A two-year postdoctoral fellowship and two to three
PhD studentships are available to apply state-of-the-art NMR techniques
to protein and RNA structural and dynamic analysis. This project is a
collaboration with the University of Sydney, where complementary Small
Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) studies will be performed, and with the
New York Structural Biology Center. The Massey University Centre for
Structural Biology houses a 700 MHz Bruker Avance NMR spectrometer with
cryoprobe in addition to 500, 400 and 200 MHz spectrometers. Support is
via a grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Postdoctoral salary will begin at NZD 61,612 per
anna. The initial
appointment will be for one year (as required by University
regulations), but funding is in place for a second year, subject to a
standard performance review, and extension into a third year is
possible pending funding decisions.
The PhD fellowships carry tax exempt stipends of NZD
23,000 per anna. There is no teaching requirement, and all student
tuition and fees are covered by the grant. Students with exceptional
undergraduate marks may be eligible for a University Scholarship which
provides an increase in stipend level.
The nominal closing date for these positions is 25
November 2009, however late applications will be accepted until the
positions are filled.
Interested parties should email a cover letter, c.v.
and contact information for three referees to Associate Professor
Steven Pascal. See
http://ifs.massey.ac.nz/people/staff.php?personID=56
for email address and further information.
