Postdoc Research Associate - McGinty Lab
Company: UNC-Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Position Summary The McGinty laboratory at UNC -CH invites
highly skilled and motivated structural biologists, biochemists, or
chemical biologists, who are interested in expanding their skills
while working on significant and impactful chromatin research, to
apply for this position. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will
conduct independent research furthering the laboratory’s studies of
proteins that regulate chromatin structure and function through
epigenetic processes, disruption of which leads to many human
diseases including cancer. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will
be a part of a multidisciplinary team that will express and purify
recominbant proteins and DNA for use in structural biology and
biochemisty experiments. Projects will require use of single
particle cryo-electron microscopy and/or X-ray crystallography, as
well as other biochemical and biophysical techniques Required
Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience - Prior experience
with molecular biology and protein expression and purification are
required. - Ideal candidates will have demonstrated high
productivity through exemplary publication records. Preferred
Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience - Experience with
structural biology techniques, peptide or protein chemistry, and
mass spectrometry.
Keywords: UNC-Chapel Hill, Durham , Postdoc Research Associate - McGinty Lab, Science, Research & Development , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
