Post-doc in biomolecular NMR - CONCO
Description of the Faculty / Research group
The Faculty of Science consists of six departments: Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information and Computing Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics and Chemistry. The Faculty is home to 3500 students and nearly 2000 staff and is internationally renowned for the quality of its research.
The
NMR Research Group, headed by Prof. R. Boelens, is part of the
Chemistry Department and belongs to the
Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research. The research within the NMR group is focused on the structure determination of proteins and protein complexes by high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and bio-computational modelling. The group has strong research lines on protein-DNA and protein-protein complexes in transcription and DNA repair and modelling of bio-molecular complexes. The NMR Research group also belongs to the
European NMR Research Infrastructures, providing experimental NMR access to European groups.
We are searching for a
post-doc in biomolecular NMR.
Job description
You will be part of an international team using advanced post-genomic techniques for the discovery and development of new therapeutically relevant molecules issued from the venomous marine cone snail species Conus consors, a project funded under the 6th framework programme of the European Union (Contract no. LSHB-CT-2007-037591 – CONCO) (see also
CONCO ). Your role in this project will be to apply both solution and solid-state NMR methods for the characterization of small snail toxins and their interaction with membrane receptors.
Qualifications
You should have a Ph.D. degree in chemistry, physics, bioinformatics, structural biology or a related field. You should possess a strong research background in biomolecular NMR (solution and/or solide-state) with experience in the collection and interpretation of NMR data, and are expected to show initiative and be able to work independently.
Terms of employment
The position on this project is available for a maximum of two years. Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience and ranges from €2802.- to €3678.- gross per month (salary scale 10). The salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% per year and a year-end bonus of 6.4% per year. We also offer a pension scheme. Employment conditions are according to the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities.
Further details
For further information contact Prof. Rolf Boelens (Phone: +31-30-2534035 Fax: +31-30-2537623 Email:
r.boelens@uu.nl).
How to apply
Your application, referring to
vacancynumber 65816, including a CV with contact information of two referees, should be sent to
Science.PenO@uu.nl or: Faculty of Science, Personnel department, PO Box 80010, 3508 TA Utrecht.