Postdoc Opportunities in Structural Biology 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 Zhang Lab at Saint Louis University is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow for research at the intersection of bioinformatics, comparative genomics, structural analysis, and machine learning. The position is centered on independent computational research with an emphasis on protein bioinformatics, evolutionary analysis, and structural bioinformatics, alongside the development and application of machine-learning approaches. The fellow will contribute to manuscript and grant preparation, includin...

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 University of California, Irvine and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation are offering a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in ophthalmology research through the School of Medicine. The fellowship is centered on the biology and pathology of the visual system and is designed for exceptional researchers working on innovative, interdisciplinary projects that connect medical science with chemical, biochemical, structural biology, and genetic approaches. Fellows will join the Brunson Center for ...

The Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine is offering postdoctoral scholar positions that may become available throughout the year. The role places the scholar in a research environment within the School of Medicine, where they will conduct advanced research under the general oversight of a faculty mentor. This appointment is designed as a full-time period of advanced academic preparation and research training. The postdoctoral scholar will contribute to proj...

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 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 ...

Postdoctoral Scholar positions are occasionally available in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine . The appointment sits within the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences and is sponsored by faculty members in molecular biology and biochemistry. This opening is presented as a general postdoctoral opportunity rather than a single fixed project, so the exact research focus may vary depending on the faculty sponsor and available opportun...

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...