University of Texas Medical Branch
Senior Faculty in X-ray Crystallography
Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular
Biophysics
UTMB Health seeks senior faculty applicants in structural biology
in the Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
(SCSBMB). The Center supports a graduate program in molecular biophysics
and five well-run core laboratories in X-ray, Cryo-EM, NMR, Computation
and Solution Biophysics, each with an excellent PhD-level manager. For
details see: http://www.scsb.utmb.edu/ Core facility instrumentation
includes: newly purchased Rigaku Ultimate Homelab Plus, comprising the
FR-E+DW SuperBright x-ray source with the R-AXIS IV and the BioSAXS-1000
Kratky camera; plus a Bruker M06HF high-brilliance source with the
Bruker platform-CCD; new 2200FS, 2100, & 1400 JEOL Cryo-EM instruments
(the 2200FS is in BSL/3 containment); newly upgraded 800-, and 600- MHz
NMR spectrometers with Bruker Avance III consoles and solution
biophysics instrumentation including a Biacore T-100, a Thermofluor
high-throughput-screening instrument, plus spectroscopic, kinetic,
calorimetric, analytical UC, and mass spectrometry instrumentation.
The successful candidate must be a highly motivated individual with
a PhD or MD degree, a strong publication record, and a record of
independent well-funded grant support. The ideal candidate will have
extensive experience in crystallography applied to the study of the
structure, dynamics, novel mechanisms, and functions of
bio-macromolecules, viruses, assemblies etc. Candidates for positions in
either the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology or
Pharmacology and Toxicology should also have or seek overlap with the
highly collaborative established biomedical research community in UTMB’s
basic science departments, and centers and programs of excellence such
as the Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, the Galveston
National Laboratory, the Center for Tropical Diseases, the Institute for
Translational Sciences, the Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, the
Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine, the Sealy Center on
Aging, the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for
Neurodegenerative Diseases, the Moody center for Brain and Spinal Cord
Injury Research, the Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine and the
Chemical Biology Program. These and other entities provide a wide
variety of core services, in recombinant DNA, genomics, proteomics,
high-throughput drug screening, mass spectrometry, membrane protein
crystallization, and protein expression and purification. Excellent
collaborative opportunities also exist through UTMB’s participation in
the Gulf Coast Consortia and the Keck Center for Interdisciplinary
Bioscience http://www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home.aspx
Applicants are requested to submit electronically: a cover letter
expressing interest in being considered, a curriculum vitae, current
funding, a summary of research accomplishments, and future goals to
mailto: scsbmb.recruit...@utmb.edu
Direct inquiries to Dr. B. Montgomery Pettitt, mpett...@utmb.edu,
409-772-0723.
UTMB has been aggressively recruiting in a large number of research
areas and is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution that
proudly values diversity. Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged
to apply.
Faculty Positions
* Cryo-Electron Microscopy: Announcement
* NMR: Announcement
* X-ray Crystallography: Announcement
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Yours sincerely,
Mark A. White, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Manager, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
X-ray Crystallography Laboratory,
Basic Science Building, Room 6.660 C
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX 77555-0647
Tel. (409) 747-4747
Cell. (281) 734-3614
Fax. (409) 747-1404
mailto://mawh...@utmb.edu
http://xray.utmb.edu
http://xray.utmb.edu/~white
