[3dem] PhD and Postdoc positions in Dortmund/Germany

[Markus Grabenbauer]

Dear Colleagues

Please note that we have open PhD and Postdoc positions in an exicting 
project. If you know interested people, I would be grateful if you 
forward these announcements.

Here are the links:
Postdoc 
(http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/stellenangebote/extern/stellenangebot67/index.html) 
<http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/english/jobOffers/extern/stellenangebot67/index.html>,
Predoc 
(http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/english/jobOffers/extern/stellenangebot68/index.html) 
<http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/english/jobOffers/extern/stellenangebot68/index.html>.

The text is posted below. For any questions, you can contact me directly.

Thank you and have a nice weekend

Markus



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Postdoc position in cryo-electron microscopy at the Max-Planck-Institute 
of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany

A three-year-postdoctoral position for a highly motivated candidate is 
available from January 1st 2010 in the group of Dr. Grabenbauer, 
Department of Systemic Cell Biology (Prof. Dr. P. Bastiaens) at the MPI 
Dortmund in Germany.

The candidate will work in a very ambitious joint project between 
Max-Planck and Fraunhofer Institutes with the ultimate goal to 
understand how to reversibly arrest living systems under cryo 
conditions. Therefore he or she will be directly involved in the 
development of novel instrumentation for correlative fluorescence and 
electron microscopy at physiologic and a broad range of 
cryo-temperatures. As main read-out for the cytosolic state of cells 
under cryo-conditions and the recovery thereafter, we will monitor the 
Golgi apparatus. This highly dynamic organelle plays important roles in 
many cellular mechanisms like protein secretion, lipid metabolism, 
intracellular signalling, and regulation of cell division.

The Max-Planck-Institute Dortmund has excellent resources, particularily 
in advanced light microscopy. The ultrastructure analysis will be 
performed in our newly established electron microscopy laboratory on 
state-of-the-art instrumentation including 120kV routine EM and a 
high-end 300kV cryo-tomography microscope. Advanced microscopy 
techniques will be applied like live cell imaging, high-pressure freeze 
fixation, freeze substitution, photo-oxidation, cryo-electron microscopy 
of vitrified sections (CEMOVIS) and 3D tomography analysis.
Find more information at:
http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/english/forschungProjekte/AGs/Grabenbauer/forschung/index.html

The successful candidate should hold a PhD in biology, biochemistry, 
(bio)physics or a related field. Applicant qualifications include strong 
background in at least one of the following fields: 1) live cell 
imaging, 2) cellular cryo-electron microscopy/tomography or 3) 
cryobiology of mammalian cells. We seek a highly motivated, creative 
scientist who enjoys an open, collaborative environment.

The Max Planck Society wishes to employ more handicapped people. 
Applications of handicapped people are explicitly desired. Likewise, the 
Max-Planck-Society wishes to increase the proportion of women where they 
are underrepresented. Women are therefore explicitly invited to apply.

Please send your applications to Dr. Markus Grabenbauer, e-mail: 
markus.grabenbauer at mpi-dortmund.mpg.de. Include a cover letter, recent 
CV and publication list, copies of your certificates as well as names 
and contacts of three references.

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PhD position in correlative light & electron microscopy at the 
Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany

A PhD position for three years is available from January 1st 2010 in the 
group of Dr. Grabenbauer, Department of Systemic Cell Biology (Prof. 
Bastiaens) at the MPI Dortmund.

Our laboratory is studying functional mechanisms of the Golgi apparatus. 
This highly dynamic organelle plays important roles in many cellular 
mechanisms like protein secretion, lipid metabolism, intracellular 
signalling, and regulation of cell division. It can be used as read-out 
for the cytosolic state of particular cells under different 
physiological conditions using correlative microscopy, which combines 
fluorescence microscopy of in vivo dynamics with the resolution power of 
electron microscopes. Therefore, we apply and optimise advanced 
microscopy techniques like live cell imaging, high-pressure freeze 
fixation, freeze substitution, photo-oxidation, cryo-electron microscopy 
of vitrified sections (CEMOVIS) and 3D tomography analysis.

The ultimate goal of the project is to understand how to reversibly 
arrest living systems under cryo conditions. The PhD work will mainly 
focus on cellular electron microscopy and 3D analysis by electron 
tomography at room and cryo-temperatures. Methods used include cell 
culture, advanced fluorescence microscopy, high-pressure freeze 
fixation, routine electron microscopy, and cryo-electron 
microscopy/tomography of vitreous sections (CEMOVIS/CETOVIS). This will 
be performed in our newly established electron microscopy laboratory on 
state-of-the-art instrumentation including 120kV routine EM and a 
high-end 300kV cryo-tomography microscope.
Find more information at:
http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/english/forschungProjekte/AGs/Grabenbauer/forschung/index.html

The successful candidate should be highly motivated, hold a 
master/diploma in biology, biochemistry, (bio)physics or a related field 
and be willing to work with electron microscopy. Working experiences in 
cell culture, fluorescence and electron microscopy are desirable but not 
essential. According to the rules of Max-Planck-Society, PhD positions 
are paid by 50% of 'Entgeldgruppe 13 TVöD'.

The Max Planck Society wishes to employ more handicapped people. 
Applications of handicapped people are explicitly desired. Likewise, the 
Max-Planck-Society wishes to increase the proportion of women where they 
are underrepresented. Women are therefore explicitly invited to apply.

Please send your applications to Dr. Markus Grabenbauer, e-mail: 
markus.grabenbauer at mpi-dortmund.mpg.de. Include a cover letter, recent 
CV, copies of your certificates as well as two names of reference with 
contact details.

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Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
Department of Systemic Cell Biology
Dr. Markus Grabenbauer
Otto-Hahn-Str. 11
44227 Dortmund
markus.grabenbauer at mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/english/forschungProjekte/AGs/Grabenbauer/forschung/index.html


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