An immediate position is available for up to 5 years for an enthusiastic and
highly motivated postdoctoral Research Associate in the area of Outer Membrane
Uptake of Antibiotics. You will participate in a European consortium
("TRANSLOCATION") consisting of academic labs, small biotech firms and big
pharma. The overall goal of the consortium is to understand antibiotics
translocation across the outer membrane of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria,
as part of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) project “New Drugs for Bad
Bugs”. The project at Newcastle University (UK) focuses on determining crystal
structures of outer membrane channels with and without bound antibiotics, and
on determining the specificity of antibiotics uptake by developing and
performing in vivo and in vitro transport assays. Relevant experience in these
techniques is expected from the applicant. The successful candidate will have a
PhD or previous post-doctoral experience in X-ray crystallography and
biochemistry or biophysics and should have published at least one first author
paper in a leading journal.
Further information regarding this post can be obtained by contacting Prof Bert
van den Berg ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>).
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