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Job Description
The Erasmus Optical Imaging Centre (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam), and the
Department of Imaging Science and Technology (TU Delft), have recently
initiated a collaboration aiming at improving super resolution
microscopy. Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is an important
novel fluorescent imaging technique to achieve super resolution in light
microscopy. In SIM a series of fluorescent microscopic images is
obtained using structured illumination patterns which are
translated/rotated in a fixed scheme between recordings.
In theory, SIM provides mathematically reconstructed images with a two
times increased resolution in all dimensions, allowing to distinguish
objects up to eight times smaller than with conventional light microscopy.
In practice, SIM is challenged by imperfections of the microscope system
and aberrations caused by the sample and embedding media. The project
involves the development of novel methods and reconstruction algorithms
to overcome these problems (TU Delft), and their implementation and
application in current research focussing on functional ultrastructure
of the cell (Erasmus MC).
Requirements
Two positions are open for post-docoral fellows, each for a period of
two years.
Position 1: for development of reconstruction algorithms (TU Delft) we
are looking for a physicist with a PhD in imaging technology and
affinity for its application in (medical) biology.
Position 2: for implementation and application (Erasmus MC) of
reconstruction algorithms we are searching for a
(bio)physicist/biologist with a strong background in development and
application of microscopic imaging technology in (medical) biology.
Conditions of employment
Appointment will be according to the terms of the Collective Labour
Agreement of University Medical Centres (CAO-UMC), initially for the
duration of one year. An extension of one year is possible after
positive evaluation of capabilities and compatibility. The gross salary
depends on education and experience, and is between € 2498,= and €
3961,= per month, based on fulltime employment (36 h/week, salary scale 10).
For more information, please contact prof. dr. A. B. Houtsmuller (phone:
+31646154564, e-mail:
[hidden email]), or view our websites
and relevant links therein (erasmusoic, houtsmuller or imagingtudelft).
To apply, please e-mail a motivation letter and a detailed CV to ms. M.
A. van den Akker (
[hidden email])
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