Research Fellow in Super-resolution Imaging - Job available at Leeds

Posted by Michelle Peckham on
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Dear Confocal List.  The following post is available at Leeds University.  Please circulate this to anyone who may be interested.
All best
Michelle
Job Details
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Super-resolution imaging
Reference Number         FBSMB0010
Faculty / Service               Biological Sciences
School / Institute             School of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Staff Category                   Research
Grade                                   University Grade 7
Contract Type                    Fixed Term
Full Time / Part Time       Full Time
Location                               Leeds - Main Campus
 Job Summary
Fixed term for 5 years

Applications are invited for an experienced Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on a project to build a novel ‘super-resolution’ 3D structured illumination microscope. The project is funded by the MRC Next Generation Optical Imaging Initiative.

You should have a PhD (or are close to completion) in an area of biophysics, physics, physical chemistry, biochemistry or bioengineering (or related), you will use your knowledge and ability to build a novel microscopy set-up suitable for 3D structured illumination microscopy of live cells. You will also be responsible for developing and maintaining an existing PALM (photoactivated light microscopy) and STORM (stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy) set-up. You should have experience in optics, lasers, microscopy, imaging, camera technologies, programming and in building custom-built instrumentation. The final goal is to build a novel 3D SIM instrument that can image to high resolution, with minimal drift, low signal/noise, and be relatively straightforward for other non-expert users to use. You will be creative, a quick-learner and able to work with custom-made instrumentation and non-standard analysis tools, in an interdisciplinary environment.

You should have a strong physical science background and experience of multidisciplinary research at the interface with biology is desirable.

University Grade 7 (£30,424 - £36,298 p.a.)

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Michelle Peckham, tel [phone], email [hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>.

Closing Date: 31 May 2013
To apply for this post please visit http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk
 And search for the post with the reference: FBSMB0010