Postdoctoral Fellow: Membrane Protein Design & Computation

Scripps Research; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

On-site parking

Retirement plan

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA invites applications for a hybrid computational‑experimental Postdoctoral Associate in the Mravic Laboratory to design proteins and peptides that fold and function within cellular lipid membranes, and to develop software that encodes protein structure and interactions in lipid environments.

The role involves developing software approaches for de novo design and protein engineering with therapeutic potential, and requires a doctoral degree with strong

Qualifications

• Must possess a doctoral degree in cell biology, genetics, neurobiology, molecular biology, biophysics, or related field.
• Highly motivated, independent, with outstanding written and oral communication skills, and with available or pending peer‑reviewed publication(s).
• Research experience with cryo-EM, AI/machine learning, cell signaling assays, and/or protein engineering screening or selections is highly desirable but not required.

Skills

Excellent written and oral comunicait0

Education

Doctoral degree in cell biology, genetics, neurobiology, molecular biology, biophysics, or related field

Job description

Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA invites applications for a hybrid computational‑experimental Postdoctoral Associate in the Mravic Laboratory to design proteins and peptides that fold and function within cellular lipid membranes, and to develop software that encodes protein structure and interactions in lipid environments.

The role involves developing software approaches for de novo design and protein engineering with therapeutic potential, and requires a doctoral degree with strong