Postdoctoral Fellowship: Structures of Proteins Involved in Cancer Metastasis at EMBL, Germany

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is one of the highest ranked scientific research organisations in the world. The Headquarters Laboratory is located in Heidelberg (Germany), with additional sites in Grenoble (France), Hamburg (Germany), Hinxton (UK) and Monterotondo (Italy)

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Organization	European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Fellowship Level	Postdoctoral
Country	Germany
Subject areas	Cell and Molecular Biology
Fellowship amount	Varies
Eligibility	PhD
Deadline	28 March 2016
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About the Program

The project investigates proteins that are key regulators and markers in cancer metastasis, in collaboration with the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. The principle goal of this project is to elucidate the structures of those proteins, in the presence of top scoring interaction partners, followed by a structure-based functional characterization. Our data will feed into translational research to target the protein by anti-tumor compounds.

Subject areas

Protein Chemistry
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Structural Biology

Requirements

PhD in a relevant field.
Record of scientific accomplishments, international experience, scientific ambition.
Excellent communication skills.
Previously demonstrated expertise in protein chemistry (molecular biology, heterologous expression, protein purification), biochemistry (protein-ligand interaction, cell-based assays) or biophysics (spectroscopy, scattering methods), and structural biology (X-ray crystallography, possibly other complementary methods) are essential.
Working experience with intrinsically disordered proteins would be highly desirable.