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Form of workThe Structural Biology Laboratory (SBL) at UT Southwestern Medical Center currently has an opening for an Assistant Professor, Research Track for a highly motivated individual with experience in single-particle cryo-electron microscopy and who enjoys working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary setting. This position is non-tenure track.
The successful candidate will work with researchers as individuals and in small groups, as well as with the other members of the SBL to facilitate structural studies via single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Specific duties will include assisting researchers in the following: planning and organizing structural projects, preparing samples (cryo-EM grids), screening samples for quality, data collection, data processing and archiving, structure solution, model building, structure interpretation, manuscript preparation and occasionally grant writing. Facility with related techniques such as cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), micro-electron diffraction (Micro-ED), X-ray crystallography and solution biophysics is highly desirable.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences and/or structural biology and relevant work experience. Appointment rank will be commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience. The search committee is particularly interested in candidates who, through their research, teaching, and/or service, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.
About the Structural Biology Laboratory
The SBL (Diana Tomchick and Zhe Chen, Co-Directors) is a platform that allows researchers with different expertise to come together in a collaborative setting and tackle biological problems in a comprehensive way. Our publications are representative of the success of this strategy: https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/labs/structural-biology/about/publications.html
State-of-the-art equipment is currently installed, operational and shared between the members in the Structural Biology community at UT Southwestern. Equipment consists of two 300 kV Titan Krios microscopes, one 200 kV Talos Arctica microscope, one 200 kV Glacios microscope and a cryo-Scios DualBeam for cryo-FIB milling. In addition, the Structural Biology Laboratory has a dedicated lab for cryo-EM grid preparation, with two FEI Vitrobots and assorted instruments for sample prep. Computational facilities include a campus high-performance computing cluster.
These facilities are supplemented by a variety of biophysical instruments supporting the study of macromolecules using X-ray crystallography, NMR, CD, dynamic light scattering, analytical ultracentrifugation, stopped-flow kinetics, isothermal titration calorimetry, microscale thermophoresis, mass photometry and mass spectrometry.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae to https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/. Please arrange for three referees to send reference letters to BiophysicsSearch@utsouthwestern.edu. Questions may be emailed to BiophysicsSearch@UTSouthwestern.edu.
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.
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