Two positions at the Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy

Umeå University is looking for a Staff scientist with experience in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and a project assistant with experience in electron microscopy and structure biology. The positions are financed by grants from SciLifeLab for work with SciLifeLab’s national services associated with the infrastructure. The employment is for 12 months. The application deadline is September 9, 2024.

Description

As a Staff scientist, you will provide researchers with expertise in the planning and performing electron microscopy (EM), cryo-EM and image analysis in biological, chemical, physical and biochemical research areas. You will be involved in teaching shorter methodology courses at the postgraduate level and provide user training on EM methods. Work assignments include the operation and maintenance of instruments and computer systems, as well as assisting researchers in the preparation of EM samples, data collection, and image analysis. You will also coordinate ongoing facility projects and collaborations between partner microscopy facilities in Sweden and internationally. The work is planned with the facility's other staff and carried out independently or with collaborators and facility users. Our working language is English.

As a project assistant/research engineer, you will provide electron microscopy and molecular biology support at UCEM (Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy) facility. The position includes responsibility for the daily operation of lab environments, preparing solutions and cells, proteins and macromolecular complexes for electron microscopy, as well as assisting researchers with these methods. Experiments and results must be carefully and continuously documented and reported. We are looking for an independent employee who is flexible and can get involved in various research projects and collaborate with the members of UCEM's research groups. The working language is English.

Terms of employment

The employment is full-time and is limited to 12 months. The starting date should be as soon as possible or by agreement.

Qualifications and application

Check for a detailed description of the employment-specific qualification, the list of documents that should be included in the application and links to apply via our e-recruitment system here:  https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/umea-centre-for-electron-microscopy-ucem/work-with-us-ucem/ 

The deadline for applications is September 9, 2024.

More information

Further information about the positions can be obtained from UCEM coordinator Linda Sandblad, cell phone: +46 709324936 or e-mail: linda.sandblad@umu.se.

If you want to know about Umeå University as a workplace, see: https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/.

Research environment

The positions are at the Department of Chemistry, which is one of the largest departments within the Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå University, and has close to 200 employees, including about 40 doctoral students and a strong and expanding research. Three major research areas, Biological Chemistry, Environmental and Biogeochemistry and Engineering Chemistry, bring together the department's research and education in chemistry.

The department is a strong partner in KBC, Chemical Biological Centre, an interdisciplinary research centre for life/natural sciences and medicine that offers an excellent scientific infrastructure with several core facilities and technical platforms.

Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy, UCEM, provides instruments and methods in Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) as a national research infrastructure. Cryo-EM facility and FIB-SEM volume imaging at UCEM are units of SciLilfeLab, a national resource of unique technologies and expertise available to life scientists.

We look forward to receiving your application!