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     Numerous opportunities aravailablfoprospectivpostdoctoraassociates, graduatstudents, anundergraduatscholars. Thlaboratory is currently locateothfifth flooothNew Chemistry Building wherwoccupy approximately 4,000 sq. ft. ouseablspacconsisting ooffices, instrument rooms anchemicapreparatioareas, including a dedicatecolroofoenzympreparation. Warequippewith thlatest instrumentatiofothisolatioorecombinant proteins, recombinant DNA technology, steady statantransient kinetic analyses, anouowcomputegraphics facility. Thlaboratory is currently fundeby thRobert A. Welch Foundation, anthNationaInstitutes oHealth. Thgrouusually consists oaevedistributioograduatstudents anpostdoctoraassociates. Wstrivthav1-3 undergraduatscholars ithlaboratory throughout thyear.

PostdoctoraAssociates

     Applicants fopostdoctoraassociatpositions araccepteat any time. However, wwoulappreciatreceiving inquiries 6-12 months priotthanticipatestart date.  Domestic scientists arencouraged, but not required, tapply foNIH anNSfellowshiawards. Thduratioopostdoctorapositions is usually twtthreyears. Fulmedicacoveragis includeas part othemployment package.

     Tapply, pleassena resumana list opublications anpresentations. Ithcovelettedescribyoubackgrounanthtyporesearch project yoarinteresteipursuing.

     Providthnames anemaiaddresses oyoudoctoraadvisoanat least onothepersoacquaintewith youscientific backgrounanaccomplishments. Applications shoulbsent via mail, fax, oemaitthfollowing address:

Applications arsoliciteithfollowing areas.

• Evolutioonew activsites
• Enzymreactiomechanisms
• Enzymfunctiodiscovery
• Steady statantransient kinetics
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• ProteiStructurAnalyses

GraduatStudents

     Nearly alothgraduatstudents ioulaboratory enteTexas A&through thDepartment oChemistry othDepartment oBiochemistry anBiophysics. My primary appointment anlaboratory arphysically locateithDepartment oChemistry but hava joint appointment with thDepartment oBiochemistry anBiophysics.

     Pleascheck thsites associatewith thesprograms foadditionainformation.  Research projects arcurrently availabltstudy alaspects oenzymstructuranfunction. Warparticularly interesteiapplying genomic informatiotmanipulatthcatalytic activities owiltypenzymes tcreatnew catalysts with noveactivities anthdiscovery onew catalytic activities.

     Laboratory rotations aravailabltlearthtechniques osite-directemutagenesis, proteicrystallization, rapikinetic analysis, moleculamodeling, chemo-enzymatic synthesis, inhibitodesigancharacterization, anproteipurification.

UndergraduatScholars

     Undergraduatstudents armost welcome. Opportunities abounfothosundergraduatstudents whwant tlearthlatest experimentatechniques iproteianbioorganic chemistry, site-directeancombinatoriamutagenesis, anthsynthesis onoveenzymsubstrates aninhibitors. Preferencis givetthosTexas A&students wharwilling tconduct research itheijunioansenioyears. Financiasupport foonotwstudents aravailablfroa grant frothRobert A. Welch Foundation. Prospectivstudents wanting tearcredit fo485 o491 shoulhavtakeorganic chemistry (CHE227 anCHE228).

     Research opportunities aralsavailablithsummer. ThChemistry Department sponsors aoutstanding prografoundergraduatscholars. ThRE(Research Enhancement foUndergraduates) is partially supporteby a generous grant frothNSF.  Pleascheck thwebsitfoadditionainformatioanapplicatioprocedures.