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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background:white">I would like to bring your attention to a NIH-funded postdoc position is my lab at Cornell

 University, Ithaca, USA.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>The main theme of the lab is to understand the underlying mechanism of RNA-guided processes, <span style="margin:0px;background:white">CRISPR-Cas

 in particular. Training involves nucleic acid biochemistry, cryo-EM based structure determination, functional validation<span style="margin:0px"> </span><i>in vivo<span style="margin:0px"> </span></i>and<i><span style="margin:0px"> </span>in vitro</i>, and

 structure-guided engineering of genome editing tools. Please visit </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">our<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sites.google.com/site/kelaboratory/__;!!Mih3wA!RLVfTtvVWz4OpGawg2Hl1nNEvAbQYhih99kDDM0tG8x3ei7v0okLDjCZZ5fTNMpPtQ$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">laboratory</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>and<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mbg.cornell.edu/people/ailong-ke/__;!!Mih3wA!RLVfTtvVWz4OpGawg2Hl1nNEvAbQYhih99kDDM0tG8x3ei7v0okLDjCZZ5eAEjMqcQ$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">departmental</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>web

 sites for<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background:white"> research and<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sites.google.com/site/kelaboratory/publications__;!!Mih3wA!RLVfTtvVWz4OpGawg2Hl1nNEvAbQYhih99kDDM0tG8x3ei7v0okLDjCZZ5cQG0yTzQ$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background:white">publication</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background:white"> details

 (</span><b><i><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Molecular Cell</span></i></b><b><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.</span></b><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> 2019

 Jun 6;74(5):936-950.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px"> </span><b><i><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Science.</span></i></b><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white"> 2018

Jul 6;361(6397).<span style="margin:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Nature.<span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white"> 2017 Oct 5;550(7674):137-141.<span style="margin:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Cell<span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">.

 2017 Jun 29;170(1):48-60</span>.<span style="margin:0px"> </span><b><i><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Nature.</span></i></b><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white"> 2016 Feb 25;530(7591):499-503.).</span> </span></p>

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<span style="margin:0px;background:white">We are looking for a highly motivated individual with experiences in biochemistry and cryo-EM. There is routine access to 200 and 300 keV electron microscopes. The trainee will interact on a day-to-day basis with peers

 in the areas of genome editing and single molecule biophysics. We aim to provide an interdiscipline training environment to efficiently convert high-resolution mechanistic understandings to novel genome editing applications.<span style="margin:0px"> </span> </span></span></p>

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 journal and have obtained a Ph.D. or equivalent degree before arrival. Please send your CV, list of publications, and referee contact list to<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="mailto:ailong.ke@cornell.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background:white">ailong.ke@cornell.edu</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background:white"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>before

 July 15th, 2021 for consideration. Evaluation and interviews will proceed in a rolling basis. </span></p>

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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Sincerely,</div>

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Ailong Ke, Ph.D.</p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Professor in Biochemistry and Structural Biology</p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics</p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Cornell University</p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.</p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">(Tel) 607-255-3945</p>

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