Postdoctoral position: Chemical Biology 2136 views

The Department of Systemic Cell Biology (Prof. Dr. Bastiaens) at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology is offering a postdoctoral position in chemical biology to work in an interdisciplinary team of biochemists and physicists towards reconstituting out-of-equilibrium life-like systems from catalysts and self-organizing biochemical and chemical building blocks. The position is available immediately and is limited to 2 years with the possibility of extension.

Requirements:

• Applicant must be enthusiastic, inquisitive and creative team player with a PhD in chemical biology.
• Candidate should have extensive experience with protein (bio)chemistry, enzymology and chemical modification of proteins.
• Candidate should have a keen interest in understanding (bio)chemical reaction dynamics in complex mixtures.
• Candidate has also experience in lipid (bio)chemistry, microfluidics and has good knowledge about advanced microscopic imaging technologies.

Applications:

Applications should be sent to Dr. Astrid Krämer, email: astrid.kraemer@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de in digital form (as PDF) and include the following:

• Cover letter
• Recent CV
• Copies of certificates
• Two names of reference