The candidate for the postdoctoral position should be able to carry out interdisciplinary projects to study the structural and dynamic properties of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) and their complexes with other proteins and low weight organic compounds. Together with Prof. Mark Tester (KAUST, Desert Agriculture Initiative), we are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow with an extensive experience in the protein biochemistry and biophysical methods used for characterization of proteins and to study protein-protein/peptide interactions. The Flexible Systems research group tries to understand the physico-chemical and structural properties of disordered and largely dynamic proteins and their complexes. With this project we are focused on the protein machinery involved into the mechanisms of plant adaptation to the changing environmental conditions (i.e. salinity). To tackle this interdisciplinary task we team up with Prof. Mark Tester, the renowned plant scientist. The Salt Lab led by Prof. Mark Tester is a world leading team in plant biology and mechanisms of salinity tolerance. 

Depending on the interests and skills, a candidate will have an opportunity to expand expertise in various biophysical methods relevant to state-of-the-art Integrated Structural Biology, with a particular emphasis on the solution, solid-state NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM, molecular dynamics simulations (MD).