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Postdoctoral Associate, Keating Lab

Job Number: 25959
Functional Area: Research - Scientific
Department: Biology
School Area: Science
Pay Range Minimum: $73,308
Pay Range Maximum: $90,000

Employment Type: Full-Time
Employment Category: Exempt
Visa Sponsorship Available: Yes
Schedule:
Pay Grade: No Grade

Posting Description

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, KEATING LAB, Biology, to join a small, collaborative peptide design team working at the interface of computation and experiment. Working closely with the Principal Investigator and a computational Research Scientist, the Postdoctoral Associate will serve as the experimental lead on a peptide design campaign that will involve driving the synthesis and testing of designed peptides, evaluating early hits with assays developed and run independently, and reporting findings to colleagues and collaborators through presentations, publications, and patents. Results and ideas generated in this role will feed directly into peptide optimization and help refine the design methodology. The Keating Lab is a collaborative and stimulating research environment with strong connections between wet and dry lab, bringing together computational biologists building new methods at the interface of structural biology and machine learning and experimentalists studying how proteins recognize their binding partners across a wide range of biological systems.

The full job description is available, here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:7d84d117-3ccf-4b4c-8003-d26734ef13b3

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Structural Biology, Chemical Biology, or a related field; record of original scholarship (e.g., peer-reviewed publications, preprints, patents); proven expertiseand success in executing and interpreting in vitro biophysical assays (SPR, BLI, ITC, fluorescence polarization, etc.); strong understanding of binding kinetics, thermodynamics, and macromolecular structure; ability to drive research independently while collaborating effectively within a team, and a track record of meeting deadlines; and fluency in English for scientific communication. PREFERRED: Experience working with peptides; peptide modification and unnatural amino acids; and protein or peptide design experience.

8/14/2026