英国牛津大学博士后研究助理职位

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Post reference: 105033

Molecular probes for hopanoid function

Salary: In range of £29,249 � £31,020

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral researcher to work under the supervision of Dr Stuart Conway in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (OX1 3TA) in collaboration with Professor Dianne Newman in the Division of Biology at the California Institute of Technology. The position is funded by the EPSRC , and will involve the synthesis of small molecule tools to investigate cellular hopanoid function (PNAS , 2010, 107, 8537; PNAS , 2011, 108, E1045; Geobiology 2012, 10 163;). The project is highly interdisciplinary in nature and will involve working closely with Professor Newman’s laboratory.

The post is available immediately for a period of 36 months. The successful candidate will have a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry / chemical biology involving synthetic chemistry, ideally with some experience of synthesising probes for biological systems, an enthusiasm for working at the chemistry-biology interface and a strong track-record of first-author publications in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals.

More information on the Conway group can be found on Conway Group
and Newman Group Newman Group
websites. Informal enquiries (with a CV) can be made to Dr Stuart Conway stuart.conway@chem.ox.ac.uk .