2 year Postdoctoral Position: Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics 1571 views

The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics is an international research institute focused on cell and developmental biology and is offering a 2 year Postdoctoral Position for a collaborative project between the groups of Marc Timme (Chair of Network Dynamics, TU Dresden) and Dora Tang (Dynamic Protocellular Systems, MPI-CBG).

About the project:

• This project lies between bottom up synthetic biology, biophysics, theory and biology. It involves utilizing and developing interdisciplinary methodologies for integrating out of equilibrium processes in artificial cellular platforms.
• The aim to obtain quantitative models for understanding how compartmentalization affects reaction dynamics within biological systems.

Requirements:

• Applicants should be ambitious, highly motivated, independent and creative with expertise in Chemical or Bio-Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Materials Chemistry, and Dynamical Systems or Statistical Physics.
• Applicant should be an experimentalist who is excited by working across disciplines with a strong interest in quantitative analysis and interacting closely with theoreticians.
• Experience in optogenetics, protein expression, purification and reconstitution, protocellular models, microfluidics, enzyme catalysis, are preferred.

Applications:

• Application to be sent via online application system stating 2019-PostDoc-2340 with CV including the contacts of 3 researchers who can be approached for reference letters and one page motivation letter outlining prior experience and future plans.