[RASMB] PhD studentship available

[Dj Scott]

Hello all,
If any of you know an eager young UK national who would like to do a PhD
between myself and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, do let me know.
Details are below:
 
PhD Studentship in multi-scale solution structure analysis and modelling

One of the major challenges of modern structural biology is the
structural determination at high resolution of biomolecules that are not
amenable to crystallography or NMR. This in includes biomolecules that
are natively unstructured and large dynamic assemblies. The challenge in
tackling these systems lies in combining a range of structural and
biophysical techniques into an integrated approach capable of utilising
both low resolution and high resolution techniques in combination.

This research will be carried out between the Rutherford-Appleton
Laboratory at Harwell (UK) and the National Centre for Macromolecular
Hydrodynamics at The University of Nottingham (UK). The student will be
trained in and utilise a wide range of structural and biophysical
techniques including small angle scattering, analytical
ultacentrifugation, such as protein crystallography, High-field NMR,
small angle x-ray and neutron scattering, and standard molecular biology
techniques such as over-expression and site-directed mutagenesis. In
addition they will be closely involved in the development of modelling
approaches to combine the data from these techniques to produce cohesive
models of large scale and/or flexible structures.

The position is jointly funded by the Science and Technology Funding
Council (STFC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research
Council (BBSRC), two of the major funding agencies in the United Kingdom
and is open to all UK nationals. The position would suit biochemistry or
chemistry graduates with an interest in biological structure as well as
graduates in physics or computer science interested in expanding the
application of their skills into the practical sciences.


	
	

For further enquiries and details of the project please contact Dr.
Cameron Neylon (cameron.neylon at stfc.ac.uk) or Dr. David Scott
(dj.scott at nottingham.ac.uk). 

 
 
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Dr. David J. Scott
Associate Professor in Physical Biochemistry
National Centre for Macromolecular Hydrodynamics
School of Biosciences
Sutton Bonington Campus
University of Nottingham
Leicestershire. LE12 5RD.
United Kingdom.
+44 115 951 6221
+44 115 951 6142
www.nottingham.ac.uk/ncmh
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