Dear group members, I would like to bring the following opening to your attention:
ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: 2 years Post-doctoral position in structural parasitology in Stockholm, Sweden DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 25 Mars 2011 or until position filled TYPE OF POSITION: Post-doc AFFILIATION INSTITUTION/DEPARTMENT: Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM), Department of Medicine, F59 Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 16933 Stockholm. LOCALIZATION OF THE ACHOUR LABORATORY: Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Nobelsvägen 13, Karolinska Institute, 171 77 Stockholm. CONTACT PERSON: Adnane Achour, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. e-mail address: [email protected], Phone: +46-8-5248 6216, Fax: +46-8-30 42 76, website: http://www.medhs.ki.se/cim/ DESCRIPTION/REQUIREMENTS: A post-doctoral position is available for an enthusiastic individual for a period of at least two years within the laboratory of Assoc. Prof. Adnane Achour at the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM), Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. The candidate should be a good team-player, with excellent knowledge of X-ray crystallography and biochemistry. She/he will be responsible for the expression, purification, crystallization and structural analysis of proteins that are involved in cytoadherence and sequestration of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes. The prime targets of this project are several domains of the PfEMP1 variant antigen. Determination of crystallization conditions as well as the determination and interpretation of three-dimensional structures of several of these proteins, alone and in complex with ligands, should be undertaken by the candidate in close collaboration with other members of the research groups. The Achour structural biology research group at CIM is 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 is available at BESSY and ESRF. Applicants must have a PhD, and experience in recombinant expression, protein purification, crystallization and X-ray crystallography. Information on our previous work in this field can be found by searching PubMed and via the CIM website APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The application should include a personal motivation letter, a CV (including in particular any experience relevant to the position announced) as well as the names and contact details of 2 references. The applicants should also submit a list of publications and submitted manuscripts. Adnane Achour, Associate Professor fax:+46-8-30 42 76 tel;work:+46-8-5248 6216 Center for Infectious Medicine; Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge Karolinska Institute 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden url: http://ki.se/cim url:http://www.medhs.ki.se/cim/medhs_eng.asp?Id=12&tabell=medhs_english
