Requirements:
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics, or related area
Experience and skill in use of multidimensional NMR for elucidating
biomolecular structures
Strong interest and motivation for learning and developing new methods
for using NMR data for computing high probability structures
US citizenship or permanent residency
Area of Research Interest:
Proline rich peptide interaction with FK binding protein
Apo(a) kringle interaction with apolipoprotein peptides
Facilities:
200, 400, and 600 NMR spectrometers
multiple SGI and DEC workstations for structure calculations
CD, EPR, UV, and fluorescence resources
Affiliated programs:
Keck Center for Computational Biology (Major sponsor of the Fellowship)
The Institute of Molecular Design
Houston Area Molecular Biophysics Program
Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Training Program
To apply send:
Curriculum vitae
Three letters of reference
Application address:
Xiaolian Gao Joel Morrisett
Dept of Chemistry Dept of Biochemistry
Univ of Houston Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX 77204-5641 Houston, TX 77030
tel:(713)-743-2805 tel: (713)-798-4164
fax:(713)-743-2709 fax: (713)-798-4121
email:gao@kitten.chem.uh.edu email:morriset@bcm.tmc.edu