Job ID: 86772
Project Scientist Light Microscopy Facility
Position: Project Scientist
Deadline: 15 September 2022
Contract Length: 4 years
City: Bonn
Country: Germany
Institution: DZNE
Department: Light Microscopy Facility
Description:
A full-time Scientist position is immediately available at the CRFS in the Light Microscopy Facility (LMF). The candidate will work in the LMF at the DZNE in Bonn and will strongly interact with DZNE scientists, members of the iBehave initiative and other core facilities. The LMF is a core facility for scientists, which maintains a variety of cutting-edge light microscope setups. The main aim of the facility is to support scientists on light microscopes, to support them in establishing their required experimental procedures on the setups, and to develop new techniques and analysis methods for applied light microscopy.
Your tasks
You will be part of a high-end microscopy facility. We are seeking individuals with a high motivation to work in a service-oriented team with strong expertise in advanced fluorescence microscopy and image analysis. Fluency in English is required. Knowledge in advanced light microscope techniques like single plane illumination microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, laser microdissection, confocal microscopy, spinning disk microscopy, or multi-photon microscopy, is considered advantageous. Furthermore, experience with engineering, applied optics, data handling, and image analysis is considered beneficial.
The candidate will be work on various projects of the LMF and in the framework of the iBehave initiative. This will include supporting scientists in their intravital microscopy experiments, maintenance of microscope setups, and working on various technical and methodological developments.
Requirements
- Relevant university degree (Ph.D. in biology/physics/engineering or equivalent)
- Relevant experience in research with various microscope technologies (multiphoton microscopy, intravital microscopy, light-sheet microscopy, spinning disk applications, super-resolution microscopy, and/or confocal microscopy)
- Good skills in microscopy hardware, software, and data analysis.
- Excellent communication and team-working skills.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Good time management skills: Ability to perform well while handling a number of simultaneous roles.
- Solution-oriented attitude to work.
- A strong sense for diligence and accuracy.
- Prior facility experience is considered beneficial.
We offer
- An interesting and challenging task in a research center that works on the future topics of health research.
- An international environment characterized by a strong focus on science and research.
- A high potential for the individual development of our employees.
- Targeted personnel development.
- A full-time position, limited to four years as soon as possible.
- Employment, payment and social benefits are determined by the Public Sector Collective Agreement (Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst – TVöD Bund).
Please apply here. For further information, please contact Dr. Hans-Ulrich Fried: hans.fried@dzne.de or Tel.: +49 228 43302 894.
The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) is a world-leading internationally oriented research center, committed to discovering new approaches to prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases. To this end, researchers at ten DZNE sites across Germany pursue a translational and interdisciplinary strategy comprising five interconnected areas: fundamental research, clinical research, health care research, population health science, and systems medicine.