University of California, Davis

Postdoctoral Positions

Postdoctoral positions are available starting January 2006 or earlier. The positions are NIH-funded, and stipends will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

Possible projects are:

Biochemical analysis of the Rad55-Rad57 heterodimer.

Biochemical and molecular analysis of Rad55-Rad57 phosphorylation in DSB repair and replication fork restart.

Biochemical and molecular analysis of Mus81-Mms4 and Mus81-Mms4 phosphorylation in DSB repair and replication fork restart.

For publications see: Bashkirov et al. (2000, 2003) Mol. Cell. Biol.; Solinger et al. (2002) Mol. Cell; Fabre et al. (2002) PNAS; Heyer et al. (2003) TiBS.; Haghnazari & Heyer (2004) NAR.

General information

The Heyer laboratory is located in the Section of Microbiology at UC Davis, one of the largest University of California campuses with a strong emphasis in the Biological Sciences. Studies in DNA metabolism are a strong focus of the Division of Biological Sciences and ten laboratories are active in this area. The Heyer lab is located in the new Life Sciences Addition building and state-of-the-art equipment is at hand. Davis is a friendly college town that provides a safe environment with a high quality of life at a reasonable cost. Davis is located 1 hour East of San Francisco and two hours West of Lake Tahoe and the ski slopes of the Sierra Nevada.

For more information, please contact me directly. To apply, send CV and bibliography and three letters of reference to:

Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Section of Microbiology
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8665 / USA
wdheyer@ucdavis.edu
Tel. (530) 752-3001
FAX (530) 752-3011

updated 8/9/05