Pursuant to § 7 sections 1 and 3 of Resolution No. 91/IX/2021 of the Senate of the Jagiellonian University of 29 September 2021 on the rules of recruitment for the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences at the Jagiellonian University in the academic year 2022/2023, the Director of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences announces a competition for 1 doctoral student with a scholarship financed from the research project funds as part of the Biomedical Sciences PhD study programme.
Within the OPUS22 project entitled: ”Is the loss of plant resistance to toxic metals associated with seed microbiome?”, a commission set up at the School will conduct recruitment for the Biomedical Sciences PhD study programme.
The project manager, Rafał Ważny, PhD offers an opportunity to complete the doctorate in the area of biological sciences.
After the interviews and the evaluation of the candidates, the Chairman of the committee presents a report to the Director containing a list of candidates recommended for admission to the school as part of the research project.
Project description:
The main objective of the project is to evaluate the role of the abiotic environment, toxic metals in particular on plant vegetation in terms of the effect of metal toxicity on the biodiversity of seed-borne beneficial microbiota. The following research problems are aimed to be solved in the project:
- identification of the fungal and bacterial endophyte diversity of seeds of A. arenosa from populations inhabiting polluted and not polluted environments;
- evaluation of the effect of metal toxicity on seed-borne microorganisms diversity and microorganism vertical transmission;
- investigation of the mechanisms by which the seed microbiome (fungal and bacterial endophytes) increase plant resistance to the toxic metal-enriched environment.
Candidate’s profile:
- required knowledge in the field of molecular biology, biotechnology, microbiology and fungal ecology;
- ability to design and perform the experiments;
- experience with basic techniques used in microbiology (microorganisms isolation and identification), molecular biology (nucleic acids extraction, gene expression analysis, genomic libraries preparation for NGS) and light microscopy;
- basic knowledge of statistical methods used in biology;
- communicative English;
- experience in public presentation of research results;
- good communication skills.
Schedule of the competition:
- Start of registration: 01.09.2022
- End of registration: 09.09.2022, noon
- Entry exam: 20-21.09.2022
- Committee meeting - no later than: 21.09.2022
- Exam results: 26.09.2022
- Entries to the Doctoral School: 27-29.09.2022
- Entries to the Doctoral School - reserve list: 30.09.2022
Detailed terms and procedures of admission - tailored to the specific PhD study programme according to the current Recruitment rules for the specific academic year:
Please send your application documents to the project manager Rafał Ważny at: (e-mail) rafal.wazny@uj.edu.pl and upload them into the Online Application System (irk.uj.edu.pl).
Documents required for entry within PhD study programme Biomedical Sciences:
- the original OAS application printed out from the system, containing a photograph;
- a photocopy and the original for inspection of: a diploma or other document of graduation of a higher education institution abroad entitling the holder to undertake education in order to obtain the degree of doctor in which it was issued, recognized as equivalent to the relevant Polish master's diploma, and if, by the date of entry, the candidate does not yet hold a master's diploma document, a certificate issued by the higher education institution confirming that the candidate has passed the diploma examination, containing information on the right to take up education in order to obtain the degree of doctor in whose system the institution operates, with the grades given from the diploma examination, from the diploma thesis and on the diploma (for graduates of the second degree studies also a certificate containing these grades from the completed first degree studies);
- a photocopy and the original for inspection: a diploma supplement;
- for inspection: identity document (passport in case of foreigners);
- originals of all other documents provided at the registration stage in the form of a scan.
In the event of exposure to harmful, noxious or hazardous factors, the applicant will, at the time of registration, be referred for a medical examination by an occupational medicine physician. The candidate shall be obliged to deliver, within the time limit set by the programme manager, a medical certificate confirming the absence of contraindications to take up education (applies only to some PhD study programmes).
Higher education diplomas awarded abroad should:
- bear an apostille clause if the issuing country is covered by the Convention abolishing the requirement legalisation for foreign public documents, done at The Hague on 5 October 1961 (Journal of Laws of 2005, No. 112, item 938) or
- be subjected to legalisation, in other cases.
Any document submitted in a language other than Polish or English must be accompanied by a certified translation into Polish or English.
Insurance:
Each doctoral student, including a foreigner, admitted to the doctoral school is obligatorily subject to health insurance if he/she is not covered by such insurance on other grounds (e.g. employment relationship, contract of mandate, business activity, insured as a family member under 26 years of age, as the spouse of an insured person). The health insurance contribution is paid by the Jagiellonian University and is financed from the State budget. In addition, a doctoral student receiving a doctoral scholarship is subject to compulsory retirement and disability insurance and accident insurance.
IMPORTANT:
A person admitted to the doctoral school begins education and acquires doctoral student rights upon taking the oath. The Department of Personal Affairs reports each doctoral student admitted to the School to compulsory health and social insurance at the commencement of education. Until that time foreign candidates are obliged to cover the costs of insurance for the time of travel, treatment, etc. individually.
