Go!RNA Structural Biology Group

Open positions

We are recruiting - see offers below!

JPIAMR "FunHitDisco" project of Dr Maria Klimecka

PhD studentship in structural biology for antifungal drug discovery - Searching for new compound classes and under-explored fungal protein targets

  • 1 PhD student - offer in PDF. Please note that the latest start is October 2025, but an earlier start is possible.

    SONATA BIS project of Dr Katarzyna Bandyra

  • 1 PhD student - offer in PDF

FIRST TEAM FENG project of Dr Katarzyna Bandyra

  • 1 Postdoctoral researcher - offer in PDF (call renewed)
  • 2 MSc students - to be announced

Independent funding for incoming researchers

We welcome applications for external funding with our laboratory as the host for incoming researchers. We invite independently funded applicants to develop a synergistic research programme in any area overlapping with our interests: structural biology, RNA metabolism, innate immunity, bacterial PROTACs, mitochondrial biology. We have experience hosting independent research fellows.

The National Academic Exchange Agency (NAWA) has a variety of programmes from students to senior researchers.

And don't forget MSCA Postdocs programme (the call closes annually around mid-September) and EMBO Fellowship (applications accepted all year).

Prospective PhD students can obtain 4-year funding by applying to the University of Warsaw Doctoral School - if you intend to do so, please let us know in advance so we can register a project on time (for example, to start PhD studies from October 2024, you need to enter the application call by mid-June 2024).

Results of closed competition calls:

PhD student position in the WEAVE UNISONO project of Dr Maria Górna #2022/04/Y/NZ1/00114

  • 2024.05.13 in the committee meeting we selected Mr Dawid Dzadz for the position of PhD student in WEAVE project (PDF)

PhD student position in the OPUS project of Dr Maria Górna #2021/41/B/NZ2/02708 (PL|EN)

  • 2023.04.13 in the committee meeting we selected Mr Jakub Kowalski for the position of PhD student in OPUS Project.


For all other positions:

We are always interested in qualified and highly motivated students and postdocs.

To apply for a position, please contact us with your CV, a statement of your research interests, a signed consent clause (below), describe the motivation for joining our laboratory, and arrange recommendation letters to be sent via email.

Students looking for thesis projects can find past and putative topics in the teaching section.

Candidates from abroad can find useful information about Warsaw and our University on the Welcome Point and HR office websites.

The list of interns hosted so far by our laboratory can be found at the bottom of the teaching section.

When applying, please include the following clause of consent (either in English or in Polish) in your application (e.g. CV):

Clause of consent

I agree to the processing of personal data provided in my application (CV, cover letter, and other submitted documents) by the University of Warsaw for realising my recruitment process. (Please sign and date the consent)

Wyrażam zgodę na przetwarzanie moich danych osobowych zawartych w mojej aplikacji (CV, liście motywacyjnym oraz innych załączonych dokumentach) przez Uniwersytet Warszawski w celu mojego udziału w procesie rekrutacji. (data i podpis)

Information clause (more details can be found here):

Pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), University of Warsaw hereby informs:

  1. The Controller of your personal data is the University of Warsaw with its registered office at Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa;
  2. The Controller has designated the Data Protection Officer who supervises the processing of personal data, and who can be contacted via the following e-mail address: iod@adm.uw.edu.pl;
  3. Your personal data will be processed for the purpose of carrying out a recruitment process and selecting an employee (or a student) and concluding a contract for employment (or studentship) at the University of Warsaw;
  4. The provided data will be processed pursuant to Article 221 § 1 of the Act of 26 June 1974 Labor Code (uniformed text: Dz.U. of 2018, item 917) and your consent for processing of personal data;
  5. Provision of data in the scope stipulated in the Labor Code is mandatory, and the remaining data are processed according to your consent for processing of personal data;
  6. The data will not be shared with any external entities;
  7. The data will be stored until you withdraw your consent for processing of personal data;
  8. You have the right to access your personal data, to rectify, erase them, restrict their processing, object to processing, and to withdraw the consent at any time;
  9. You have the right to lodge a complaint to the President of the Office for the Protection of Personal Data