A post-doctoral position is open in the Rice lab at the University of Chicago
(https://voices.uchicago.edu/phoebericelab/). The primary project is to figure
out, through biochemistry and structural biology, the mechanisms of
self-loading helicases encoded by medically nasty staphylococcal mobile genetic
elements. The lab employs a variety of approaches from cryo-EM and
crystallography through biochemistry and microbiology, all aimed at
understanding mobile DNA elements at the molecular level. A variety of
additional project opportunities are also available.
The Advanced Electron Microscopy Facility at the University of Chicago
currently houses a 200 KV Talos F200C microscope with side-entry holders and a
Vitrobot plunge freezer for cryo screening, a 120 KV Spirit microscope for
negative-staining, and a 300 KV Tecnai F30 for plastic tomography.
The University has made > 10M dollars in investments to upgrade the facility
with a state-of-the-art 300 KV Titan Krios microscope equipped with a K3 direct
detection camera and Volta phase plate, which will be fully installed by the
end of 2019. Additional upgrades include a Aquilos cryo FIB-SEM Leica, Apreo
volume scope and Leica EM GP2 cryo-plunge.
The Advanced Photon Source’s fantastic x-ray beamlines are also a short drive
away.
Top candidates will have a PhD (or be about to receive one) and experience in
cryo-EM and biochemistry. To apply, please send your CV, with names and
contact information for 3 references, to me by e-mail:
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Be the one who turns this science fiction figure into reality!
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their request.
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Phoebe A. Rice
Dept. of Biochem & Mol. Biol. and
Committee on Microbiology
https://voices.uchicago.edu/phoebericelab/
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