if you know of suitable candidates, please feel free to forward the ad below.
MSc student position open in the group of Dr. Inari Kursula, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu and Centre for Structural Systems Biology, DESY, Hamburg
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated student with a keen interest in protein chemistry and structural biology to join our young group for an MSc (pro gradu) project for about six months, starting as soon as possible (early 2012). The work can be performed in our laboratories either in Oulu or Hamburg, or shared between both.
My group is working on proteins regulating the actin-based motility of the malaria parasite (
Plasmodium). The current project deals with biochemical and structural characterization of domains of the two
Plasmodium formins. More information on our group and projects can be found at our website:
http://www.desy.de/~inari/labInformal enquiries by e-mail are most welcome.
Contact details for informal enquiries:
Applications should be sent by e-mail to Inari Kursula and will be considered until a suitable candidate has been found.
Recent publications related to the topic:
Singh BK, Sattler JM, Chatterjee M, Huttu J, Schüler H & Kursula I (2011) Crystal structures explain functional differences in the two actin depolymerization factors of the malaria parasite. J. Biol. Chem., 286: 28256-28264.
Huttu J, Singh BK, Bhargav SP, Sattler JM, Schüler H & Kursula I (2010) Crystallization and preliminary structural characterization of the two actin depolymerization factors of the malaria parasite. Acta Cryst. F, 66: 583-587.
Kursula I, Kursula P, Ganter M, Panjikar S, Matuschewski K & Schüler H (2008) Structural basis for parasite-specific functions of the divergent profilin of Plasmodium falciparum. Structure, 16: 1638-1648.
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Inari Kursula, Asst.Prof.
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
and University of Hamburg
CSSB-HZI at DESY
Notkestrasse 85, Bldg. 25b
22607 Hamburg
Germany
and
Department of Biochemistry
University of Oulu
Linnanmaa H4
90570 Oulu
Finland
http://www.desy.de/~inari/labhttp://www.biochem.oulu.fi/tutkimus/ikursula/
http://cc.oulu.fi/~inkursul/
inari.kursula@helmholtz-hzi.de, inari.kursula@oulu.fi
+49-(0)40-89986151, +358-(0)8-5531188
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