Dear colleagues, The Hochberg group in Marburg is looking for a self-motivated postdoc to study how molecular machines become more efficient and complex through evolutionary history starting as soon as possible. The position is funded by a Human Frontiers Grant for three years to study the evolution of the epsilon proteobacterial flagellum as part of a collaboration that includes the Beeby lab (cryo-electron tomography, Imperial College, UK), the Pedaci lab (single cell force measurements, Montpellier, France) and the Cary lab (Metagenomics, New Zealand).
The Hochberg lab uses ancestral sequence reconstruction to bring ancient protein complexes back to life and study their properties in the lab. We use a broad combination of biophysical techniques to study these ancient complexes, but in particular mass photometry, in vitro biochemistry, and cry-electron microscopy. We use this approach to answer fundamental questions about how and why biochemical complexity evolved in the very deep past. The candidate would have the opportunity to develop their own evolutionary biochemistry research program alongside the consortium project. In particular, we are looking for biochemists that are interested in learning evolutionary methods to understand how current macromolecular machines came to be the way they are. A willingness to learn phylogenetics and immerse themselves in evolutionary thought are essential. Prior knowledge of phylogenetics is not. Marburg is a charming ancient university town in the middle of Germany, within an hour of Frankfurt. Our lab is part of the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, which is a world leading address for microbiology and synthetic biology. The Max Planck Institutes are Germany’s premier basic science institutions. The candidate would be joining this thriving community and benefit from the unique, basic science focused environment and excellent infrastructure at the Max-Planck-Institutes. Interested candidates should send an email with their CV, a cover letter detailing their motivation and contact information for at least 2 references to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> More information about our work can be found on or website: https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/hochberg and a more detailed description of the project can be found here: https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/642026/Open-Positions All the best, Georg Hochberg ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
