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The candidate will be a member of a team working on understanding the biological role of O-fucose and O-glucose modifications on cysteine-rich domains (Epidermal Growth Factor-like (EGF) repeats, Thrombospondin Type 1 Repeats (TSRs), and Elastin Microfibril Interface (EMI) domains) added by the enzymes Protein O-fucosyltransferases 1, 2, 3 and 4 (POFUT1-4) and Protein O-glucosyltransferases 1, 2 and 3 (POGLUT1-3). This project is supported by grants from the National Institute of Health. They will use cell-based and in vitro experiments to determine biological roles of these modifications on substrate proteins. The candidate will also be responsible for training postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students in these and other biochemical and cell biological methods.

PhD in Biochemistry or related field.
-Experience with mass spectral glycoproteomic site mapping of O-linked modifications on proteins.

-Mammalian tissue culture

-Expression and purification of proteins in mammal tissue culture.

-Experience with in vitro glycosyltransferase assays.

-Basic biochemical and cell biological methods (PCR, SDS-PAGE, Western blots, etc.).

-Experience with mice a plus

Normal lab activity.

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