Highlights:
1. Applications are invited from enthusiastic and talented individuals for PhD positions in Membrane Biophysics to join the lab of Prof. David Gidalevitz at the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
2. The research in this group focuses on designing functional mimics of biological membranes to understand the mechanisms of peptide/protein-membrane interaction and membrane fusion.
3. The successful candidate will be involved in one of two well-funded highly interdisciplinary projects:
4. The first project aims at developing novel antibiotic drugs, functional mimics of natural antimicrobial peptides.
5. We employ synchrotron surface X-ray scattering, fluorescence microscopy, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques to study the mode of action and structure-function relationship of antimicrobial peptides and their mimics, using Langmuir lipid monolayers and lipid bilayers as models of biomembranes.
6. The project is collaboration with Stanford University and University of Pennsylvania.
7. The second project is a part of US Army funded collaborative research within the Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter at the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering and aimed at multi-scale modeling of the biological tissue. Successful applicant will be involved in design and characterisation of biological membrane mimics with cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix components using fluorescence microscopy, AFM, optical tweezers, and X-ray scattering techniques.
8. Applicants should have, or be expecting to obtain, a Bachelor or Master degree in Biophysics, Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemical or Biomedical Engineering, and Engineering Physics or a related field.
9. Interested candidates should contact Prof. David Gidalevitz (gidalevitz@iit.edu) or Andrey Ivankin (aivankin@iit.edu).
Ref. Chemseer
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