PhD Position Max Planck Institute for biophysical Chemistry

April 10, 2008

A PhD student position in the computational biomolecular dynamics group at the Max Planck Institute for biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany is available to start immediately.

The project is part of the EU-wide ‘EDICT’ network that brings together the top european membrane protein structural biologists. The project will address the following goals using molecular dynamics simulations and related computational techniques:

  •  the development of accurate and efficient simulation techniques for the affinity prediction of putative blockers to membrane channels;
  •  the computational design of small molecule inhibitors of aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins;

The computational work will be carried out in close collaboration with experimental groups that carry out organic synthesis of candidate compounds, that test the activity of designed compounds in in vitro assays, and optionally structurally characterize channel-inhibitor complexes.

The successful candidate should have a degree in physics or chemistry, should have basic knowledge of structural biology and should have a strong interest in computational biophysics. Payment will be according to the German TVöD standard.

To learn more about other projects in the group, please visit: http://www.mpibpc.gwdg.de/groups/de_groot

The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

Applicants should send an application letter + CV (including the names of at least two people who would be willing to send a letter of recommendation) - please do not hand in folders since the application papers will not be sent back - preferably by e-mail before May 15th, 2008 with reference to the code-number to  Dr. Bert de Groot  (Code Number: 04-08) ,  Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Computational biomolecular dynamics group, Göttinge. E-Mail    bgroot@gwdg.de

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