Postdocotral positions:
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Candidates
interested in applying for postdoctoral fewllowships (Ramón y
Cajal, Juan de la Cierva, Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, etc.),
programs are welcome to inquire directly with a CV and a brief
statement of interests.
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Doctoral
positions:
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Candidates
interested in
doctoral/postdoctoral positions in the areas of solid-supported
lipid layers, biomaterial-body
interactions, and crystallization
of soluble and
transmembrane proteins,
please inquire directly with a CV and a
brief statement of interests.
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Lipid asymmetry in
surface-supported bilayers and liposomes.
Several
groups have recently reported, that lipids in surface-supported
bilayers are distributed asymmetrically. This is true of charged as
well as zwitterionic phospholipids. We are investigating the dynamics
of the process of lipid redistribution in the adsorbing liposomes and
the "equilibrium" state of the resulting bilayers.
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Growth of protein
3D crystals visualized by atomic force microscopy at molecular
resolution.
The project will involve growing 3D crystals of model proteins (image
on the right) and imaging them at high-resolution by atomic force
microscopy in liquid with the goal of visualizing protein
conformational changes.
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Following the formation of phospholipid
vesicles by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM).
Formation of
phospholipid vesicles (image on the right) from lipid films will be
followed by a combination of fluorescence microscopy and quartz crystal
microbalance to gain further insight into this process.
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Shear-acoustic (QCM) response
from inhomogeneous ultrathin biomolecular surfaces.
Interpretation of shear-acoustic response from homogeneous interfaces based on mechanical, optical, or electric
models is relatively straight-forward. This is
not the case from inhomogeneous interfaces (see the picture on the
right). Examples of such surfaces include interfaces at various stages
of protein adsorption. These will be used in an attempt to understand
how QCM response depends on variables such as surface density of the
adsorbed species.
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Master
projects are specifically designed to balance their novelty against the
educational value for the student. Working on these projects will
expose the students to the modern techniques and methods used in the
areas of biophysics and biomaterials; they are expected to lead to
publications, and will therefore open new opportunities in the national
and international job markets, both academic and industrial, for the
students.
More
information about the group can be found here. Interested students with
a background in biochemistry, physical chemistry, physics, or
material science and engineering, please contact IReviakine@cicbiomagune.es
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