PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Cryo Electron Microscopy in United States

The University of Arizona’s Department of Basic Medical Sciences is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for Dr. Miao Zhang’s laboratory in Phoenix. The laboratory studies the structure and function of membrane proteins, with particular emphasis on ion channels and transporters. The research program uses cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to investigate membrane-protein architecture and mechanisms, supporting longer-term applications in AI-driven drug discovery. The role also encompasses mu...

The Debler Laboratory at Thomas Jefferson University is recruiting a postdoctoral scientist for a project at the intersection of biochemistry and structural biology. The position focuses on understanding the mechanism of macromolecular machines and assemblies using high-end structural approaches, with particular emphasis on x-ray crystallography and/or cryo-electron microscopy. The lab is described as well funded by NIH, strongly equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation, and embedded in a ...

The Ribbe/Hu laboratories in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine are recruiting postdoctoral scholars to work on the catalysis and/or assembly of nitrogenase. The project sits at the intersection of biochemical mechanism and structural biology, with a particular emphasis on how this important metalloenzyme is assembled and functions in the laboratory setting. Researchers in the Ribbe/Hu group will be part of an active postdoctoral environm...

The McNulty Laboratory in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine is seeking a postdoctoral scholar for an NIH-funded research program in structural immunology and innate immune signaling. The project centers on the molecular recognition, assembly, and regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome complexes. The successful candidate will investigate how inflammasome regulation is controlled through integrated protein and nucleic acid biochemistry, quantita...

The Goulding Lab at the University of California, Irvine is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to study the molecular mechanisms of bacterial competition using cryo-electron microscopy. Working in collaboration with the Hayes Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the project focuses on the structures and assembly of effector, immunity, and delivery complexes used by bacteria to attack neighboring cells, defend against attack, and invade host cells. The postdoctoral researcher will use ...

Emory University School of Medicine’s Liang Laboratory in Atlanta, United States, is recruiting three full-time Postdoctoral Fellows: two positions in Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) and Structural Biology, and one in Cryo-Electron Tomography (Cryo-ET) and In Situ Structural Biology. The laboratory combines structural biology, protein biochemistry, biophysics, and computational methods to study viral RNA synthesis machinery, viral replication, disease-associated amyloid filaments, and protein...

The Wachter Lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in protein biochemistry and structural biology . The lab investigates molecular mechanisms underlying transcriptional regulation in cancer , combining structural biology, protein biochemistry, and chemical biology to identify new therapeutic opportunities. Research interests include cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), protein complex reconstitution, cancer biology, and mo...

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Xin Gu Laboratory , in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral research fellow in Boston, Massachusetts. The project focuses on fundamental mechanisms of protein turnover and protein homeostasis and their roles in physiology and disease. The interdisciplinary Gu Lab combines genetic screening, proteomics, mechanistic biochemistry, structural biology, and in vivo animal models. Research may investigate newly discovered cellu...

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Structural Biology in the Sun lab. The project focuses on structure-based drug discovery and mechanism-driven tool development using high-resolution single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and pharmacology. The successful researcher will work within the Department of Structural Biology and have access to world-class cryo-EM core facilities and computational resources. The position offers a competitive...