[3dem] RE: 3dem Digest, Vol 34, Issue 1

Thu Jun 3 06:30:55 PDT 2010

Dear colleagues,

I would like to bring to your attention the following position at Kent State Universities Liquid Crystal Institutes, a premier research center for LC research in the US, and worldwide. If you could post the following position that would be great.

Kind regards,
Edgar Kooijman

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dr. ing. E.E. Kooijman
Assistant Professor
Biotechnology Program
Department of Biological Sciences
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
USA

tel: 330-672-8568

POSITION:

Microscopy Research Specialist [Position #990899]
The Liquid Crystal Institute has an opening for a full-time Microscopy Research Specialist.  Responsibilities are to operate and maintain the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and freeze-fracture (FF) unit, and the coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscope (CARS);   perform research for LCI and other scientists as requested; order supplies and consumables; provide reports on research results and equipment use.  
Requirements:  Master's degree (or higher) in physics, materials sciences, chemistry or related area, experience in conducting microscopy research, both electron and optical, and demonstrated skills and abilities in writing scientific reports and maintaining a laboratory notebook.  
Application Deadline:  Open until filled Salary $36,000-$55,000, salary commensurate with skills.  To be considered, applicants must apply through the online KSU Jobs website:  www.kent.edu.  Submit resume and contact information for three professional references.  Questions may be directed to Prof. Oleg D. Lavrentovich, LCI Director, olavrent at kent.edu.

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   1. CCD/CMOS cameras and software (Hodgkinson.Julie at mh-hannover.de)
   2. Postdoc position at Imperial College London (Marin van Heel)

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Subject: [3dem] CCD/CMOS cameras and software
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Hi all,

we're shopping for ccd cameras for HR TEM of Biological samples for Tomo or singla particle work. 

I'd very much like to collect some of your feelings about which CCDs or indeed CMOS cameras you recommend, including opinions on the supplied analysis software. We'd like to hear about good aspects and problems with any of the setups.

We're looking at Tietz 4kx4k which we know has a good record along with the EMMENU4 software but are also considering the new 8k by 8k ccd from them, though we did hear there were a rumor of some quality control issues with the larger chips...?

We're also looking at FEI CCDs at the moment so anyone with "Eagles" and particularly the new Falcon ccd/cmos camera we'd like to hear your experiences.

We don't really know anything about the new CMOS cameras from either company so any thoughts on these would be great to hear.

One final question: does anyone know if one can use say EMMENU4 with FEI CCD cameras?

The likely scopes on which these would be fitted are an FEI TITAN Krios or Jeol JEM-3200FS

cheers

Jools

Dr. Julie L. Hodgkinson
Dept. Molecular and Cell Physiology, OE4210
Medical School Hannover
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1 
30625 Hannover

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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:12:17 +0200
From: Marin van Heel <m.vanheel at imperial.ac.uk>
Subject: [3dem] Postdoc position at Imperial College London
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*POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE*

We have one postdoctoral position available in our group based at 
Imperial College London.  This BBSRC funded position is initially for 
two years and is aimed at improving single-particle cryo-EM 
methodology.  This position for software and methodology development is 
available immediately! Our grant is for processing huge data sets of 
biological molecules containing a mixture of functional / structural 
states. We study different biological systems including small (~100k) 
molecules, ribosomes and icosahedral viruses. Candidates with a 
background in cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, physics, chemistry, 
biology, computer sciences, mathematics, or other related fields are 
encouraged to apply. A sharp analytical mind and the ability to work in 
a team are essential. Programming experience is required, preferably in 
Fortran and/or ?C?.

My group has a long track record in methodology development and many of 
the now standard procedures in single-particle cryo-EM stem originally 
from us including: MSA classification; projection matching; angular 
reconstitution. We are looking for a creative team member who will 
contribute to the current rapid methodological developments in 4D 
cryo-EM (Klaholz et al, Nature 2004; van Heel et al, ?Imagic 4D?; 
Intern. Table for Crystallography. Vol. F, 2010. see: 
http://www.single-particles.org).

Data collection will take place on our own suites of CBEM microscopes 
(CM300-LiHe-FEG/CM200-FEG/T12), on Holger Stark?s KRIOS in G?ttingen; 
and the KRIOS instrument to be installed in Leiden University (The 
Netherlands) later this year. A computer cluster equipped with some 600 
CPU cores and 25+Tbyte of disk space is available for our group.

Please send an email including your CV to myself and to my 
administrator (m.vanheel at ic.ac.uk <mailto:m.vanheel at ic.ac.uk> and 
_mvh.office at gmail.com <mailto:mvh.office at gmail.com>_).

Kind regards,

Marin van Heel

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     Marin van Heel

     Professor of Structural Biology
     Division of Molecular Biosciences
     Faculty of Natural Sciences
     Imperial College London
     Biochemistry Building
     South Kensington Campus
     London SW7 2AZ,  UK

     Tel:        + 44 (0)20 7594 5316

     e_mail: m.vanheel(A_T)ic.ac.uk
     and:<vanheel.office(A_T)ic.ac.uk>
     and:    mvh.office(A_T)gmail.com
     private email:   marin.vanheel(A_T)gmail.com

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