Chemistry Newsletter - 08/02/1999

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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XXXIV No. 25

August 2nd, 1999

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Congratulations to Shannon Stahl!

Shannon Stahl is one of 13 beginning faculty members who were awarded a Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award for 1999. Shannon's proposed studies of "Palladium catalyzed oxidation of organic substrates by dioxygen". The Dreyfus Awards are given to assist outstanding scientists to realize their promise as educators. The Dreyfus Foundation is interested in evidence of continuing dedication to excellence in education outside the research laboratory. Shannon began his appointment as an Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry on July 1. Congratulations Shannon!

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Proposed Finance Committee and Department Meeting Dates

Fall 1999

All Dept and Finance meetings are scheduled for two hours

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Organic Chemistry Cumulative Exam Schedule, 1999.

Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., room B371 Chemistry Building.

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ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS

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IMPORTANT DATES:

MINOR AGREEMENT FORMS: The Graduate School requires that the minor program be outlined in an agreement which is approved by the Department no later than halfway through completion of the sequence of minor courses. The minor requirement is expected to be completed by the end of the third year of graduate school. Minor agreement forms are available in Room 1221.

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SEMINARS

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Tuesday, August 3^rd, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 1610, Engineering Hall. Professor Hans Christian Oettinger, Institut Fuer Polmere of the ETH, Zurich. "From Molecular Models to Complex Flow Calculations for Polymeric Liquids"

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Friday, August 6^th, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar,12:00 noon, Room 1610 Engineering Hall. Professor Hans Christian Oettinger, Institut Fuer Polmere of the ETH, Zurich. "On Models for Non-Isothermal Flow Calculations"

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Monday, August 16^th, 1999 - Special Material Science Seminar, 12:00 noon, Room 221 MS&E Building. Professor Osamu Nishikawa, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Ishikawa, Japan. "Atomic Level Analysis of Carbon and Silicon by a Scanning Atom Probe"

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Wednesday, August 18^th, 1999 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 1:30 p.m., Room 8335, Chemistry Building. Koichi Narasaka, The University of Tokyo. "Electrophilic Amination with Oximes"

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American Heart Association - Northland Affiliate Research Awards

Call for Applications. Obtain information and applications forms for the reseach awards from the internet at: http://www.americanheart.org . Look for Science and Professional and click on research. On the research programs/Funding page look for applications information and click on affiliate. For future information contact: Great America Research Consortium, Attn: Affiliate Research Services. 7272 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75231-4596, Phone: 214-706-1457, -1458, -1158, Fax: 214-706-1341, e-mail: affil@heart.org . Applications for all programs must be received by 5:00 p.m. CST, November 22, 1999 in Dallas, Texas.

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TA Positions Available

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemistry Department. Technical Assistantship: NMR Spectroscopy. The Department is seeking applicants for two technical assistantships for NMR spectroscopy to begin in September (fall session). Applicants must have already taken fall or spring semester Chem. 626, and will primarily assist in teaching labs for this course. Other duties are involved with these positions. These positions should be valuable to the individual and his or her research group because of the additional expertise the student will gain in NMR spectroscopic techniques. Please contact: NMR Director Dr. Charlie Fry, fry@chem.wisc.edu or 262-3182, immediately if you are interested.

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Recent Publications

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Beall H; Gaines DF.

Chemistry of pentaborane(9). A review.

COLLECTION OF CZECHOSLOVAK CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 1999, Vol 64, Iss 5, pp 747-766.

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Curtiss CF; Bird RB.

Multicomponent diffusion.

INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH 1999, Vol 38, Iss 7, pp 2515-2522.

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Patra CN; Yethiraj A; Curro JG.

The effect of attractions on the structure of fused sphere chains confined between surfaces.

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 1999, Vol 111, Iss 4, pp 1608-1614.

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Wang YK; Shu CF; Breitung EM; McMahon RJ.

Synthesis and characterization of thiazole-containing chromophores for second-order nonlinear optics.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 9, Iss 7, pp 1449-1452.

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Nelsen SF; Ismagilov RF.

Ion pairing effects on bis(hydrazine) intervalence radical cations.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 1999, Vol 103, Iss 27, pp 5373-5378.

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Flentke GR; Glinski J; Satyshur K; Rich DH.

Purification and crystallization of rhizopuspepsin: The use of nickel chelation chromatography to select for catalytically active species.

PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION 1999, Vol 16, Iss 2, pp 213-220.

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Holbrook JA; Capp MW; Saecker RM; Record MT.

Enthalpy and heat capacity changes for formation of an oligomeric DNA duplex: Interpretation in terms of coupled processes of formation and association of single-stranded helices.

BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 38, Iss 26, pp 8409-8422.

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Sibert EL.

A perturbative treatment of classical vibrational-translational energy transfer in collinear collisions of an atom and a diatomic molecule.

CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 1999, Vol 307, Iss 5-6, pp 437-444.

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Burstyn JN.

Regulation of NO-sensing soluble guanylyl cyclase and CO-sensing CooA.

JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 74, Iss 1-4, pp 15-15.

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Blazyk JL; Brandstetter H; Frederick CA; Gassner GT; Kopp DA; Lippard SJ; Stahl SS; Valentine AM; Wagner G; Walters KJ; Whittington DA.

The soluble methane monooxygenase: components and catalysis.

JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 74, Iss 1-4, pp 37-37.

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Brunold TC; Solomon EI.

Electronic structure contributions to reversible binding and activation of dioxygen by binuclear non-heme iron proteins.

JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 74, Iss 1-4, pp 85-85.

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Lowther WT; Orville AM; Madden DT; Lim S; Rich DH; Matthews BW.

Structural insights into the reaction mechanism of dinuclear-Co(II) methionine aminopeptidase.

JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 74, Iss 1-4, pp 255-255.

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Reynolds MF; Parks RB; Shelver D; Thorsteinsson MV; Kerby RB; Roberts GP; Burstyn JN.

Spectroscopy of CO-sensing CooA reveals a ligand displacement mechanism for CO activation.

JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 74, Iss 1-4, pp 276-276.

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Wilkens SJ; Westler WH; Markley JL; Weinhold F.

Towards the understanding isotropic hyperfine NMR chemical shifts in iron-sulfur proteins by Natural Hyperine Interaction Analysis of Density Functional/ab initio wavefunctions.

JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 74, Iss 1-4, pp 338-338.

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Tran NT; Kawano M; Powell DR; Hayashi RK; Campana CF; Dahl LF.

Isostructural [Au6Pd6(Pd6-xNix)Ni-20(CO)(44)](6-) and [Au6Ni32(CO)(44)](6-) clusters containing corresponding nonstoichiometric Au6Pd6(Pd6-xNix)Ni-20 and stoichiometric Au6Ni32 nanosized cores: Substitutional Pd Ni crystal disorder (coloring problem) at only six specific nonadjacent pseudoequivalent metal sites in the 38-atom trimetallic close-packed framework.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 121, Iss 25, pp 5945-5952.

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Vedejs E; Daugulis O.

2-aryl-4,4,8-trimethyl-2-phosphabicyclo[3.3.0]octanes: Reactive chiral phosphine catalysts for enantioselective acylation.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 121, Iss 24, pp 5813-5814.

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Aston C; Mishra B; Schwartz DC.

Optical mapping and its potential for large-scale sequencing projects.

TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 1999, Vol 17, Iss 7, pp 297-302.

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Kantor RM; Guo XH; Huff EJ; Schwartz DC.

Dynamics of DNA molecules in gel studied by fluorescence microscopy.

BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 1999, Vol 258, Iss 1, pp 102-108.

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Valentine AM; Stahl SS; Lippard SJ.

Mechanistic studies of the reaction of reduced methane monooxygenase hydroxylase with dioxygen and substrates.

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Roy RS; Gehring AM; Milne JC; Belshaw PJ; Walsh CT.

Thiazole and oxazole peptides: biosynthesis and molecular machinery.

NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS 1999, Vol 16, Iss 2, pp 249-263.

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Belshaw PJ; Walsh CT; Stachelhaus T.

Aminoacyl-CoAs as probes of condensation domain selectivity in nonribosomal peptide synthesis.

SCIENCE 1999, Vol 284, Iss 5413, pp 486-489.

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Jing JP; Lai ZW; Aston C; Lin JY; Carucci DJ; Gardner MJ; Mishra B; Anantharaman TS; Tettelin H; Cummings LM; Hoffman SL; Venter JC; Schwartz DC.

Optical mapping of Plasmodium falciparum chromosome 2.

GENOME RESEARCH 1999, Vol 9, Iss 2, pp 175-181.

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Hu XH; Aston C; Schwartz DC.

Optical mapping of DNA polymerase I action and products.

BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 1999, Vol 254, Iss 2, pp 466-473.

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Copyright � 1999 Institute for Scientific Information

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For Industrial Positions, see the Chemistry Career Services Newsletter at:

http://www.chem.wisc.edu/placement/7news.html

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FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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The Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Iowa invites applications for a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of biofluid mechanics. The candidate's area of research may include studies on the effect of fluid mechanics at the cellular level. The successful candidate is expected to engage in externally sponsored research and supervise graduate students in areas complementary to the current research in biofluid mechanics in the department and to teach and develop undergraduate and graduate courses in their areas of specialization. The candidate should have received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in engineering or a related discipline. Candidates should provide a curriculum vitae, a summary of current research and teaching experience, and a list of three professional references to: Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, 1402 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.

