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Postdoctoral

Postdoctoral

CompanyPenn State
LocationState College, PA, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesPhD
Experience LevelEntry Level/New Grad, Junior

Requirements

  • Experience in gene regulation
  • Experience in in vitro transcription
  • Experience in RNA biochemistry
  • Experience in protein-RNA interaction
  • Experience in protein-protein interaction
  • Experience in bioinformatics analysis of transcriptomics data
  • Recently received Ph.D. in the Life Sciences

Responsibilities

  • Study transcription and/or post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in *B. subtilis* and *E. coli*
  • Explore fundamental mechanisms that control RNA polymerase pausing and termination
  • Regulate gene expression by transcription attenuation and translational control mechanisms
  • Conduct structural studies of RNA polymerase using cryo-EM
  • Identify novel RNA-based regulatory mechanisms using RNET-seq, Term-seq, and Structure-seq

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.