Postdoc / PhD Student in Biological NMR Spectroscopy : Munich, Germany

The group of Rasmus Linser is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student with experience in protein expression and solution NMR of proteins.

Our group is concerned with NMR methods development as well as protein structure and function in the solid as well as in the solution state. We will be using brand new 800 and 700 MHz Bruker spectrometers with various equipment dedicated for solution- and solid-state NMR locally.

The successful candidates will have expertise in protein expression and purification, most preferentially including reconstitution of membrane proteins and their structural elucidation by standard solution-NMRtechniques. An interest to involve solid-state NMR approaches and some understanding and interest in NMRtheory would also be desirable. Projects will concern structure and dynamics of soluble and membrane proteins and characterization of enzyme activity by NMR. Apart from your scientific excellency, you should be a team player and like and actively contribute to a congenial atmosphere.

For the PhD program, a Masters degree in chemistry, physics, biochemistry or similar with very good marks is required as well as some fundamental knowledge on and interest to get involved in the field of NMRspectroscopy including theory and application.
For postdoc positions, you must hold a PhD in structural biology, biochemistry, biophysics or a related discipline obtained recently, and your research experience should be demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications.

We are just moving from the MPI for biophysical chemistry in Göttingen to LMU Munich (from April). This is a great opportunity for lots of inspired research and collaborations. Start of the project should be early summer 2016 at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the Ludwig Maximilians University at the science campus Großhadern/Martinsried, Munich. The department of chemistry is well-renowned for excellence in chemistry and biochemistry research and education and tightly connected with the Gene Center, the Excellence Cluster ‘Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich’ (CIPSM), the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, and participates in numerous collaborative research areas (SFBs) of the Munich area.
The positions are funded by the Cluster CIPSM (see link below) and the Emmy Noether program of the German Research Association.

For further information about the group and our work, please visit our homepage at LMU or at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and the links therein (see below).

Munich is a picturesque and vibrant city with exceptional science networks, infrastructure, and reputation, and provides an enormous variety of cultural and free-time activities close to the beautiful Alpes and is only a few hours drive from Italy. The institute is connected to the city center with a direct, 15-min subway ride.

Applicants should provide me with a CV describing their background, publications, and skills, and describe why they would be suitable candidates. Please also include contacts for three scientists you worked with that are willing to provide a letter of reference.
I would also be very grateful if you know somebody suitable for the positions and let him/her or me know. Please ignore the field Application deadline, which is a mandatory field in NatureJobs. The position will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.