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NMR Manager: Position available immediately to join the staff at the UAB NMR Core Facility. The instrumentation consists of Bruker Avance Spectrometers operating at 600 MHz and 500 MHz with X,Y,Z-gradients and triple resonance probes, an AM- 400, and SGI workstations. Duties include spectrometer maintenance, cryogen refills, routine samples, collaborative research involving multidimensional NMR studies on labeled proteins, and computer system management. The position provides an excellent opportunity for publications and for professional growth. A Ph.D. degree and some prior experience in multidimensional NMR and spectrometer maintenance are highly desirable. Send a resume and two letters of recommendation immediately to : Dr. N. Rama Krishna, NMR Core Facility, Cancer Center, CHSB-19 B-31, 933 South 19th Street, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-2041. E-mail:NRKrishna@bmg.bhs.uab.edu , Fax:(205)934-6475.

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Schumacher, a unit of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is seeking an individual to perform the synthesis of novel organometallic compounds for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technologies that are applicable to the electronics industry. Candidates must have strong creative synthetic skills and the ability to drive a new product through to commercialization in a highly interactive team environment. Job responsibilities will include collaborating in new CVD process development and synthesis scale-up. Excellent communication skills are also required due to extensive customer contact and interaction. A Ph.D. in synthetic chemistrry, preferably with a strong background in ligand design is required. Send resume to: Human Resources Dept, SCHUMACHER, 1969 Palomar Oaks Way, Carlsbad CA 92009.

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University of Rochester. As a continuation of our multiyear recruiting plan for several positions in all areas of chemistry, the Department of Chemistry invites applications for three tenure track positions, one each in the following areas: organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and experimental physical chemistry. Appointment can be made at the assistant, associate or full professor level. Candidates are expected to establish an outstanding program of original research and be effective teachers at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a brief (up to six pages) statement of research plans, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Professor John Muenter, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, RC Box 270216, Rochester, New York 14627-0216. Deadline for completed applications is October 30, 1999.

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A biologist to work in a drug metabolism lab that is supporting a team effort in drug discovery and pharmacokinetic and metabolism studies in laboratory development. This person will conduct the in-life phase of animals (rodents, mice, dogs, etc.) This individual will have experience with in-vivo animal studies, you will perform vein/artery catheterization, bile duct cannulation as well as other animal surgeries. You will also be involved in learning new small animal surgery techniques and help develop new animal models for drug metabolism research. Our client is a leading pharmaceutical company with research facilities in New Jersey and can provide excellent benefits. A high impact, high profile position with excellent opportunity for advancement. Geographic Location of Position: US-New Jersey. If interested, please contact: Sal Sheckman, DMC, Voice: 609-584-8733 Ext. 218, Fax: 609-584-9575, Email: 915608@candseek.com .

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A person to perform protein purification. The candidate will have 1+ years experience with protein purification (general chromatography skills) and characterization (SDS Page, Western Blot, slot/dot blot, HPLC). Familiarity with UV VIS spectroscopy and computers. You will be responsible for the purification of proteins in small to medium scale from baculovirus infected cells and mammalian cells and purification and refolding of proteins from E. coli and Pichia sources. You should possess a B.S., M.S. or MD degree in Biochemistry or medical sciences. Our client is a leading biotech firm with research facilities in New York and can provide excellent benefits (health insurance, dental, and vision plan, paid vacation and more). A high impact, high profile position with excellent opportunity for advancement. Geographic Location of Position: US-New York. If interested, please contact: Sandy Sachs, DMC, Voice: 609-584-8733 Ext. 218, Fax: 609-584-9575, Email: 915608@candseek.com

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A Research Associate to work in a lab that is discovering and developing novel mechanism-based drugs for the treatment of dysfunctions associated with memory and learning. You will apply your strong molecular biology skills to perform Cloning, Plasmid and Phage Preparation, PCR, cDNA Library Construction, Library Screening, Southern and Northern Blot Analysis, Western Blotting, Tissue Culture, Transient and Stable Transfections. Good communication and organizational skills are a plus. The candidate should possess a B.S., M.S. or MD degree. Our client is a leading biotech firm with research facilities in New York and can provide excellent benefits (health insurance, dental, and vision plan, paid vacation and more). A high impact, high profile position with excellent opportunity for advancement. Geographic Location of Position: US-NY. If interested, please contact: Bart Giles, Diedre Moire Corporation, Voice: at 609-584-8733 ext. 235, Fax: 609-584-9575, Email: 915613@candseek.com

