Research Associates: London, United Kingdom Imperial College London Salary: £32,100 - £40,720 per annum
Two Research Associate posts are available in the the research group of Professor Paul Freemont (www.msf.bio.ac.uk) in the in the Centre for Structural Biology, at the South Kensington Campus of Imperial College London. Funded by Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council you will join a group of multi-disciplinary colleagues and collaborators on two unrelated projects. Project one (NS 2012 168 IL) in collaboration with Professor Xiaodong Zhang is aimed at understanding the molecular mechanism and functions of the mammalian AAA ATPase p97 whilst Project two (NS 2012 176 IL) in collaboration with Professor Alain Filloux, will investigate the structure and function of the Type VI secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. You must hold a PhD in a structural biology or biochemistry discipline or a related discipline, or an equivalent level of professional qualifications and experience. Research experience in a structural biological laboratory environment (covering X-ray crystallography, and/or electron microscopy single particle analysis), and knowledge of protein biochemistry are essential. For informal enquires please contact Professor Paul Freemont (p.freem...@imperial.ac.uk). Our preferred method of application is online via our website http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (please select “Job Search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference – number ( in bold above) including spaces into “Keywords”). Please complete and upload an application form as directed. Closing date for NS 2012 168 IL : 7 September 2012 (Midnight BST) Closing date for NS 2012 176 IL : 17 September 2012 (Midnight BST) *********************************************** Professor Paul Freemont Head of Division of Molecular Biosciences Faculty of Natural Sciences Imperial College London South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZ, UK www.imperial.ac.uk/molecularbiosciences Group: www.msf.bio.ic.ac.uk Co-director of EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation at Imperial www.imperial.ac.uk/syntheticbiology ***********************************************
