WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Ideally, you would have specific experience of the subject, as described below and in the job description as being “desirable”.

• Practical experience in microbiology and molecular biology of cyanobacteria.
• Practical experience in isolation and characterisation of membrane protein complexes of bioenergetics.
• Practical experience of biophysical methods on the photosystems and or bioenergetic complexes (cryo-EM, spectroscopy, electrochemical approaches, etc).

However, excellent candidates with less direct experience of the specific field or with other relevant expertise will be considered (see job description).

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Biochemical/biophysical research in a field-leading team on one of the hottest areas of photosynthesis research: the recently discovered, low-energy chlorophyll-f variant of Photosystem II. Structure/function studies on this system have provided surprises and a new angle from which to view and understand oxygenic photosynthesis: the process that puts the energy into the biosphere.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

You will use a combination of interdisciplinary methods to solve the current burning questions in the field. These methods currently include biochemistry, biophysics, spectroscopy, structural biology (particularly cryo-EM), molecular bioenergetics, molecular biology, molecular enzymology, evolutionary considerations, and comparative work with other photosystems and other reaction centres. You will have the opportunity not only to assimilate in-house expertise but also to gain further experience through collaborative work (on theory, computational chemistry, other spectroscopies, etc) elsewhere in Imperial, the UK, and abroad. The team’s energy accounting expertise has also allowed insights useful for energy policy; you are welcome to contribute to these activities.