From: Mirau, Peter A Civ USAF AFMC AFRL/RXBN
(Peter.Mirau@WPAFB.AF.MIL)
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:25 PM
Postdoctoral Position at AFRL—Peptide Binding at Surfaces
Air Force Research Labs
The Nanostructured and Biological Materials Branch
at the Air Force Research Labs is searching for a postdoctoral
candidate for a project using NMR to determine the structure and
dynamics of peptides binding to organic and inorganic surfaces.
Peptide sequences that bind organic, metal and metal-oxide surfaces
have been identified using phase-display combinatorial libraries (MRS
Bull. 2008, 33, 519). The goal of this project is to use NMR to
determine the conformation of the bound peptide and understand the
mechanism by which peptides template the formation of
nanoparticles. These nanoparticles have unusual optical,
electrical and catalytic properties and a wide variety of applications.
Peptide binding is studied by solution and
solid-state NMR using labeled peptides. Distance restraints and
other data are used to refine the structures using standard
computational methods.
US citizenship or a green card is required for this
position at the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH.
Please send resume to Dr.Peter Mirau (peter.mirau@wpafb.af.mil),
Nanostructured and Biological Materials Branch, AFRL, 2941 Hobson Way,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433.
