A Post-doctoral position is available in the laboratory of Uwe Sauer, at
the
Structural Biology Unit, Dept. of Chemistry, Umea University, Sweden

Deadline for applications: March 31, 2009
Start date: the position is immediately available
Duration: 2 years

Applications are invited for a two year post-doctoral position with
immediate start in the laboratory of Uwe Sauer. The lab is part of the
newly established structural biology unit at the Dept. of Chemistry at
Umea University, Sweden.

The ideal candidate should be a highly motivated, skilled protein X-ray
crystallographer, with experience in protein biochemistry and an interest
in mass-spectrometry and bioinformatics and should enjoy working in an
international, cooperative group.

Project:
"Medium throughput structure determination of luminal chloroplast proteins"
The chloroplasts are the powerhouse of the plant cell. Comprised within the
luminal chloroplast proteome are ensembles of very specific proteins such
as the large family of PsbP domain proteins. The function of many of these
proteins is still unknown and remains to be elucidated. Of particular
interest are those proteins found in the thylakoid network which are
involved in oxygenic photosynthesis. In order to shine light on some of
these proteins, we set out to establish a medium-through-put structural
genomics pipeline for the ~80 soluble proteins found in the luminal
compartment of the thylakoid network.

The successful applicant will be part of a team involved in setting up
the pipeline for the production, crystallization, X-ray data collection
and structure determination.
The biochemical and mass-spectrometric analysis of these proteins will be
carried out in close collaboration with the laboratory of Wolfgang Schröder
at the Dept. of Chemsitry, Umea University.

The Dept. of Chemistry and the Chemical Biology Centre, KBC, at Umea
University provide an international, open and highly collaborative setting
for stimulating scientific interactions, including the renowned Umea Plant
Science Centre.
In addition, Umea provides ideal opportunities for sports and out-door
enthusiast. Only a stone cast away from the KBC building is Europe’s
largest indoor training facility, IKSU, and hiking, jogging and cross-
country skiing tracks start right outside the KBC-building.

Please send your CV, list of publications, a summary of research experience
and interests, and names and contacts of two references to the address
below. For additional information or informal inquiries, please contact
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Umea university is an equal opportunity employer.

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Dr. Uwe Sauer, assoc. Professor
BioCrystallography & BioInformatics
Department of Chemistry, Centre for Chemical Biology, KBC
Computational Life Science Cluster, CLiC
Umea University Linnaeus vag 6, SE-901 87 Umea, Sweden
Tel: +46-(0)90-786-5930
FAX: +46-(0)90-786-5944
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URL: http://soul.ucmp.umu.se/~ucmp/uhs/




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Dr. Uwe Sauer, assoc. prof.
BioCrystallography & BioInformatics
Department of Chemistry,
Centre for Chemical Biology, KBC
Computational Life Science Cluster, CLiC
Umea University
Linnaeus vag 6, SE-901 87 Umea, Sweden
Tel: +46-(0)90-786-5930
FAX: +46-(0)90-786-5944
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://soul.ucmp.umu.se/~ucmp/uhs/