Postdoctoral Position in Biochemistry or Biophysics, Canada 3222 views

2 Postdoctoral Position in Biochemistry at the Structural Biology and Drug Discovery Lab, University of Alberta.

Project description: 

• Study ligand recognition mechanisms focused on microbial, viral and oncology targets including kinases, phosphatases and membrane-associated protein domains. Available resources include 800 and 600 MHz NMR and X-ray diffraction systems, protein expression lab and drug discovery infrastructure. The posts are funded by the Campus Alberta Innovates Program and are available from autumn 2015.

Criteria include:

• PhD degree in biology, biochemistry or biophysics or PhD thesis in active preparation
• Experience in heteronuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography or cryo-EM based analysis of proteins,
• Computational skills in software for protein structure determination and analysis,

Application Process:

Forward your CV and contact information for three references to:

Michael Overduin,

Department of Biochemistry,

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry,

474 Medical Sciences Building

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada T6G 2H7

overduin@ualberta.ca

T: 780 492-0383 (+1 if outside Canada)

Last date: Position open until filled.