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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">A postdoctoral position in cryo-EM studies of human mitochondrial DNA replication is available in my laboratory located in the Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine at Rutgers
University in New Jersey.<span> Kulczyk lab (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__kulczyk-2Dlab.cryoemcorp.com&d=DwQFAw&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=L7-zyQ-04fFCMRqzLIOnx7H0exGZHwIQe_wMPuY600I&m=_asqvmMYbQ_mvu3D8jOUKDAN9nBV49qmt-jtEn0wkjU&s=QdNh08lXJQ_rUGkeaI6nrEYtAY9Hmcdnez4h8WMGpMw&e=">http://kulczyk-lab.cryoemcorp.com</a>) integrates structural approaches, in particular cryo-EM, FIB-SEM, CLEM and single-molecule methods to study biological systems with medical relevance<span><span class="x_xapple-converted-space">
(</span></span></span></span><span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Kulczyk et al., 2017,
<i>PNAS</i>,</span><span> 114:1848; <span style="background:white">Duderstadt et. al., 2016,
</span><i>Mo</i><span style="background:white">l </span><i>Cell,</i><span style="background:white"> 64:1035;</span><span>
</span>Geertsema et al., 2014, <i>PNAS</i>, 111:4073; Kulczyk et al., 2012, <i>PNAS</i>,</span><span> 109:9408;</span><span> Loparo et al., 2011,
<i>PNAS</i>, 108:3584).</span><span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt; color:black; border-width:1pt; border-style:none; border-color:windowtext; padding:0in">Applicants should hold a PhD in structural biology, biophysics, biochemistry or in a related field and
have a working knowledge of protein expression/purification and applying biophysical tools to study protein-nucleic acids interactions. Research experience
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<span class="x_xmark3iqna8wi5">in</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> microscope alignments, data acquisition, image processing and structure calculation using a variety of
<span class="x_xmarksxt22erdu">cryo-EM</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> software.
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Newly graduated PhD scientists are particularly encouraged to apply.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt; color:black"> </span></p>
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Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine at Rutgers houses the state-of-the-art</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt; color:black">
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cryo-EM </span><span style="border-width:1pt; border-style:none; border-color:windowtext; padding:0in">facility with TFS Talos Arctica
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equipped with a Summit K2 direct electron detector and BioQuantum energy filter, Aquilos 2 cryo-FIB/SEM, Leica DM6 FS/EM cryo-CLEM, and is the world headquarters of the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) consortium and the Protein Data
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<span style="margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Interested candidates should e-mail me (arek.kulczyk@rutgers.edu) a CV and contact details of three references</span><span style="margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> and apply online:<span> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__jobs.rutgers.edu_postings_140275&d=DwMFAw&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=L7-zyQ-04fFCMRqzLIOnx7H0exGZHwIQe_wMPuY600I&m=_asqvmMYbQ_mvu3D8jOUKDAN9nBV49qmt-jtEn0wkjU&s=2bGY3cCjDy4oUfTuRFCngn_nka_MU4LO7LXdFFeJnVc&e=" style="margin:0px">https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/140275</a></span><span style="margin:0px; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br>
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best wishes,</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">Arek</span></span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<b>Arek Kulczyk, Ph.D.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri">Assistant Professor of Biochemistry</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri">& Full Member of Cancer Institute of New Jersey</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:10pt">Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Room 208H</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri">Rutgers University</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri">+1 (848) 445-4553 / kulczyk-lab.cryoemcorp.com</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"></span></p>
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