[3dem] Postdoc position in electron cryo-tomography at Imperial College London

[Morgan Beeby]

Dear all,

A postdoc position is available in my lab at Imperial College London. 
The position is funded by the Leverhulme Trust to use electron 
cryo-tomography to image and dissect the archaellar motor (previously 
termed the 'archaeal flagellar motor'), toward understanding how it 
functions as a rotary motor, and how it evolved from an ancestral 
non-rotary type IV pilus. This work will be conducted in close 
collaboration with leading archaellar motor expert Dr Sonja-Verena 
Albers (Max Plank Institute to Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany).

Full details on the position and how to apply are described here: 
http://tinyurl.com/obrm94y

At Imperial College we have two 200kV FEG electron cryo-microscopes 
configured for electron cryo-tomography as well as two 120kV screening 
instruments and all necessary sample preparation equipment. Our new FEI 
F20 200kV microscope is equipped with cutting-edge Falcon II 
back-thinned direct electron detector and we have configured the 
microscope for routine high-throughput data collection ideal for the 
project. Additionally we have ready access to a number of off-campus 
300kV instruments.

Imperial College has vibrant structural biology and microbiology 
communities and London is host to a number of world-class academic 
institutions; furthermore London itself is a cosmopolitan and lively 
city with easy national, international, and intercontinental transit links.

Please do not hesitate contacting me with any informal queries you may 
have regarding this position.

Many thanks,

Morgan

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Morgan Beeby, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Structural Biology
Department of Life Sciences
Sir Ernst Chain Building
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
(t) +44 (0)20 7594 5251
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.beeby