PhD student 2009/2010 Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich

PhD student [Master Physics, Chem or Math; further
development of comp methods to analyze free-energy surfaces & their
application to biologically relevant conformational transitions in
proteins] / Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich (Irchel
campus)
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PhD student
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zurich (Irchel campus)

Description
We are an interdisciplinary research group and study protein folding
and peptide aggregation by molecular dynamics simulations. The research
project involves the further development of computational methods to
analyze free-energy surfaces and their application to biologically
relevant conformational transitions in proteins.
Examples:
Ihalainen J.A. et al. PNAS 105, 9588-9593, 2008.
Krivov S.V. et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 8701-8714, 2008.
Rao F. and Caflisch A., J. Mol. Biol. 344, 299-306, 2004.
pdf files of these papers are available on our webpage:
www.biochem-caflisch.uzh.ch
Education
Master of science in Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics. Because
of the multidisciplinary research project, candidates should have a
keen interest in learning new disciplines, and combining their main
expertise with the new topic(s).
Contact address
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zurich
e-mail: caflisch@bioc.uzh.ch