POST-DOCTORAL POSITION in Molecular Evolution

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION in Molecular Evolution
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

A post-doctoral position is available in the Storz lab at the University
of Nebraska. This is one of two possible positions associated with
an NIH-funded project that is designed to address questions about the
roles of mutational pleiotropy and epistasis in shaping trajectories of
protein evolution. The project involves the use of a protein-engineering
approach to explore the mutational landscape of hemoglobin function
in experimentally defined regions of protein sequence space. The work
integrates evolutionary analyses of sequence variation with functional
analyses of native and recombinant hemoglobins from a diverse range
of animal taxa. The post-doc's work would involve ancestral sequence
reconstructions, phylogenetic analyses, and comparative genomics, and
there is also the opportunity to get involved in experimental aspects
of the project involving protein biochemistry.

The ideal candidate would have expertise in molecular evolution,
bioinformatics, and genomics and an enthusiasm for integrative
evolutionary biology.

For more information about research in the lab, see:
http://storzlab.unl.edu/

If interested, please send a CV and contact information for a
few references. The position could start as early as summer 2014,
but the start-date is flexible. Funding is potentially available
for 3+ years. Salary will be determined by the NIH pay scale
and will include full benefits. Please feel free to contact me
(jstorz2@unl.edu) with any questions.

Lincoln is a great midwestern college town with high quality of life and
miles of bike trails. The School of Biological Sciences at the University
of Nebraska has a great core group of evolutionary biologists.

I will be attending the SMBE meeting in Puerto Rico (8-12 June) and the
Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Manchester, UK (1-5 July),
and I would be happy to meet with prospective candidates in person.

Jay Storz

Jay F. Storz
Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of Biology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588
Phone: 402/472-1114
E-mail: jstorz2@unl.edu

http://storzlab.unl.edu

Jay Storz