Applications are invited for this one-year post funded by the EU. The successful candidate will be joining a EU-funded research Network involving 7 research teams in Europe. He/she will investigate molecular motion and blend miscibility in polymers using neutron scattering and will closely interact with partner laboratories to establish links between NMR, neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations. The goal is to develop a new understanding of molecular motion in polymers and its relation with structure and bulk properties such as mechanical and rheological behaviour.
This position which is available from 1st August 2000 is open to nationals of any member state of the European Community, except the United Kingdom. Applicants should have a PhD in Chemistry, Physics or related subjects. Experience in scattering techniques (X-ray or neutron scattering) is desirable. Starting salary up to � 18,185 per annum.
The candidate will be joining a very active research group with interests in polymer blends, liquid crystalline polymers, ion conduction, physical ageing and polymer dynamics. He/She will be involved in the Network spending several periods of approximately three weeks in partner laboratories to discuss and compare the neutron data with results from NMR and molecular simulations.
Informal enquiries to Dr Valeria Arrighi (e-mail: [email protected],
tel.: +44-131-451 3108, fax: +44-131-451 3180).
Additional information at
http://newrup.ch.umist.ac.uk/.
Applicants should send a CV plus the names of two referees to:
Dr. Valeria Arrighi
Chemistry Department
Heriot-Watt University
Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in structural biology in the group of Connie Jeffery in the Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences. The position requires a Ph.D. in structural biology, biochemistry or a closely related field. The ideal candidate will have interests in protein structure and function, and will have either extensive experience in protein biochemistry, with a desire to learn macromolecular X-ray crystallography, or experience in crystallography with a desire to learn protein biochemistry.
Projects in the lab include studies of the structure and function of
the multifunctional enzyme and cytokine phosphoglucose isomerase/
neuroleukin/autocrine motility factor (PGI)
(
The Jeffery laboratory is located in a new state-of-the-art building that houses our Macromolecular Crystallography Center. X-ray data collection equipment incudes a Rigaku generator, a Rigaku R-AxisII imaging plate detector, a Siemens HiStar multiwire-area detector, and MSC and Oxford low-temperature systems. The wet lab is fully equipped for molecular biology and protein expression, purification, and biochemical characterization. The center and our 25 minute proximity to the Advanced Photon Source make UIC an excellent environment for x-ray crystallographic studies. UIC, the largest University in the Chicago area and the largest medical school in the U.S., is located near downtown Chicago, a city with great cultural and scenic offerings.
For further information please see
http://www.uic.edu/~cjeffery/
The University of Illinois at Chicago is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Post Doctoral Research Assistant to work with Professor Chris Gilmore at Glasgow University on novel phasing methods in protein crystallography funded by the BBSRC.
The position is available for 2 years from any time in the near future and the candidate will join an active, well-funded research group in crystallography in the Chemistry Department.
You should enjoy working with computers and ideally have experience wih UNIX, FORTRAN and C programming, although some of these skills can be taught as appropriate. You should also have a crystallography background although this need not necessarily be in macromolecular crystallography.
Informal enquiries can be made to:
Prof. Chris Gilmore,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Glasgow,
Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
Office phone: (44)(0)141 330 5947 Lab phone: (44)(0)141 330 657
Fax: (44)(0)141 330 4419 email: [email protected]
A formal application can also be sent to the above address. This should include
a CV plus the names of two referees.
A scientist position is open at the Hahn Meitner Institute, department of magnetism. He/she will have full responsibility for the newest, high resolution powder diffractometer E9 at the Berlin Neutron Scattering Center (BENSC) covering user support (i.e. experiments and data analysis) as well as for further development of the neutron powder diffraction instrumentation and improvement of analysis methods. A second focus will be the candidate's own independent research program which should be closely connected to the use of the powder diffractometry.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Physics, Chemistry or Mineralogy. He/she should have experience in neutron diffraction, very good knowledge in solid state physics and crystallography, good computer and experimental skills and preferably a strong research interest in magnetism.
The Hahn Meitner Institute is a research center of the Federal Republic of Germany and the land Berlin with about 820 employees working at Berlin- Wannsee and Berlin-Adlershof. A key activity is the basic research on the structure of condensed matter using neutron scattering at the research reactor BER II (Berlin-Wannsee) as well as synchrotron radiation scattering at BESSY (Berlin-Adlershof).
Remuneration and the duration of the contract will depend on the
candidate's
qualifications and scientific achievements. Applications including a full
curriculum vitae should be sent under SF 00/28 to Hahn-Meitner-Institut
Berlin, Abt. Personal und Soziales, Glienicker Str. 100, 14109 Berlin,
Germany
(email: [email protected]).
The deadline is 15/8/2000.
For informal inquiries, please contact Dr. H.A. Graf (phone +49-30-8062- 2778, e-mail [email protected]).
Marie Haltod
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin
Abt. SF2
Glienicker Str. 100
14109 Berlin
Tel. +49-30-8062-2689
Fax +49-30-8062-2999
Applications are invited for two postdoctoral positions in the utilization of pulsed neutrons for elemental characterization. The successful applicants will join an active group developing non-destructive methods for bulk analysis and characterization. Preference will be given to candidates with a Ph.D. in nuclear physics and a background in neutron physics, nuclear electronics, data acquisition systems and Monte Carlo methods. These are one-year positions, renewable depending on performance and grant funds availability. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. In-house facilities include several sealed tube 14 MeV neutron generators, several isotopic neutron sources (252Cf, Pu-Be), and a large variety of data acquisition electronic units, neutron detectors, and HPGe, NaI(Tl) and BGO gamma-ray detectors.
A homepage with current activities at
the Institute can be found at
http://www.wku.edu/API/. Interested persons
should send a resume and the names of three references
by September 15, 2000
to: Professor George Vourvopoulos, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, #1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY
42101, USA
Tel: (502) 781-3859, FAX: (502) 781-1104, E-Mail: [email protected].
Western Kentucky University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer.
For an informal discussion about this post contact Kevin Knowles by email:
[email protected]
for an application form
contact by telephone (24 hr answer phone) (01235) 445453 quoting reference number VN1953
or by email: [email protected]
deadline for applications 4 August 2000
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