Switzerland - University of Zurich PhD Position in Biochemistry
September 8th, 2008
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We are an interdisciplinary research group and study protein folding and peptide aggregation by molecular dynamics simulations. The research project involves the further development of methods to analyze free-energy surfaces and their application to biologically relevant conformational transitions in proteins.
Examples:
Ihalainen J.A. et al. PNAS 105, 9588-9593, 2008.
Krivov S.V. et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 8701-8714, 2008.
Rao F. and Caflisch A., J. Mol. Biol. 344, 299-306, 2004.
pdf files of these papers are available on our webpage: http://www.biochem-caflisch.uzh.ch/
Education
Master of science in Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics. Because of the multidisciplinary research project, candidates should have a keen interest in learning new disciplines, and combining their main expertise with the new topic(s).
Duration of appointment: 3-4 years
Contact address
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zurich
Email: caflisch@bioc.uzh.ch
Website: http://www.biochem-caflisch.uzh.ch/
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