Postdoctoral Training Fellow
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.
A Cancer Research UK-funded Postdoctoral position is available in the
laboratory of Professor Laurence Pearl FRS 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,
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 in this field
can be found by searching PubMed and via our Home Page http://www.icr.ac.uk/structbi/
The starting salary for the positions will be in the range £26,966 to
£37,476 p.a. inclusive (based on previous post-doctoral experience)
and the posts are offered initially on a fixed term contract from 1st
January 2010 until end of September 2012. Informal enquiries to [email protected]
To apply, please send a copy of your CV, including the names and
addresses of two referees, by E-mail to [email protected] or by
post to the HR Office, The Institute of Cancer Research, 123 Old
Brompton Road, London SW7 3RP, quoting reference C304. For a job
description and person specification please visit our website at: www.icr.ac.uk/jobs.html
Alternatively, you may call our 24 hr recruitment line on 020 7153
5475.
Closing date: 23rd November 2009
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Laurence H. Pearl PhD FMedSci FRS
Professor of Protein Crystallography and Section Co-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 : E-Mail [email protected]
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