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| == ASSISTANT RESEARCHER POSITION in Structural Biology (Crystallography and/or NMR) ==
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| Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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| Applications are invited for an Assistant Researcher position in the
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| area of Structural Biology, with contract duration up to 5 years, in the
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| Associate Laboratory REQUIMTE (http://www.requimte.pt/), located at the
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| campus of Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de
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| Lisboa (http://www.fct.unl.pt/).
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| The candidate should have a sound knowledge and experience in Protein
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| Crystallography and/or NMR Spectroscopy and will be included in the lab
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| research. He/she will be involved on an on-going drug design project for
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| the study of the interaction of potential drugs with plasma proteins.
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| The work will include preparation of protein-drug candidate complexes,
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| structure determination and biological assays. Opportunity will also be
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| given to carry out independent research in the field.
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| The successful candidate must have a PhD and previous research
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| experience in structural biology using protein crystallography and/or
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| NMR spectroscopy. Candidates should have a high quality research record
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| and at least 3 years of post-doctoral research experience.
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| The project will also require research experience and skills in
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| recombinant protein expression, purification, crystallization and
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| small-ligand screening using protein crystallography, NMR and other
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| biophysical methods.
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| The contract offered will have duration of up to 5 years, renewed yearly
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| based on mutual agreement. The successful candidate will receive a
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| salary in accordance with the University regulations for a senior
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| researcher. The annual gross income, before taxes, will be approximately
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| 3,100 Euros x 14 months.
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| Candidates should send a motivation letter, full CV (with list of
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| publications and description of research interests) and names and
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| addresses (email and phone) of three referees in electronic form to
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| Prof. Maria João Romão (mromao@dq.fct.unl.pt) (http://xtal.dq.fct.unl.pt/ ).
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| Closing date for applications: 15 September 2008.
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