Location(s)
A position as postdoctoral fellow in the area of bioinorganic chemistry is open in the group of Prof. Yoshihito Watanabe in the Department of Chemistry at Nagoya University.
Period: 2008 Apr.-2009 Mar. Extension of additional one year is possible.
Field: Construction of artificial metalloproteins and metalloenzymes. Recent examples of our results are 1) introduction of P450, peroxidase, and catalase activities into myoglobin by designing the heme cavity of myoglobin. 2) Introduction of synthetic metal cofactors at the position of heme in myoglobin and its mutants. 3) Use of ferritin for the construction of unique nano-cluster in the protein cage; a very new approach for the construction of organomatalloenzymes.
For more information, please visit the home page
http://bioinorg.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Salary: Approximately 4,000,000JPY per year.
Application Materials:
following documents should be presented.
(Please mention the job number: WAT1/07)
(1) Curriculum vitae with photograph
(2) Publication list (books, original papers, reviews described separately)
(3) Abstract of research results: 1 page
(4) The reasons why you are interested in this position
(5) Please arrange for two recommendation letters sent upon request directly to
Dr. Berthold Fischer at fischer@chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Open until filled.
Preference will be given to candidates with strong background directly related to relevant research fields. Candidates who did not previously publish several papers in international, peer-reviewed journals and cannot make a statement why exactly they want to join this research group will not receive a reply.
