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Postdoctoral position as posted on the postdocjobs.com website:

http://www.postdocjobs.com
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A post-doctoral research fellow is sought to join an interdisciplinary
team based in the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology to
use atomic force microscopy (AFM) and related techniques to study the
structure and mechanism of formation of amyloid in vitro and under
biologically relevant conditions. AFM and chemical force microscopy
(CFM) techniques together with protein chemical and molecular
biological approaches will be developed to follow real-time growth of
amyloid on biologically relevant surfaces at the highest spatial
resolution. The goal is to explore the mechanism of amyloid fibre
formation and the role of cellular factors in controlling and
determining assembly. The project will include fabrication of
chemically functionalised nanotube probes and biomimetic surfaces,
together with analysis of the kinetics of assembly and the structural
properties of assembly intermediates using a range of biophysical
methods. The successful applicant would be expected to have a PhD in
biochemistry, physics or a related discipline, as outlined below.
He/she will join a large collaborative team of biophysicists and
biochemists led by Professor Radford in the School of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology and Drs Thomson and Smith in the Department of
Physics and Astronomy. The position is available immediately and the
appointment will be for up to 3 years.

For more information, please visit the postdocjobs.com website:

http://www.PostdocJobs.com
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