Work group:
ER-C-3 - Strukturbiologie
Area of research:
Scientific / postdoctoral posts
Job description:
Your Job:
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.
Your tasks in detail:
* 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 (Talos120, 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.
Your Profile:
* 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
Our Offer:
We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! 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 Centre2.0 including a new building. The facility has been extended with state-of-the-art cryo-microscopes and FIB-SEMs of ThermoFisher, 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 instruments including more than 15 high-end microscopes for shared use between Material and Life sciences.
* Excellent manufacturer support and very rapid response time for equipment maintenance and development in the context of the large Ernst-Ruska Centre facility.
* Working in a dynamic team of researchers with backgrounds in different disciplines across biology, chemistry, physics and informatics to advance cryo-EM methods.
* A wide range of scientific challenges covering user support, training, teaching and method development for structural biology.
* Additional support by the ER-C user office for user operation
* Structured leadership development to build and strengthen your team-leading skills
* Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
* Long-term prospect: Following an initial fixed-term contract of 2 years, our aim is to offer you a position on a long-term basis. Let`s use this time to discover how well we fit together.
Salary and social benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group 14-15, depending on the applicant’s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to them. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euro can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt
In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us. The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options for women: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey
This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.
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The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges to assure the future of our society. With more than 47.500 people on staff in 18 national Research Centers and an annual budget of more than 6 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific organization. The name Helmholtz stands for concerted research, in which networks form the key principle behind inquiring thought and action.
The profile of the Helmholtz Association
The Helmholtz Association performs cutting-edge research which contributes substantially to solving the grand challenges of science, society and industry. To succeed in meeting these responsibilities, Helmholtz concentrates its work in six research fields: Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Information, Matter, as well as Aeronautics, Space and Transport. Within each of these fields, research programs are developed by our scientists and regularly evaluated by renowned international experts. Their evaluation forms the basis for the program-oriented funding that is allocated to Helmholtz research. Within the six research fields, Helmholtz scientists cooperate with each other and with external partners – working across disciplinary, organizational and national borders.
Moreover, Helmholtz specializes in large-scale research infrastructures – from accelerator facilities, earth observation satellites, research ships to supercomputers. They form the basis for scientific advances in tackling global societal challenges. Managing national research infrastructure is part of the Helmholtz Association's mission.
Promoting young academics
Helmholtz scientists, a high-performance infrastructure and modern and efficient research management are the ingredients to the Helmholtz Association‘s success and global impact.
Promoting young researchers is a major priority for the Helmholtz Association. Its qualification schemes for young researchers are geared mainly towards PhD students, postdocs and young managers. The Helmholtz Association has set high standards for its talent management. Its strategy begins with targeted recruitment of highly qualified staff at all levels, followed by comprehensive support aimed at further developing their potential. Ensuring equal opportunities is an essential element in all talent management activities undertaken by the Helmholtz Association.
The Helmholtz Graduate Schools and Research Schools at almost all Helmholtz Centers provide doctoral students with the general and specific skills and training they need, as well as ample opportunity to network. The period following a doctorate is decisive in determining the direction and success of a scientific career. For this reason, we established Career Development Centers for postdoctoral researchers in the Helmholtz Centers. This equips young researchers with the skills they need to go on to head a Helmholtz Investigator Group, for example. As an Investigator Group leader, junior scientists can independently set up their own group to conduct research in their specialist field and acquire management skills.
Within its talent management strategy, the Helmholtz Association pays special attention to the increased recruitment of talented female scientists both from Germany and abroad. To this end, there are currently two funding programs supporting this policy: and Helmholtz Distinguished Professorship – Funding for the recruitment of leading international female scientists (W3) .
The increasing complexity of the content, structures and framework conditions of scientific work today requires researchers to organize their projects, their employees and, of course, themselves in a highly professional and effective way. In response to these demands, we have set up the Helmholtz Leadership Academy to provide leaders in science with professional management training. Furthermore, the Helmholtz network provides a platform for the alumni of the Helmholtz Leadership Academy to come together and share their experiences of leadership, career development and lifelong learning.
All of this combined makes the 18 Research Centers of the Helmholtz Association a highly attractive environment for talented researchers from all over the world.
Company info
Telephone
0049-30-206329-0
Location
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2
Berlin
Berlin
10178
Germany