Three Postdoc positions and a PhD fellowship at the Centre for
Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Dept. of Molecular Biology,
University of Aarhus, Denmark
Applications are invited for three postdoctoral positions and a PhD
fellowship at the Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling.
The Postdoc appointments are initially for three years.
For further information, please see the following link: http://
www.mb.au.dk/da/om/global/nyt/stillinger/2007/postdocscarb
The postdoctoral positions are part of a research centre initiative
funded by the National Danish Research Foundation for five years. The
Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling will focus on
interdisciplinary approaches for understanding biological recognition
and response processes at the molecular level. Carbohydrate signals
and extracellular polysaccharides play an important role in cell-to-
cell communication processes and are equally important for
organisation of multicellular organisms and the development of their
specialised organs and tissues. The Centre will undertake an
integrated functional characterisation of receptor-ligand mechanisms
mediating recognition of surface-exposed polysaccharides and
subsequent signal amplification. Experimental approaches from
chemical biology, bioinformatics, structural biology, functional
genomics, proteomics, bioorganic chemistry, and nanobioscience tools
will be used in an interdisciplinary environment combining experience
from laboratories with complementary research expertise. Centre
activities will focus on two model organisms, zebrafish and the
legume plant Lotus japonicus, and their interactions with pathogenic
and symbiotic microorganisms.
Postdocs positions:
- Molecular genetics of Lotus japonicus genes involved in recognition
or perception of rhizobial surface exposed rhizobial
exopolysaccharides, capsular polysaccharides, cyclic glucans and
lipopolysaccharides
- Biostructural analysis of LysM domains and their interactions with
carbohydrate ligands.
- Molecular genetics of zebrafish genes encoding LysM containing
proteins and function of the LysM domains in carbohydrate recognition
- PhD fellowship: Carbohydrate Chemical Biology.
Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of
Finance and the Confederation of Professional Unions.
Before applying for this position please read the full job
description at http:// www.nat.au.dk/stilling. The job description is
also obtainable from the Department of Molecular Biology, Phone no.
8942 2670.
Deadline: January 29, 2007, at 12.00 noon.
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Søren S. Thirup
Asc. Professor, Ph.D
Dept. of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus
Gustav Wiedsvej 10C, DK-8000 Århus, Denmark
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phone: +45 8942 5251
fax: +45 8612 3178
