[3dem] Postdoc positions available at the University of Washington (Liguo Wang)

Liguo Wang lw32 at u.washington.edu
Thu Jan 27 13:06:34 PST 2011


Dear Colleagues:

Two postdoc/research associate positions supported by a new 5-year NIH 
R01 grant are available immediately in the Department of Biological 
Structure, University of Washington. This project focuses on the 
structural study of membrane proteins. The newly developed "random 
spherically constrained" (RSC) single-particle cryo-EM method will be 
employed to study membrane protein structures in membrane environments. 
The RSC method has been successfully applied to obtain the structure of 
the large conductance voltage- and calcium-activated potassium (BK) 
channel in a lipid membrane (Nature, 461, 292-295).

Position 1: The research of the position focuses on the improvement of 
this method and the application of this method to other membrane 
proteins. Experience in membranre protein expressiong and purification 
is desirable, and experience in electron microscopy and image processing 
is preferable.

Position 2: The research of the position focuses on the software 
development. Some programs have already been developed in Matlab 
environment, and some advanced algorithms need to be implemented. After 
validation, the software will be tranfered to Python environment as a 
stand-alone package. Experience in software development including 
scientific programing, parallel computation and graphic user interface 
is desirable. Knowledge of electron microscopy is a plus.

Interested candidates should send CV and reference information to 
LW32 at UW.EDU.

If you know any potential candidate, please feel free to forward this 
message to him/her.Thank you for your help.

Liguo Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Structure

University of Washington
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