Postdoctoral Fellow - Molecular Dynamics

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.

A Postdoctoral Fellow position in Computational Biology is immediately available under the direction of Dr. Nagarajan Vaidehi- Chair of Computational & Quantitative Medicine at the Beckman Research Institute. This project involves development and application of large-scale data analysis techniques from the Systems Biology field to molecular dynamics methods, and the study of the dynamics of G-protein coupled receptors complexes to understand its signaling selectivity. The project is inter-disciplinary and provides opportunities to train in large scale data analysis techniques as well as interact with experimental collaborators. City of Hope provides a multi-disciplinary collaborative environment with opportunities to interact with clinician scientists to conduct bench side to bedside research.

Your qualifications should include:

PhD degree in Chemistry or Physics or Biochemistry with experience in protein dynamics studies.

The candidate should be knowledgeable about concepts in statistical thermodynamics, in python scripting and C++ programming.

Familiarity with Molecular Dynamics methods and experience in code development is preferred.

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