Positions Available

The Liu lab welcome post doctoral scientists, graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in the following areas:

  1. Natural product biosynthesis, including:
  2. Isolation and structural characterization of novel secondary metabolites from bacteria, fungi, and plants;
  3. Identification and characterization of biosynthetic genes by a combination of bioinformatic and genetic tools;
  4. Mechanistic characterization of key enzymes (with special emphasis of metallo-enzymes) by a combination of synthetic organic, biochemical and biophysical approaches;
  5. Production of selected metabolites by synthetic organic, synthetic biology approach, or a combination of both;
  6. Evaluate biological functions of key metabolites using both cell-based and animal models.

Relevant samples:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v527/n7579/full/nature15519.html

http://www.google.com/patents/WO2014100752A1?cl=en

  1. Chemical biology, including
  2. Developing small molecule-based conditional knockout tools;
  3. Making use of new tools in studying epigenetic controls of biological process with emphasis on ageing and neurosciences.

Relevant samples:

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep11415

 

 

To apply for positions, please contact with Prof. Pinghua Liu:

 

pinghua@bu.edu