Postdoctoral Fellow; PREP

Overview

Research

Title:

Protein Engineer, Protein Sequence Function Measurements

Position: PREP Research Associate

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas.

Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

The candidate will contribute to cutting-edge research projects aimed at collecting massive protein fitness measurements in service of developing a new generation of predictive models linking sequence to function.

• Conduct innovative research in developing large-scale measurements of protein sequence-function relationships.
• Design and execute experiments, analyze data, and interpret results.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide program management support for multi-institute collaborations and scheduling of automated experiments.
• Write and publish manuscripts for peer-reviewed and open-science mediums.
• Present findings at conferences and institutional meetings.

• PhD in Biology, Protein Engineering, Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience working with
  
  E. coli and skilled in molecular biology techniques.
• Experience characterizing protein function and/or biophysical properties.
• Excitement for interdisciplinary field-building efforts, particularly within data-driven biology.
• The ability to travel occasionally for conferences and collaboration.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Please upload the following with your application:

• CV/Resume
• Please limit CV to 3 pages only and ONLY include a valid email address for your contact info. Your resume will not be considered if the following information is included on your CV/resume.
• Self portraits
• Phone number
• Home address/Country
• Citizenship status
• Languages spoken
• Sex/Gender

Authority: 15 U.S.C.

• 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C.
• 272(b) and (c)

Purpose:

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) which is designed to provide valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to undergraduates, post-bachelor's degree holders, graduate students, master's degree holders, postdocs, and faculty. PREP is a 5-year cooperative agreement between NIST laboratories and participating PREP Universities to establish a collaborative research relationship between NIST and U.S. institutions of higher education in the following disciplines including (but may not be limited to) biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, electronics, materials science, mathematics, nanoscale science, neutron science, physical science, physics, and statistics.

This collection of information is needed to facilitate administrative functions of the PREP Program.

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