Team Leader – Life Science Cryo-Electron Microscopy; Cryo-EM Facility

Organisation/Company Forschungszentrum Jülich Research Field All Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Established Researcher (R3) Final date to receive applications 19 Jan 2038 - 03:14 (UTC) Country Germany Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Other Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

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ER-C-3 - Strukturbiologie

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

The Jülich campus hosts a vibrant electron microscopy, biophysics and structural biology community.

We are seeking to recruit a team leader to head the new life science electron microscopy facility, to be established at the Ernst Ruska-Centre. The activities of the facility support cutting‑edge methodological as well as topical cryo-EM research for internal and external users. The position will oversee microscope user operation, training and outreach activities of the facility together with technical and specialist support staff.

The center has a focus on microscopy method development as well as focused topical biological and physical research. Forschungszentrum Jülich has recently become part of the German Instruct-ERIC Center offering external cryo-EM user access at the European level.

• Organize and oversee an accessible and developing infrastructure for internal and external cryo-EM users.
• Coordinate use, maintenance and performance of microscope equipment in the facility (Talos
  120, Arctica, 2 x Krios, Aquilos, Arctis).
• Integrate novel future hardware technologies, e.g., double Cs/Cc imaging correctors, Helium temperature and STEM, into sustainable internal and external user operation.
• Engaging with researchers and vendors to explore emerging techniques and prototype developments in the field in close coordination with ER-C directors.
• Training, supervising and mentoring cryo-EM specialists and technicians in single-particle cryo-EM and cryo-electron tomography application and execution.
• Carrying out independent research on implementing emerging and innovative electron microscopy methodologies (30 %).
• Offer services to clients from industry in addition to academic users.
• Providing a visible hub for cryo-EM at the ER-C – creating and running workshops to disseminate to the scientific community cryo-EM aspects of theory, sample preparation, data acquisition, analysis and preparation for publication.

• Master degree in biology, chemistry, physics or related field, ideally with subsequent PhD degree in a relevant area.
• A track record of scientific and/or technological achievements in electron microscopy.
• Several years of experience of microscope operation in a structural biology or materials science EM facility.
• Experience with maintaining and purchasing microscopy hardware.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with internal colleagues and external visitors in an international and interdisciplinary team.
• Strong willingness to grow into a leadership role or already existing experience in leading a team.

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We offer you:

• The chance to work at one of the largest research centers in Germany, with excellent scientific equipment and leading European computational resources, located on a green campus, and near the cultural centers Köln, Düsseldorf, and Aachen. The Jülich campus also hosts a vibrant biophysics, bioinformatics and structural biology community.
• The activities are embedded in a long-term supported scientific infrastructure within outstanding electron microscopy environment together with the Biological and Physical sciences.
• Direct access to high-level cryo-EM infrastructure at the Ernst‑Ruska Centre
  2.0 including a new building. The facility has been extended with state-of-the-art cryo-microscopes and FIB-SEMs of Thermo Fisher, 2x Titan Krios, Talos Arctica and FIB-SEMs Aquilos 2, Arctis.
• As part of the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures of the ERC 2.0, access to worldwide unique electron microscope…