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Postdoctoral Scientist | Neurobiology | Dr Michel Goedert | LMB 2842
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Research
Science
Pay TBCYear groups
Not specified
Deadline
11 Oct 2026
Field
Science
Sector
Research & Academia
Year groups
PhD / Postgraduate Research
What you'll do
Eligibility
- Academic qualifications: These should include a PhD in a relevant subject or due to complete a PhD within 6 months.
Funding structure
- Salary: £42,694 per annum
About the employer
- Overall purpose: To work in the group of Dr Michel Goedert from the Neurobiology Division of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), as part of a programme aimed at understanding Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration.
- Specifically, to undertake research to develop methods for forming alpha-synuclein filaments with the same structures as those from human brains, This work will be done in close collaboration with the group of Dr Sjors Scheres from the Structural Studies Division of the LMB.
- Barran, University of Manchester), The second candidate will develop methods for making alpha-synuclein folds like those from human brains and use cryo-EM to analyse these folds.
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