At the Buchmann Institute of Molecular Life Sciences (former Frankfurt
Institute of Molecular Life Sciences; Goethe University
Frankfurt/Main) there is an opening for a Post Doctoral Position (E13
TV-G-U, fulltime). The position is available from April 1, 2012, and
the initial appointment is for 1 year, with an option of extension for
up to three years. Consideration of applications will continue until
the position is filled.
The newly installed working group performs research on large
multifunctional protein complexes. In projects funded by the
Volkswagen Foundation, the German Research Foundation and the CEF
Adjunct Investigatorship Program, structural analysis will be
performed on fatty acid synthases and polyketide synthases. The
successful post-doc candidate should be experienced in collecting and
processing low resolution X-ray data, and in performing hybrid method
approaches for structure solution by e.g. integrating electron
microscopic data obtained in collaboration.
The Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS) is a
dedicated research institute and the candidate will be able to spend
about 80% of his/her time in self-determined research in structural
biology, particularly in X-ray crystallography, as well as in
presentation and publication of scientific achievements. Additional
tasks and duties are (20% of time): Contribution and acceptance of
responsibility in co-supervision of PhD students and undergraduates,
support in general tasks and duties of the working group, maintenance
of scientific instruments and computers, and contribution in teaching,
supervision of practical courses and supervision of students.
The BMLS is located at the Riedberg campus in the north of
Frankfurt/Main. The building with its labs, facilities and offices is
brand-new and extremely well equipped. The campus harbors the life
science faculties of the university, lecture and library buildings,
and the Max-Planck-Institutes of Biophysics and Brain Research
comprising all disciplines and methods of life sciences. At this
campus, the successful candidate finds an encouraging and inspiring
atmosphere.
The successful candidate will join a small lab which is currently
moving from the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry
(www.biochem.mpg.de/oesterhelt/grininger) to the BMLS
(http://www.fmls-institute.de), and will approximately grow to a size
of 5 to 8 people within this year.
If you are interested and highly motivated, submit your CV and further
information (list of publications, contact of three referees, etc.)
per e-mail to: grinin...@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de; Prof. M. Grininger,
Goethe University Frankfurt, BMLS Building, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15,
60438 Frankfurt.
