[3dem] Cryo-EM specialist position at Yale Medical School

[Liu, Xinran]

Cryo-EM Specialist - YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

A Cryo-EM specialist is sought by the Center for Cell and Molecular
Imaging (CCMI) at Yale University School of Medicine. CCMI provides
faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and students with access to
instrumentation and expertise for cryoelectron microscopy and other
imaging technologies. The successful candidate should have a PhD degree in
biology, physics, engineering, or a related field, and should be
experienced in cryo-EM specimen preparation and image acquisition for
single particles and electron tomography.  He/she will acquire data and
assist users in the wide variety of projects that are carried out in the
highly collaborative environment of Yale¹s Cryo-EM facility. He/she will
also seek to optimize the instruments and procedures for data collection.
The Yale facility has two Tecnai F20 electron microscopes, one of which is
equipped with a K2 electron-counting camera, as well as a T12 microscope,
Vitrobot, and other sample-preparation devices. Applications, including a
cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names of three referees,  should
be sent to Dr. Xinran Liu, Director of the EM Core Facility at Yale School
of Medicine (xinran.liu at yale.edu) and are due by June 1, 2014.
Applications from women and minority scientists are encouraged. Yale is an
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Center for Cellular and Molecular Imaging
http://medicine.yale.edu/ccmi/em