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Staff scientist for the Core Facility Structural Biology (macromolecular crystallography)
Campus Science Support Facilities (CSF) were established to provide scientific infrastructure, which will be operated and constantly further developed by highly qualified experts. Founded in 2010, we are a non-profit organization funded by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research and the City of Vienna. We are situated at the Campus Vienna Biocenter, which is one of the leading multi-disciplinary biomedical research centers in Europe and the premier location for Life Science in Austria. One of the support facilities offered is the Structural Biology Core Facility, which will provide services on large scale protein _expression_ in eukaryotic systems (baculovirus and mammalian cells), and macromolecular crystallography, covering biophysical characterization and crystallization of macromolecular samples. Job description: The staff scientist will be involved in participating in as well as overseeing all the facility activities related to biophysical characterization and macromolecular crystallography, as well as supervising, managing, and leading the team, as well as in advising and training of users. The staff scientist will be involved in (but not limited to) conducting laboratory experiments related to all aspects and steps of offered services, in communication with scientists and dissemination at external events. S/he will be encouraged to recruit external funding through own or collaborative project applications in the field of structural biology. Qualifications and experience: a Ph.D. in biochemistry, molecular biology, physics, chemistry or a related field is required. Minimum 4-5 years of post-doctoral or staff scientist experience in protein purification, crystallisation with robotics and macromolecular crystallography together with hands-on experience with biophysical techniques (e.g. dynamic light scattering, static light scattering, isothermal calorimetry, differential scanning fluorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, circular dichroism) are a must. Previous experience with team-leading, grant writing and budget management will be a competitive advantage. Good
communication skills, organizational ability, project management
experience with
multiple projects in parallel and capacity to interact with
other researchers
are essential as well as capacity for
strategic thinking and strong
leadership ability. Contract: A one year contract, that can be extended to an unlimited time period, will be offered to the successful candidate. Closing date: 15th July 2011 Further information can be obtained from Kristina Djinovic-Carugo <kristina.djino...@univie.ac.at> ; tel.: + 43 1 4277 52203 and Tim Clausen <tim.clau...@imp.ac.at> tel.: +43 1 79730 3300 Interviews planned for mid August 2011 To apply for this position, please send: · Letter of interest · Detailed CV with concise description of research experience · Three references To: barbara.mik...@viennabiocenter.org, subject: “Application for Staff Scientist position of Structural Biology Core Facility”. -- ****************************************************** Department for Structural and Computational Biology Max F. Perutz Laboratories University of Vienna Campus Vienna Biocenter 5 A-1030 Vienna Austria e-mail: kristina.djino...@univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-52203/52201 Mobile: +43-664-602 77-522 03 Fax: +43-1-4277-9522 |
