Background in biochemistry, chemistry, material sciences and an interest in the inter-disciplinar field of combining inorganic and photo-active or electro-active material with proteins. The candidate should be prepared to be challenged with learning different techniques spanning from biology to chemistry and technological application.Enthusiasm and curiosity for cutting-edge techniques and approaches to research are also useful. The work will also imply using glove-boxes and requires a good degree of precision and dedication, with time-consuming experiments.

The DBIOS biochemistry group, led by prof, Gianfranco Gilardi (https://www.Biochemistry-scienze.Unito.It/), is providing expertise in enzyme-based and microbial biocatalysts and industrial biotechnology processes. The research has a strong drive to exploitation for industrial competitiveness and improving society. Facilities: molecular biology and protein expression (2 x10 L fermenters, shakers) and purification (Akta and LC chromatography), 2D electrophoresis, HPLC, gas-chromatography, UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism, 3 glove-boxes, diode array stopped flow, electrochemistry, Grazing angle FT-IR, contact angle, GPC-UV.