Job Description:

About the Lab

The research group of Dr. Sozanne Solmaz is looking to recruit a postdoctoral research associate. The Solmaz laboratory investigates the molecular mechanisms for precise, bi-directional positioning of the cell nucleus by microtubules motors. These cellular transport pathways are essential for the generation of the majority of the cells in the brain and associated mutations cause devastating brain and muscle developmental diseases, including spinal muscular atrophy, which is the most common genetic cause of death in infants. A second project investigates the interactions of Alzheimer's disease related forms of tau protein with microtubules. The successful candidate will combine cutting edge structural biology approaches (X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy) with biophysical techniques, protein biochemistry, neuroscience and cell biology to investigate how teams of opposing motor complexes collaborate to ac...