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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Professor Steven R. Kass of the University of Minnesota. There is an immediate opening for an outstanding Postdoctoral Associate in my research group to synthesize substituted cyclopropenes and carry out mechanistic and spectroscopic investigations (UV, IR, NMR) of cyclopropenyl anion derivatives; additional carbanions will be examined spectroscopically. An ability to work with highly moisture and oxygen-sensitive compounds is needed. Interested candidates should contact me by email: kass@chem.umn.edu or telephone: 612-625-7513 and arrange for 3 letters of recommendation to be sent to: Professor Steven Kass, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

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Professor Charles H. Winter of Wayne State University has funds for two postdoctoral positions in his group. The positions require a strong background in synthetic inorganic and/or organometallic chemistry, along with an excellent command of experimental and spectroscopic techniques. Experience in materials chemistry and thin film characterization is helpful, but not required. The positions will be focused on (1) the development of new magnesium compounds for doping semiconductor films and (2) chemistry of precursors to NbN and TaN films. This project will be a mixture of synthetic work, film depositions, and mechanistic work aimed at understanding the film deposition mechanisms. Part of the work will involve collaboration with engineers and physicists. The ideal candidates will combine high motivation, independence, and excellent leadership ability with strong records of achievement as graduate students. The appointments will be for one year, subject to satisfactory performance, and are renewable for a second year by mutual consent. The positions are available immediately. Interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae to me and should arrange to have three reference letters sent to: Professor Charles H. Winter, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, phone (313) 577-5224, fax (313) 577-1377, cwinter@sun.science.wayne.edu , http://www.science.wayne.edu/~chem/winter.html . I can be contacted at cwinter@sun.science.wayne.edu for further information.

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Professor Daniel E. Falvey, of the University of Maryland has a postdoctoral position involving photochemical and photobiological studies at the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN). The position will open on or about the September 15, 1999. Initial appointment will be for one year and can be extended up to two more years based upon mutual interest. JIFSAN is a research institute that is operated jointly by the University of Maryland, College Park and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The position will involve work on an integrated project carried out in the laboratories of Professor Daniel E. Falvey (University of Maryland) and Mr. Wayne Wamer (FDA) aimed at determining the mechanisms of phototoxicity of phytochemicals and color additives. The researcher who fills this position will gain experience both in mechanistic organic photochemistry and laser flash photolysis (Falvey) as well as in photobiology (Wamer). The opportunity to work in both an academic as well as a government setting is also an attractive feature of this position. Research experience in photochemistry or photobiology is prefered. A Ph. D. in Chemistry, Biochemistry or a closely related field is required. Inquiries concerning this position should be directed to: Dr. Daniel E. Falvey Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (USA) 20742-2021 email: df37@umail.umd.edu .

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Dr. Cornelia Bohne at the University of Victoria has a Postdoctoral Position. The focus of the project is to develop strategies to inhibit the photoyellowing of paper made from mechanical pulp using synthesis and photochemical characterization of potential inhibitor molecules. Experiments will also be performed to optimize the delivery of these inhibitors to the paper matrix. The successful candidate must have experience in synthesis of organic compounds. Product analysis of photochemical reactions or knowledge of photophysical techniques, such as laser flash photolysis and fluorescence would be an asset. It is also important for the candidate to be a self-motivated experimentalist who enjoys working in a diverse group environment. Please send applications consisting of a CV and two letters of reference preferably by e-mail (MSWord, and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) attachments are acceptable) to: Cornelia Bohne, e-mail address: bohne@uvic.ca . The position will ideally be filled for September 1, 1999 although this could be extended for an outstanding candidate. All applications should be submitted as soon as possible.

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Assistant Professor David E. Clemmer of Indiana University is writing to bring to your attention two postdoctoral positions that have become available in his group at Indiana University. The first involves the development of novel instrumentation for the analysis of combinatorial libraries. In particular we are developing multidimensional separation methods involving nested ion mobility/time-of-flight mass spectrometry techniques for the direct analysis of libraries. Exceptional candidates with experience in instrument development, mass spectrometry, or combinatorial library screening and synthesis are encouraged to apply. The second position involves fundamental studies of sequence-to-structure relationships of anhydrous polypeptide ions. Candidates with interests in fundamental structural issues are encouraged to apply. We are currently investigating these issues by measuring ion collision cross sections and reactivity studies. Both projects involve the use of an array of instrumentation including: MS, HPLC, CE, ESI, MALDI as well as a peptide synthesizer. Students who are interested in these positions can contact me at: (812) 8558259 or via email: clemmer@indiana.edu .

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