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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear all,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Two </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">postdoctoral positions are available in my group starting from June this year at the School of Biological Sciences and Nanyang Institute of Structural Biology, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. The project aims to study the <b>structure and function of mycobacterial membrane proteins with cryo-EM and single particle analysis</b>. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Our laboratory has access to the state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopes (Fei 120 kV, Fei 200 Arctica and Fei 300 kV Titan Krios)  with direct electron detectors (Falcon 3 and K2) for high-resolution structure determination. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a recent PhD in Structural Biology, Infectious biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics or related disciplines who are willing to work on challenging projects to unravel molecular mechanisms of mycobacterial membrane proteins. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Requirements for Position1:<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Practical experience as evident by the publication in protein expression and purification, as well as X-ray crystallography and/or Cryo-EM are essential for this position. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Requirements for Position2:<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Practical experience as evident by the publication in Mycobacterial (Mycobacterium smegmatis) genetics and molecular biology is essential for this position. Interested candidates should have experience in affinity tagging of endogenous proteins by homologous recombination for protein purification. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To apply, please send an email to </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sbhushan@ntu.edu.sg">sbhushan@ntu.edu.sg</a></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> with subject "postdoc positions”, in a single pdf file including: your CV, research interest and experience (1 page max.), and the name and contact information of 3 references.  </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

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