Postdoctoral Position in Protein Engineering

A postdoctoral position is available immediately to participate in an exciting project of designing T Cell Receptors (TCR) with enhanced binding affinities to their ligands. The project entails expressing TCR mutants in E. Coli, refolding the proteins from inclusion bodies, purifying the refolded proteins using FPLC, and measuring their binding affinities using Surface Plasmon Resonance ( http://www.whitaker.org/abstracts/apr01/weng.html ).

We welcome highly motivated, recent Ph.D. with strong background in molecular biology and protein chemistry and an interest in protein engineering. Experiences with display techniques for in vitro evolution are a plus. Please send a description of your research goals, curriculum vitae, and names and phone numbers of three references to:

Dr. Zhiping Weng
Department of Biomedical Engineering
44 Cummington Street
Boston University
Boston, MA, 02215
Email: zhiping@bu.edu
Phone: 617-353-3509
Fax: 617-353-6766