POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AT
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE/ NOVARTIS INSTITUTE FOR FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
The Stevens Laboratory will be relocating to The Scripps Research Institute
next June, and several postdoctoral research positions are available. In addition to
having a well equipped and well funded state-of-the-art laboratory, the group will
have unique resources including (1) automated protein purification, (2) automated
crystallization, and (3) automated crystal screening equipment. The crystallization &
analysis robot (T-2000) can handle approximately 11,000 trials per day (screening
robot can handle approximately 25,000 trials per day). In addition, a dedicated
synchrotron beamline has been obtained for high throughput structure determinations.
The approach of the research group is that research time will be dedicated
to solving and studying a large number of selected protein structures and protein structure
complexes for better insight into the systems. The above resources will allow for
very high throughput data collection and structure determination on a variety of
projects.
The primary focus of research is structural neurobiology (axon guidance, G
protein-coupled receptors, neuroenzymes, neurotoxins) and biocatalysis/evolution
(directed evolution of enzymes and catalytic antibodies). Please consult our
homepage at http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~rasgrp for details on many of the
current projects.
Postdoctoral positions are available at both The Scripps Research Institute and the
newly formed Novartis Institute for Functional Genomics which are closely coupled
together. The Novartis Institute will house a consortium of researchers using robotics
systems for high throughput protein evolution, combi-chem, drug screening, protein
expression/purification, crystallization/analysis and bioinformatics. Candidates
should have research experience in either X-ray crystallography, molecular biology or
protein biochemistry. Appointees will receive competitive salaries and employee
benefits including incoming travel and moving expenses.
Applicants should send a CV, list of publications, and the names, addresses and
telephone numbers of three references to the below address, where we will be until
June 1999.
Professor Raymond Stevens
Department of Chemistry
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
