Protein Biochemist Position in Structural Neuroscience There is an immediate opening for an enthusiastic and experienced protein biochemist to join the international structural biology laboratory of Jia-Huai Wang based at Peking University in Beijing, China. The research is focused on the structural and functional investigation of cell surface receptors in the nervous system and their role in axon guidance. The project is the close collaborative efforts between Professor Jia-huai Wang's structural biology lab and Professor Yan Zhang's neuroscience lab.
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in Biochemistry or related discipline, with 3-5 years postdoctoral experience. The candidate will be responsible for the optimization of cloning, expression, and purification of protein for X-ray crystallographic analysis. Extensive expertise with multiple expression systems including E.coli, insect, and mammalian systems (HEK293/CHO) is absolutely required, and a proficiency in molecular biology and protein biochemistry is also required to help develop strategies to clone, express and purify difficult target proteins. Although not a requirement, a preference will be given to those applicants who also have a strong background in X-ray crystallography. Interested candidates can email a CV, three contacts for reference, as well as an email address and a telephone number to Dr. Jia-huai Wang at jw...@red.dfci.harvard.edu. For more information regarding the Wang Laboratory, please see the website:http://wang.dfci.harvard.edu
