Postdoctoral Fellow - Svergun Group : Germany

Job Description

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is one of the highest ranked scientific research organisations in the world. The Headquarters Laboratory is located in Heidelberg (Germany), with additional sites in Grenoble (France), Hamburg (Germany), Hinxton (UK) and Monterotondo (Italy). 
The EMBL Hamburg Outstation at the DESY campus performs research in structural biology with specific emphasis on the use of synchrotron radiation. EMBL Hamburg runs two macromolecular crystallography (MX) beamlines and a Small Angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) beamline at the high-brilliance storage ring PETRA 3.The EMBL BioSAXS group of the EMBL has a strong experience in SAXS data collection, analysis and interpretation, and runs a dedicated biological SAXS beamline on PETRA 3 ring providing support for over a hundred groups per year. 
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position in the BioSAXS group in the frame of a collaborative project with research groups from Germany and Czech Republic. The project, supported by a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG), deals with the SAXS studies of nanoparticles - anticancer drug carriers. The successful candidate will be involved in the collaborative work on the grant, in the operation of the beamline and in the development of new experimental approaches and biological sample environments including, in particular, anomalous and time resolved scattering on biological specimens. 
 

Qualifications and Experience

Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant field (physics, engineering, structural biology) and experience with synchrotron X-ray scattering. We specifically welcome applicants with a technical background possessing a hands-on expertise in X-ray instrumentation and in biological scattering/diffraction. Good communication skills, fluent English and ability to collaborate with international teams are essential.

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