A Post Doctoral Associate position is available in the Liu lab at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research IBBR of the University of Maryland College Park in Rockville MD The research project focuses on the molecular understanding of chaperone mediated protein folding and translocation using cryo EM biochemistry and computational modelingThe postdoc will carry out daily research tasks in the lab including maintaining cell culture protein expression and purification running biochemicalbiophysical assays protein structure determination with cryoEM training undergraduate and graduate students and writing research proposals and publications IBBR is a joint research enterprise of the University of Maryland College Park the University of Maryland Baltimore and the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyIBBR leverages state of art integrative methods for bioanalytical biophysical and structural characterization of biomolecules cryo electron microscopy nuclear magnetic resonance x ray crystallography small angle neutron and x ray scattering and mass spectrometryIBBR researchers seek to advance therapeutic development biomanufacturing and state of the art measurement technologies to support accelerated delivery of safe and effective medicines to the public IBBR is a major initiative and supported in part by the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership MPowering the State MPower an initiative designed to achieve innovation and impact through collaboration