Job Description
1. User Training: Refine training methodologies and train and mentor users of the research core, providing guidance and expertise.2. Experiment Support: Collaborate closely with researchers and lead complex projects requiring customized solutions within the research core.3. Facility/Instrument Support: Lead and manage research projects within the research core.4. Technique Development: Contribute to the development of research strategies within the research core and evaluate and implement cutting-edge technologies and methodologies.5. Data Analysis/Interpretation: Analyze and interpret complex scientific data, providing critical insights and recommendations.6. Equipment Procurement: Assist in the evaluation, acquisition, and maintenance of research core equipment.7. Professional Development: Stay updated with emerging research trends and technologies. Participate and present in professional development activities and scientific conferences, representing the research core at conferences and events.8. Scientific Participation: Collaborate with users on manuscript preparation and grant proposals, as applicable.9, Staff Training and Mentoring: Mentor and support junior staff members in their professional growth.10. Leadership: Collaborate with senior core leadership on research core-related initiatives.11. Finance and Admin: Support the Core Director with development and implementation of strategic plans and budgets for the research core.12. Vendor Relations: Oversees strategic vendor partnerships, manages negotiations, and evaluates vendor performance for the research core.13. Education and Outreach: Develop education and outreach activities within the core, including tours, events, etc..
Required Skill/ability 1: Expertise in high-resolution structural analysis of macromolecules using cryo-electron microscopy, including sample preparation and computational analysis with current (and self-written) software.
Required Skill/ability 2: Experience in cryo-lamellar sample preparation, tomographic analysis, and in situ cryo-EM would also be very valuable.
Required Skill/ability 3: High level competence in setting up, maintaining, and coordinating computational support for collection, storage, and analysis of cryo-EM datasets is crucial.
Required Skill/ability 4: Demonstrated experience in the use of current generation electron microscopes and direct electron detectors and interest in pursuing cutting-edge structural studies using cryo-EM, independently and with collaborators.
Required Skill/ability 5: Demonstrated ability to communicate with and support a wide range of scientists in a central resource setting.
Preferred Education: Ph.D. or equivalent in biology, chemistry, physics, biophysics, structural biology or a closely related field.
Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)
Posting Position Title: Staff Scientist III, Research CORES
University Job Title: Site Director, Yale CryoEM Resource
Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Ph.D. or equivalent in biology, chemistry, physics, biophysics, structural biology or a closely related field.
Master's Degree in a related discipline and five years of related experience or an equivalent combination of skills, education, and experience.
About Yale University
Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
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