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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><a name="OLE_LINK54"></a><a name="OLE_LINK70"></a><a name="OLE_LINK69"></a><a name="OLE_LINK68"><span><span><span>A postdoc position is available in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University. </span></span></span></a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span><span><span>We combine cryo-EM and biochemical reconstitution approach to understand the molecular mechanism of large protein complexes, focusing on those in cell cycle regulation <a name="OLE_LINK27"></a><a name="OLE_LINK28"></a><a name="OLE_LINK29"><span><span>(Nature, 2014, 513:388-393; Nature, 2015, 522:450-454; Nature, 2016, 536: 431-436; Nature, 2016, 533:260-264)</span></span></a>. </span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span><span><span>The project will involve purification of recombinant protein complexes using baculovirus-insect cell and mammalian cell expression systems, cryo-EM data collection, image processing and atomic structure determination and interpretation. </span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span><span><span>Candidates should have or will shortly get a Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) in biology, chemistry, physics or computer science. Experience in protein expression and purification using insect cells or <a name="OLE_LINK66"></a><a name="OLE_LINK65"><span>mammalian cells </span></a>will be an advantage. Experience in cryo-EM and image processing is desired but not essential.</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span><span><span><a name="OLE_LINK53"></a><a name="OLE_LINK52"><span>To apply, please contact </span></a>Dr. Leifu Chang via email (</span></span></span></span><a href="mailto:changleifu@gmail.com"><span><span><span><span>changleifu@gmail.com</span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span>) before <b>1 December 2017</b>. </span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span><span><span>Best wishes,</span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span><span><span>Leifu Chang</span></span></span></span></p>

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