Postdoctoral Positions at the University of Zaragoza (Juan de la Cierva 2019)

DEADLINE: January, 21st , 2019

The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has announced the 2018 call to support 2-year postdoctoral contracts at Universities and Public Research Institutions in Spain, within the program Juan de la Cierva, for recently granted PhDs. The contracts will start in 2019.

Types of grant

• Juan de la Cierva – Incorporación for those who obtained their PhD between 2014 and 2016.
• Juan de la Cierva – Formación for those who obtained their PhD between 2017 and 2018.

For a full text of the call (in Spanish), please follow this link.

Project Summary

The research will be focused on how GalNAc-Ts and other glycosyltransferases recognise and catalyse their protein substrates, and the implications of these processes in different diseases.

Requirements

The candidates must possess a PhD either in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmacy or Veterinary. In addition, they should have interest in structural biology.

How to apply

A CV together with two recommendation letters should be sent by e-mail to Dr. Hurtado-Guerrero (rhurtado@bifi.es) before January 21st. The CV should also contain the manuscripts published during the candidate’s PhD or postdoctoral position, as well as the final grades of her/his Degree and Master.

More information

Dr. Ramón Hurtado-Guerrero is located at the Institute of Biocomputations and Physics of Complex Systems – BIFI at the University of Zaragoza.

Most relevant publications of the group

1. de Las Rivas M, Lira-Navarrete E, Daniel EJP, Compañón I, Coelho H, Diniz A,
   Jiménez-Barbero J, Peregrina JM, Clausen H, Corzana F, Marcelo F, Jiménez-Osés G, Gerken TA, Hurtado-Guerrero R. The interdomain flexible linker of the polypeptide GalNAc transferases dictates their long-range glycosylation preferences. Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 5;8(1):1959. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02006-0.
2. Valero-González J, Leonhard-Melief C, Lira-Navarrete E, Jiménez-Osés G,
   Hernández-Ruiz C, Pallarés MC, Yruela I, Vasudevan D, Lostao A, Corzana F, Takeuchi H, Haltiwanger RS, Hurtado-Guerrero R. A proactive role of water molecules in acceptor recognition by protein O-fucosyltransferase 2. Nat Chem Biol. 2016 Apr;12(4):240-6. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.2019.