PhD position in molecular biosciences, Science Institute, School of Engineering and Natural…

The Department of Biochemistry, University of Iceland, invites applications for a research position in molecular biosciences towards a PhD degree.

The successful candidate will join the research group led by Dr. Pétur O. Heiðarsson (heidarsson.hi.is ), working on understanding the interactions of pioneer transcription factors with chromatin and their link to cell reprogramming mechanisms. The successful candidate will use cutting-edge single-molecule spectroscopy and microscopy as a core technique to investigate transcription factors operating on a dynamic nucleoprotein landscape, in vitro and in vivo. This project, which is funded with a grant from the European Research Council (ERC), is a multi-national collaboration with research groups in Europe, USA, and Australia, and offers the candidate a possibility for short research visits abroad.

The work will mainly take place in the newly established Protein Science Core facility in Askja- Building of Natural Sciences, a research unit within the Science Institute, located in the heart of the Science Gardens in Reykjavík. Our infrastructure includes protein expression and purification facilities, structural and functional analysis, and a MicroTime 200 confocal microscope capable of single-molecule detection. The Protein Science Core is affiliated with the Biomedical Center (lifvisindi.hi.is) linking it to diverse bioscience research, including over 70 PIs and 100 graduate students and postdocs.