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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Post-doctoral position open immediately at UTMB to study the structural biology of neurodegenerative disease<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A postdoctoral position in structural biology is available to study the role of protein tau in neurodegenerative diseases at the University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston,
TX. This NIH-funded position will utilize a combination of cryo-electron microscopy, tomography, X-ray crystallography, SAXS, and biochemistry to investigate the structures of protein tau assemblies and the mechanism of tau-related neuropathies. The successful
candidate will report to Dr. Marc Morais and Dr. Rakez Kayed, experts in structural biology and tau-related neurodegenerative diseases, respectively. Experience in either X-ray crystallography or cryo-electron microscopy is required.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"MS Gothic"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Structural biology facilities at UTMB are outstanding (https://scsb.utmb.edu/).
</span><a href="http://www.scsb.utmb.edu/resources/x-ray_cry.asp"><span style="font-size:
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text-underline:none">X-ray crystallography resources</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
include two X-ray area detector systems, a Phoenix crystallization robot, a Minstrel crystal imaging robot, and an Alchemist liquid handling robot. CryoEM resources include a JEOL 2200FS cryo-EM microscope equipped with a DE20 direct electron detector for
high-resolution imaging work, a cryo-capable JEOL 2100, an FEI vitrobot, and a BSL-3 room for viral and pathogen work. UTMB is also a member of high resolution cryoEM imaging consortia at the Baylor College of Medicine, and UCLA, which provide access to JEOL
3200 and Titan Krios microscopes, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Interested parties should send a CV, a brief statement of research interests, and a list of 2-3 references to both Dr. Marc Morais (</span><a href="mailto:mcmorais@utmb.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mcmorais@utmb.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
and Dr. Rakez Kayed (rakayed@utmb.edu).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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