[3dem] PhD and Postdoc positions in Dortmund/Germany
Markus Grabenbauer
markus.grabenbauer at mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
Fri Sep 18 07:07:19 PDT 2009
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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