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<div class=Section1><pre style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold'>SARChI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">SOUTH AFRICA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></pre><pre><font
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style='font-size:14.0pt'>ostdoctoral positions in protein biochemistry and
structural biology are available for suitably qualified PhD graduates to pursue
research into improving our understanding of the relationship between protein
structure and function – one of the foremost challenges in post-genomic
biology. To this end, our research interests are consolidated into two main
areas: (1) the stability, dynamics and folding mechanisms of multidomain and
oligomeric proteins, and, (2) the structural and energetic foundations of molecular
recognition between proteins and other molecules such as drugs, proteins and membranes.
Proteins under investigation are of relevance to human health and include
proteins involved in molecular toxicology, oxidative stress, cancer, apoptosis
and HIV/AIDS.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=4 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'>Excellent in-house facilities are available
for protein expression, purification and crystallisation as well as for state-of-the-art
biophysical techniques such as protein crystallography, UV/Vis, CD and
fluorescence spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry, and stopped-flow
kinetics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=4 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Successful candidates should have a PhD degree in biochemistry,
molecular biology, chemistry or crystallography. Good communication (written
and verbal) and interpersonal skills, and</span></font><font size=4><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>computer literacy are absolute requirements.</span></font><font
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<pre style='text-align:justify'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Interested applicants should send a letter of motivation, CV, PhD synopsis, certified copy of PhD degree, and a list of three references with their email addresses to: Prof Heini Dirr, <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Molecular</st1:PlaceName> and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, <st1:City
w:st="on">Johannesburg</st1:City> 2050, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place>. E-mail heinrich.dirr@wits.ac.za.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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