Dear All
This current vacancy may be of interest to final
year PhD or recently postdoctoral researchers.
Best wishes
Peter Leadlay
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Professor Peter Leadlay, University of Cambridge,
Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
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HERCHEL SMITH POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN
BIOCHEMISTRY(Structural Biology /Biosynthesis),
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
This post is one of nine research fellowships
being advertised in the 20th December 2007 issue
of Nature, as well as on jobs.ac.uk. The closing
date has been set for applications as 17th
January. For this particular post, the Herchel
Smith Fellow will be expected to carry out
his/her independent laboratory-based research
programme within the Department of Biochemistry
and accommodated within the laboratory space of
the Herchel Smith Professor of Biochemistry,
Professor Peter Leadlay FRS.
The successful applicant will be expected to work
on some aspect of the biosynthesis and
biochemistry of antibiotic natural products,
especially polyketides, i.e. within the general
field of Antibiotic Biosynthesis.
Applications are particularly encouraged from
candidates wishing to study structure-activity
relationships of key biosynthetic enzymes
including use of X-ray crystallography and other
biophysical approaches for structural analysis.
However, the area of research within which the
appointment will be made also includes the
molecular microbiology and genetics of
actinomycetes; the elucidation of novel
biosynthetic pathways and their regulation; the
engineering of pathways for overproduction of
specific metabolites and for production of novel,
potentially clinically useful metabolites, using
either knowledge-based approaches or directed
evolution; and studies to determine novel
cellular targets and mechanisms of action of
natural products.
Those interested in applying are encouraged to
visit the Department's website at
http//www.gen.cam.ac.uk as well as that of the
School of the Biological Sciences at
http//www.bio.cam.ac.uk, and the Leadlay website
at http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/~pflgroup/index.html.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor
Leadlay at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or, on
practical aspects of the Scheme, to Jürgen Wastl
,Administrative Officer (RAE) Academic Division,
University of Cambridge,
The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TT
"Juergen Wastl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
