Hi All We are seeking applicants for two EMBL Australia Group leaders to be based at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia:
We seek future research leaders in Electron Microscopy (EM) and in protein crystallography. In the protein crystallography field we particularly encourage researchers with outstanding track records in working with challenging membrane protein systems to apply. The new recruits will form a key part of the Biomedical Discovery Institute being developed within the Faculty of Biomedical and Psychological Science. In the EM field we are interested in recruiting scientists with expertise in correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM), high-resolution electron tomography or in determining protein structures at high-resolution using EM. The successful applicants will be expected to develop a multidisciplinary, collaborative and innovative research program that addresses highly significant biological problems. Exciting opportunities for collaboration with chemists, immunologists and physicists (including X-ray free electron laser science) will be provided through the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging (www.imagingcoe.org/). Further significant interactions are anticipated with GPCR and Ion channels focused researchers within the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science. Successful applicants will have access to excellent light and electron microscopy platforms (including an FEI Titan Krios equipped with a Falcon 2 detector), protein production and protein crystallography facilities (including robotics dedicated for experiments involving lipidic cubic phases). Monash University adjoins the Australian Synchrotron, which houses beamlines dedicated to micro-focus crystallography and Small Angle X-ray Scattering experiments. (see also advert Nature / Science http://www.embl.de/aboutus/jobs/partners/download/EMBL-Australia-GLs.pdf) Please email (in English) a cover letter clearly stating position(s) being applied for, your CV, names and contact details of 3 referees, and a summary of current and future research interests to: positi...@emblaustralia.org. Applications close 2nd November, 2014. Interviews will be held 18-20th February 2015. Cheers James -- Professor James Whisstock Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Advanced Molecular Imaging NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Monash University Clayton Campus Melbourne VIC 3800 Australia Phone: +61 418 170 585 Website: www.imagingcoe.org Twitter: @imagingCoe *Join us at the 3rd Prato conference on Pore Forming Proteins, Prato, Italy - 12th to 15th May, 2015: www.pores2015.org <http://www.pores2015.org/> *