Postdoctoral Positions Available in Enzymology, Cell Biology and Protein Chemistry. There is one immediate funded position in our lab (Summer 2023) for a motivated cell biologist or chemical biologist interested in studying the effects of protein post-translational modifications in human health and disease using cellular models and biochemical assays. The appropriate candidates would have strong training in either Peptide Chemistry or Cell Biology with a keen interest to work at the interface of both. Please contact the lab at chatterjee@chem.washington.edu
Autumn 2023: The New (In-person!) School Year brings new openings! There are 2 spots for interested Graduate Students in our labs (BAGLEY HALL 152-162) on NSF and NIH-funded projects!
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” -Henry Ford
The Chatterjee Lab is always happy to meet team players excited about organic synthesis, protein chemistry, cell biology, or any applications of semisynthetic technologies. Whether you are a prospective technician, graduate student, or post-doctoral fellow, if you are interested in our work, please enquire directly with C.C. (chatterjee@chem.washington.edu).
WHAT IS A CAREER IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY? Alumni from the Chatterjee laboratory can expect to have exciting careers as faculty members (Dr. Paul Lawrence – Keystone College, and Dr. Aurea Chu- Baylor University) at research universities, medical schools, and 4-year colleges; and as research scientists at innovative start-up companies (Dr. Caroline Weller – Revolution Medicines, Dr. Markandeya Nagula- Chemedsyn Life Sciences), leading corporations, and government laboratories (Capt. Christa Schiesswohl, M.S. Thesis ’16 – Air Force Research Labs). The strong training provided by our comprehensive approach to scientific inquiry provides numerous opportunities to master organic synthesis, bioanlaytical separations, biophyscial measurements, molecular biology and biochemistry. The best part of a career in chemical biology is identifying the fundamental physico-chemical principles that drive biology and designing tools to probe and tweak proteins, cells, tissues and whole organisms.
Post-doctoral Opportunities at the Institute for Protein Design The Institute for Protein Design (IPD) will support selected post-doctoral fellows interested in protein engineering. Over the next 5-6 years, there will be a steady state of twelve WRF-IPD Fellows who are supported for 3 years with funding for salary, computation, gene synthesis, protein production and other research costs. Candidate fellows must identify a Seattle-based research laboratory in their area of interest, and are expected to spend most of their time in these laboratories while at the same time becoming expert at protein design methodology at the IPD. WRF-IPD Fellows will be selected on the basis of their academic achievement and future promise. A list of potential WRF-IPD Fellow research areas and collaborating faculty can be found here: http://www.ipd.uw.edu/wrf-ipd-research-areas/