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Research Fellow in Biochemistry/Biophysics

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Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
May 10, 2017

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Are you looking to apply your skills in Biochemistry/Biophysics to help gain a new molecular understanding of a fascinating membrane protein complex that is vital for bacterial life?

We are looking for an outstanding postdoctoral research fellow to join an MRC-funded team investigating the mechanism of action of the 203 kDa -barrel Assembly Machinery (BAM) complex using biochemistry, biophysics and structural biology. The BAM complex of Gram negative bacteria is an integral membrane protein that is required for the folding and insertion of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) and hence is essential for cell viability. Despite this central importance, how BAM folds and inserts the multitude of different OMP sequences that comprise the OM, and how this is able to occur efficiently in the crowded OM in the absence of an obvious source of energy such as ATP or a proton gradient, remain unclear.

You will be based in the laboratory of Professors Sheena Radford and Neil Ranson and will work closely with other members of the membrane protein folding team. You should have a PhD (or be close to completion) in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics or a related discipline. You will also have experience of using either biophysical techniques and/or analysis of membrane protein structure and function.

Further information about the project and recent publications are available within the additional information document.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Professor Sheena E Radford, Astbury Professor of Biophysics
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 3170, email: s.e.radford@leeds.ac.uk

Professor Neil Ranson, Professor of Structural Molecular Biology
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 7065, email: n.a.ranson@leeds.ac.uk

 

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