for single-molecule sensing and collaborate with VUB-VIB and IMEC to integrate de novo-designed pores into functional platforms, contributing to publications and supervision.