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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Structural Biology of Hsp90 complexes (Fixed term) Ref 143
School of Life Sciences - Genome Damage and Stability Centre
Fixed term for 3 years, full time.
Salary range: starting at £31,342 and rising to £37,394 per annum.
Closing date for applications: 31 May 2015
Description
The School of Life Sciences is at the forefront of research in the biological sciences in the UK, coming in the top 10 in the REF 2014.
A Wellcome Trust-funded postdoctoral position is available immediately in the laboratory of Professor Laurence Pearl FRS (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/pearllab/) in the MRC Genome Damage and Stability Centre at Sussex University, to study the structural basis for client protein recruitment and activation by the Hsp90 molecular chaperone system. We are very well equipped for all aspects of modern structural biology, with state-of-the-art laboratories for molecular biology, recombinant expression in bacterial and eukaryotic systems, biochemistry, biophysics and X-ray crystallography. Excellent synchrotron access (~2 days/month) is available through rolling beam allocation programmes at Diamond and ESRF.
Applicants must have a PhD, and experience in recombinant expression and protein purification. Experience of crystallisation and X-ray crystallography and/or single particle electron microscopy would be an advantage. Information on our previous work in this field can be found at by searching PubMed (pearl [au] and hsp90).
The postholder will be responsible for expression, purification, crystallization and structural analysis of protein complexes involving Hsp90, co-chaperones and client proteins that depend on Hsp90 for their biological function.
Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Pearl [log in to unmask].
The School is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and currently holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award. Applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in science and engineering at Sussex. The School of Life Sciences welcomes applications to academic posts from candidates who wish to work part-time or as job-sharers.
The University offers various schemes to provide real benefits to parents, these can be found athttp://www.sussex.ac.uk/humanresources/personnel/familyfriendlypolicies
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Application
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