<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><b><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:22px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">Post-Doctoral</span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:22px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"> </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:22px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">Position</span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:22px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"> in Structural Biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to Study the Structure and Function of the Ribosome</span></b><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><span style="text-align:justify;color:black"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><span style="text-align:justify;color:black">The Polikanov Laboratory </span><span style="text-align:justify">at the University of Illinois at Chicago (IL, USA) </span><span style="text-align:justify;color:black">is looking for a talented, skillful, and highly motivated researcher to fill the available <b>NIH-funded Post-Doctoral Scholar </b>position </span><span style="text-align:justify">t</span><span style="text-align:justify;color:black">o study the structure and function of the bacterial ribosome</span><span style="text-align:justify">.</span><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;text-align:justify"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;text-align:justify">The research in the <span>Polikanov</span> <span>Laboratory</span> is focused on understanding the basic principles of protein synthesis in bacteria, the modes of action of ribosome-targeting antibiotics, and the mechanisms of drug resistance at a structural level. More information about Dr. <span>Polikanov</span> research can be obtained from the most recent publications <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"></span>(</span><u style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/yury.polikanov.1/bibliography/50395623/public/?sort=date&direction=descending" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/yury.<span>polikanov</span>.1/bibliography/50395623/public/?sort=date&direction=descending</a></span></u><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;text-align:justify">) or found on the web-page (</span><a href="https://bios.uic.edu/bios/people/faculty/yury-polikanov" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;text-align:justify" target="_blank">https://bios.uic.edu/bios/people/faculty/yury-<span>polikanov</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;text-align:justify">). The successful candidate will be involved in the determination of high-resolution structures of ribosome functional complexes with various protein translation factors, tRNAs, and antibiotics using macromolecular X-ray crystallography and potentially cryo-EM techniques.</span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify">Basic qualifications:</b> </font></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">PhD in chemistry, biochemistry<div style="display:inline">, </div><div style="display:inline">biophysics, </div>or a related field;</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Practical skills with the most standard methods currently used in molecular biology, and biochemistry (such as protein expression, purification);</font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Experience in structural biology (<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"></span>X-ray crystallography<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"> or <span class="gmail_default"></span>cryo-EM</span>);</font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Experience in the RNA biology field is <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">not required but </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">highly </span>desired;</font></li></ul><div style="text-align:justify"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b>The successful candidate is also expected to:</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Act independently in terms of planning and executing the experiments;</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Compile, analyze, and prepare data for publications;</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Assist with training of graduate and undergraduate students.</font></li></ul></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><br></p></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-size:large;font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify">Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Interested candidates should <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">apply by 04/16/2021 using the following link:</span></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><a href="https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=142760" target="_blank">https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=142760</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">o<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">r email directly to Dr. Polikanov - <a href="mailto:yuryp@uic.edu" target="_blank">yuryp@uic.edu</a>.</span></font></div><div style="font-size:large;font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></div><div style="font-size:large;font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span class="gmail_default">Please make sure to include </span>CV, cover letter, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify">and contact information for three references</span><span class="gmail_default"></span><span style="text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">. </font><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><font color="#000000"></font><font color="#ff0000"><b>For full consideration, in </b></font></span><b><font color="#ff0000">the cover letter, <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">describe</span></font></b></span><span style="text-align:justify"><b><font color="#ff0000"> how <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">your </span>previous research accomplishments and scientific interests fit with the scope of the research in the Polikanov research group.</font></b></span><br></div></div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><em style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The University of Illinois at
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