Dear colleagues, I intend to implement work on structural biology (by X-ray crystallography) of membrane proteins in my lab, more specifically on the subset of inner mitochondrial membrane carriers. For this, I would like to take this opportunity and invite anybody who is prospecting a postdoc in the field, and for the second semester of 2014, to consider coming to Brazil. My laboratory is located at the Brazilian National Laboratory for Biosciences (LNBio), which is hosted in the same campus as the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source (LNLS) as well as the third-generation synchrotron source Sirius, currently under construction. LNBio has an exceptional infrastructure dedicated to all aspects of structural biology. The campus is located in Campinas, about 1 hour driving, inland from the city of São Paulo. Brazilian research grants to principal investigators seldom allow the payment of salaries to postdocs or students, so as a rule fellowships or scholarships have to be applied on demand to the funding agencies, as in this case. Specifically, the PD fellowship proposal I advertise will be presented - in the form of a research project - to the funding agency which has been funding my lab since its establishment (about 4 years ago), as a joint application by myself and the chosen candidate. The time frame for analysis is around 100 days from submission. If approved, the PD fellowship is granted for 24 months and can be renewed for an extra 12 months. The stipend is currently R$ 5.908,80 or approximately USD 2,500.00, tax-free. According to the agency rules, on demand PD fellowship applications that receive a favorable assessment from ad hoc reviewers will be put forward for a monthly comparative analysis session, which in my experience, takes especially into consideration the previous experience of the candidate in the field; thus, a publication record in structural biology and/or membrane proteins may grant considerable advantage to the candidate. So, if yourself or anybody you know would like to consider this opportunity, please, do not hesitate to contact me, sending a copy of your CV and the name of a reference scientist to whom I could ask for recommendation. I will be more than happy to provide further details on every aspect of this position (including the research project, the fellowship, my institution or myself) to serious, motivated and talented candidates. The funding agency requires that the candidate should have concluded a doctorate less than seven years before the beginning of the PD fellowship, which would be around August or September 2014. Thank you for your attention, Andre LB Ambrosio LNBio, CNPEM - Brazil
