Associate Director position

[Phillips, Thomas E.]

The University of Missouri is looking for an ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR for a campus-wide light microscopy imaging facility.  Applicants should have experience in some or all of the following areas:

·                     confocal laser scanning microscopy

·                     laser capture microdissection

·                     bright field microscopy

·                     DIC/Nomarski and phase contrast microscopy

·                     wide field fluorescence microscopy

·                     Two-photon microscopy

·                     deconvolution

·                     FRET (we don’t do FLIM)

·                     Spectral imaging/unmixing

·                     image processing/analysis

·                     all types of microtomy

·                     immunocytochemistry

·                     in situ hybridization

 

The Associate Director will be responsible for training users, maintaining instruments and developing protocols for a campus-wide multi-user facility. PhD desirable but not required for individuals with extensive experience. Although an ideal candidate would have experience in all of the areas listed above, candidates with extensive experience in selected areas and the desire and capacity to learn the additional areas will be considered. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. Experience in a multi-user core facility would be viewed positively. Electron microscopy is not a component of this core facility. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until an appropriate candidate is hired. This is a full-time, benefit eligible position.   Opportunities for professional development will be encouraged.

 

The Core’s web site can be viewed at http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/

 

Available instrumentation includes:

• Zeiss LSM 510 META NLO two-photon confocal system
• Zeiss LSM 5 LIVE confocal system
• BioRad Radiance 2000 confocal system
• Molecular Devices ArcturusXT laser capture microdissection system
• Leica DMI4000B with Eppendorf microjection system
• Olympus IX70 and Nikon Optiphot 2 widefield systems
• Olympus Vanox AHBT3 upright microscope and color digital camera
• Leica stereo microscope equipped with epi-fluorescence excitation and color camera
• Olympus SZX12 stereo microscope with color digital camera
• Intavis InsituPro VS in situ hybridization robotic system
• Autodeblur deconvolution software (Autoquant Inc.).
• Molecular Devices Metamorph, Bitplane Imaris, and ImagePro Plus image acquisition, analysis, and processing software.
• Leica ultramicrotome, cryostat, paraffin microtomes, Vibratome 3000

 

The University of Missouri has over 30,000 students and is located in Columbia, Missouri. Columbia is a classic college town with a 100,000+ population and has a lower cost of living than most places in America. Columbia has been selected as one of America’s best places to live by Money magazine, Men’s Journal and MSN.com.  Further information about Columbia can be found at http://gradschool.missouri.edu/admission/relocating.php . 

 

Address applications (CV and 3 letters of reference) or inquires to: 

 

Thomas E. Phillips, Ph.D.

Division of Biological Sciences

2 Tucker Hall

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211-7400

573-882-4712

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