<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">An
NIH-funded postdoc position is available in the lab of Dr. Leifu
Chang at the Department of Biological Sciences of Purdue University.</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">The lab combines cryo-EM and biochemical
reconstitution approach to understand the molecular mechanism of large protein
complexes, particularly those in cell cycle regulation and CRISPR-Cas systems. Refer
to our recent publications for more details.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=leifu*20chang*20or*20lei*20fu*20chang&sort=date__;JSUlJSU!!Mih3wA!SjDbBOa3QkI9n7ikOevjv5OOxiquwt0hTtBMdh8PCrdLZm-aRSrqmgvciIRiiH-BIA$" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=leifu%20chang%20or%20lei%20fu%20chang&sort=date</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></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">The lab has access to two Titan Krios electron
microscopes, both equipped with K3 direct electron detectors, and a Talos F200C
with a K2 detector. All the microscopes are located in the same building of the
lab. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Candidates should have
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="m_448815403198387093_OLE_LINK65"></a><a name="m_448815403198387093_OLE_LINK66"></a>mammalian
cells will be an advantage. Experience in cryo-EM and image
processing is desired but not essential.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="m_448815403198387093_OLE_LINK52"></a><a name="m_448815403198387093_OLE_LINK53"></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To apply, please contact </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr. Leifu Chang via email (</span><a href="mailto:lchang18@purdue.edu" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">lchang18@purdue.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best wishes,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Leifu</span></p><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;font-size:9pt"><font color="#808080">Dr. Leifu Chang</font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;font-size:9pt"><font color="#808080">Room 129, Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology</font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;font-size:9pt"><font color="#808080">Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University</font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;font-size:9pt"><font color="#808080">240 S Martin Jischke Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907</font></pre></div>