"Postdoctoral Researcher - Laboratory of Max Wilkinson"

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Wilkinson Lab

The Wilkinson Lab, part of the Structural Biology Program at MSK, is seeking a motivated, creative, and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Researcher to join our growing team. Our research focusses on discovering new reverse transcriptase-based biology in bacteria and eukaryotes. We do mechanistic biology, spanning bioinformatic discovery, molecular biology, biochemistry, and structural biology. There is so much cool RNA-based biology, and we're excited by the question: 'what else is out there?'

More details about our research can be found here: https://wilkinsonlab.bio/

This position offers an opportunity to work at the cutting edge of fundamental biological discovery.

Potential projects would include

• Discovery and comprehensive characterization of new reverse transcription-based phage defence systems in bacteria
• Discovery of the gene expression and/or translation mechanisms of eukaryotic retrotransposons, with a particular focus on how R2 retroelements impact/synthesise with ribosome biogenesis
• Original ideas from applicants are also welcome (but not necessary)

Key Requirements:

• PhD in a molecular biology or molecular biology-adjacent field
• Experience with some of the following (not necessarily all of the following - we welcome applicants who want to learn some of these skills):
  • Structural biology
  • Nucleic acid biochemistry
  • Protein expression and purification
  • Microbiology
  • Cell culture and cell line creation
  • Ribosome biology
  • Kindness and curiosity

Application Instructions:

Please submit a C.V. with list of publications (if any), a letter or email describing why you are interested in this position, and contact detail for references (1 to 3) to:

Max Wilkinson
wilkinm@mskcc.org

Pay Range: 72,000 - 90,000

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