Due to server maintenance this website will not be available on Saturday 2nd November and Sunday 3rd November.
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the group of Professor Fred Antson in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York. This position is funded by a Wellcome Trust grant and is available for six months to study the structure and mechanism of rho helicase from Haemophilus influenzae. Based in the internationally renowned York Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL), you will investigate the mechanism of nucleic acid unwinding by the helicase protein machinery. The research will necessitate protein production and purification and structure determination by cryo-electron microscopy and single particle 3D-reconstruction. The postholder will produce stable protein-nucleic complexes, suitable for structural biology. Structural studies, carried by using cryo-EM, will be complemented by biochemical characterisation with possible mechanisms of nucleic acid unwinding probed with suitable biochemical assays.
The Department of Chemistry is one of the largest and most successful departments at York and we are renowned internationally for our research. As a department, we strive to provide a working environment that allows all staff and students to contribute fully, to flourish, and to excel. We are proud of our Athena SWAN Gold Award.
To conduct research, in particular to:
Interview date: To be confirmed
For informal enquiries: please contact Prof Fred Antson, fred.antson@york.ac.uk
The University strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.
We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University.
We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork
York is one of the most successful universities in the UK.
With world-class activity across the spectrum from the physical sciences, life sciences, and social sciences to the humanities, we have been recognised as one of the top 100 universities in the world, gaining outstanding results in official assessments of our research and teaching.