[3dem] Postdoc opening in cryoEM at Bristol University, UK

Ariel Blocker Ariel.Blocker at bristol.ac.uk
Mon Jan 17 13:18:11 PST 2011


Now that everyone is hopefully back from holidays, please forgive me for
sending this one last time. We failed to fill this post at the end of last
year and I am hence trying again, in the hope of finding a suitably
qualified person already in the UK or at least not requiring a work permit,
who would hence be able to start in the very near future.

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A Research Assistant/Associate post, funded by a grant from the Wellcome
Trust, requires a talented researcher to join a team, lead by Dr. Ariel
Blocker, investigating structural and mechanistic aspects of the function of
type III secretion systems in the Gram negative pathogenic bacterium
Shigella flexneri. The specific aim of the project is to generate a 3D
reconstruction of the T3SS Œneedle complex¹ and its distal tip to below 10A
resolution. The assembled team includes Prof. Keiichi Namba (University of
Osaka, Japan) and members of his team for electron microscopy aspects, Dr.
Frank Sobott (University of Antwrep, Belgium) for mass spectrometry aspects,
a senior computer programmer, Dr. Vince Fernando, and a PhD student, Martin
Cheung, both based at the University of Bristol. The project will use a
combination of biochemical, electron microscopy and image processing
techniques. Knowledge gained from the project will contribute to development
of new drugs and vaccines against T3SS carrying organisms and increase our
understanding of bacterial pathogenesis.
 
The Research Assistant/Associate post is funded for 24 months (in the first
instance) and will be held within the School of Cellular and Molecular
Medicine at the University of Bristol. Substantial experience electron and
cryoelectron microscopy as well as image processing techniques are
essential, experience in biochemical techniques and sample preparation and
well as electron tomography would be added assets.

Informal inquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Dr Ariel Blocker
(tel: +44 (0) 117 331 2063; email: ariel.blocker at bristol.ac.uk )
 
For further information on the research group and its publications please
visit: http://www.bris.ac.uk/cellmolmed/staff/blocker.html

The "Further Particulars" (including general details of the available
microscope/image processing facilities, a job description and the salary
range offered etc) can be found under reference 15924, at
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/

The closing date for applications is 28 January 2011.
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PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATIONS AND CONTACT DETAILS FROM 09/09/2010:

Ariel J. Blocker, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
Schools of Cellular & Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry
Medical Sciences Building
University of Bristol
University Walk
Bristol  BS8 1TD
United Kingdom

Email: ariel.blocker at bristol.ac.uk
Tel office (D39a): +44 117 33 12063
Tel wetlab (D57/D59): +44 117 33 12404
Tel wetlab office (D53): +44 117 33 12059
Tel drylab (D51): +44 117 33 12097
Dept. fax: +44 117 3312091
Room: D39a
Personal webpage: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cellmolmed/staff/blocker.html
Group page: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cellmolmed/research/blocker-group.html





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