[3DEM] Postdoctoral Position Available at UCSF

[Gang 'Gary' Ren]

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA

A post-doctoral position is available immediately in the 
laboratory of Gang Ren at University of California at San 
Francisco (UCSF). The qualified candidate may participate 
in ongoing research projects of the Ren laboratory. The 
successful candidate should have a Ph.D. degree with 
highly motivation and interest in structure biology. 
Experiences in electron microscopy, computer 
processing/programming, crystallography and/or protein 
expression and purification will be advantaged.

A major research focus in the Ren Laboratory is to study 
the protein conformation changes at different biological 
conditions by electron cryo-microscopic techniques, such 
as single particle analysis, electron crystallography and 
electron tomography. Areas of interest include structural 
studies of lipoproteins, ABC transporters and other 
transmembrane proteins.

UCSF is a leading university that consistently defines 
health care worldwide by conducting advanced biomedical 
research, educating graduate students in life sciences and 
providing complex patient care. The Ren laboratory is 
located in the UCSF Mission Bay campus (beside San 
Francisco Bay), which is a new life sciences campus for 
teaching and research. The department is well equipped 
with electron cryo-microscopies, which include an FEI 
Polara 300kV FEG, helium stage microscope with Gatan 
Tridiem Imaging Energy Filter on a unique 4kx4k UltaCam 
lens-coupled CCD camera, and a FEI T20 microscope with 
4kx4k CCD camera. Computer clusters, VitroBot and high 
pressure freezing are also available.

Interested candidates should send a CV including areas of 
expertise and research interest, publications list, and 
names and contact information for 3 references to Dr. Gang 
Ren at gren at msg.ucsf.edu.

Gang ‘Gary’ Ren, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: gren at msg.ucsf.edu

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