<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We have a Staff Scientist Position available in the newly established Cryo-EM facility at the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke to support the growing community of researchers in the field of Cryo-EM. The staff scientist will assist users in all steps of cryo-electron microscopy from sample preparation, screening, data collection, and data processing. The core houses</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> a </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Glacios with a Falcon IV camera as well as a sample preparation suite.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Who will be a good fit?</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Professional experience</span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• You have an excellent understanding of cryo-EM instrumentation, sample preparation and data collection</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• You have experience in cryo-EM data processing both single particle and tomography<br>• You ideally have several years of postdoc experience</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• You have experience with data management</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 11.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Education and training</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 11.25pt 30pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• You hold a PhD degree<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 11.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Competences</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• You enjoy working in an academic, interdisciplinary research environment<br>• You have excellent organizational skills</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• You enjoy working with multiple users<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 30.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• You enjoy training people</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 11.25pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 11.25pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Salary will be commensurate with research experience. The offer includes a generous package of benefits (including retirement with matching contributions, health, life and long-term care insurance).  The</span><span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