A postdoctoral position will be available Fall 2009 in Philadelphia,
PA, USA. The successful candidate will join a collaborative research
effort between the Eckenhoff laboratory at the University of
Pennsylvania and the Loll laboratory at the Drexel University College
of Medicine. This collaboration is aimed at studying the structural
basis of anesthetic recognition by proteins (see for example FASEB
J.,19: 567-576 (2005) & ACS Chem. Biol. 1: 377-384 (2006)). Ideally,
applicants will have experience in macromolecular crystallography, as
well as one or more of the following areas: preparative protein
biochemistry, experimental assessment of ligand binding by proteins,
and/or the biophysical analysis of proteins.
The Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at Penn and
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Drexel feature excellent
resources, including instrumentation for fluorescence and circular
dichroism spectroscopy, calorimetry, and mass spectrometry, and a
complete X-ray diffraction facility furnished with state-of-the-art
equipment.
The collaborating laboratories are conveniently located in downtown
Philadelphia, and offer collegial and stimulating environments with
many opportunities for collaboration. Philadelphia is a vibrant and
eminently livable city with a large biomedical research community.
The city offers outstanding cultural and recreational activities, and
is close to New York City and Washington DC, as well as Atlantic
Ocean beaches and the Pocono mountains.
Please send a CV and a cover letter explaining your research
interests to Dr. Roderic Eckenhoff: roderic.eckenh...@uphs.upenn.edu.
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Patrick J. Loll, Ph. D.
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Drexel University College of Medicine
Room 10-102 New College Building
245 N. 15th St., Mailstop 497
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA
(215) 762-7706
pat.l...@drexelmed.edu
