Postdoctoral Training Fellows
Structural Biology of DNA Damage Signalling and Repair
Cancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzyme Group
Section of Structural Biology
The Institute of Cancer Research
Chester Beatty Laboratories
Chelsea, London
The Institute of Cancer Research is one of the world's leading cancer research organisations and is internationally renowned for the quality of its science. Our mission is the relief of human suffering by pursuing excellence in the fight against cancer.
Two Cancer Research UK-funded Postdoctoral positions are available in Professor Laurence Pearl’s group in the Section of Structural Biology, to study the structural basis for specificity and assembly of proteins and complexes involved in recognition, signalling and repair of DNA damage. The Section is exceptionally well equipped for all aspects of modern structural biology, with state-of-the-art laboratories for molecular biology, biochemistry, X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy.
Applicants must have a PhD in a biological science, and experience in recombinant expression and protein purification, and crystallisation and X-ray crystallography and/or single particle electron microscopy.
Information on our previous work can be found by searching PubMed and via our Home Page:
http://www.icr.ac.uk/research/research_sections/structural_biology/index.shtml
The starting salary for the positions will be in the range £29,256 to £33,845 p.a. inclusive (based on previous post-doctoral experience) and the posts are offered initially on a fixed term contract of up to 3 years.
Informal enquiries are welcome and can be made to Prof. Laurence Pearl ([log in to unmask]). Please note * this address is for enquiries only and CVs must be submitted in line with the instructions below.
For further particulars and details of how to apply, please visit our website at www.icr.ac.uk Alternatively, you may call our 24 hour recruitment line on 020 7153 5475 quoting reference number C161.
Closing date: Friday 22 August 2008
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Laurence H. Pearl PhD FRS FMedSci
Professor of Protein Crystallography and Section Chairman
Section of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research
Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
Phone +44-(0)20 7153 5422 : Secretary +44-(0)20 7153 5443 : FAX +44-(0)20 7153 5457
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