Advertisement of Post-Doctoral Job Position Opening in Membrane protein structural biology at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Summary: A Post-Doctoral Researcher position is available in the laboratories of the Biosecurity and Public Health Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The researcher in this position will work as a structural biologist in a multi-disciplinary team focusing on structures and functions of multi-drug resistant efflux pump membrane proteins and their control networks. The focus of this researcher will be expression, purification, crystallization, and structural analyses of targeted membrane proteins and their complexes. Responsibilities will include cloning, expression and purification of natural and engineered versions of membrane proteins in various expression vectors, developing and implementing innovative protocols, and coordinating with other team members for crystallization and structure analysis. The successful candidate will work in a highly cooperative and interdisciplinary research environment. Required Skills, Knowledge, Abilities: Demonstrated experience in macromolecular X-ray structural analyses and in cloning, expression, purification and crystallization of macromolecules. Ability to work in a collaborative team. Desired Skills, Knowledge, Abilities: Experience with cloning, expression and purification of membrane proteins using various protein expression systems. Characterization of proteins using biochemical and biophysical assays. Structural analyses of protein complexes. Education, Training or Licensing: Ph. D. degree based on X-ray crystallographic work. Contact : Thomas C. Terwilliger, Ph. D. Chang Yub Kim, M.S. & Ph. D. Protein Design, Structure & Evolution Team Biosecurity & Public Health Group (B-10) Bioscience Division, MS M888 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 (e-mail) [email protected] (Tel) 505-667-7652 (Fax) 505-665-3024 Further information: The compensation for Post-Doctoral position at Los Alamos National Laboratory is very competitive. The Information on the Postdoc program at Los Alamos National Laboratory: http://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/postdoc-program/index.php Terwilliger group research: https://solve.lanl.gov/terwilliger/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chang Yub Kim, M.S. & Ph. D. Technical Staff Member Protein Design, Structure & Evolution Team Biosecurity & Public Health Group (B-10) Bioscience Division, MS M888 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 (Tel) 505-667-7652 (Fax) 505-665-3024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
