Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Hamburg, Germany

EMBL Hamburg, as part of the IMAGINE Consortium have been awarded a grant by the European Commission: IMAGINE: Next Generation Imaging Technologies to probe structure and function of biological specimen across scales in their natural context. As part of this funding is a postdoctoral position to work on Work Package 1 of the Imagine Consortium. Work Package 1 targets hard X-ray imaging of biological samples exploring the potential of imaging biological matter in its near native state aiming to develop sample handling techniques and instrumentation to enable routine experiments at both room and cryogenic temperatures and at different X-ray facilities.

Your role

A key focus of this position is the development of the High Throughput Tomography (HiTT) pipeline. This includes the development of sample handling processes, advanced instrumentation and data collection techniques for imaging biological samples. The goal is to produce a streamlined hard X-ray imaging technique pipeline to take a user from an unprepared sample though to a 3D reconstruction of the X-ray data collected on that sample. The development of common sample mounts and/or the ability to transfer samples easily between different facilities will be essential to the collaboration and ensuring compatibility between modalities need also to be explored. Vital to the success of the project is the collaborative spirit between imaging facilities and imaging modalities. All developments will be carried out in such a way that their implementation elsewhere is both possible and expected.

**Closing date**: 27 April 2023

Contract duration: 3 years

Grading: stipend

Reference number: HH00217

You have

For this role you have:

- A PhD in an area broadly relevant to tissue imaging in biology and/or X-ray instrumentation development.
- An aptitude for both methods and instrumentation development at the physics: biology interface.
- An affinity for collaborative multidisciplinary work.
- A good command of spoken and written English as the working language at EMBL is English.

You might also have

You might also have specific expertise in one or more of the following areas:

- Synchrotron experience and/or experience of X-ray imaging techniques.
- Tissue sample handling and preparation techniques including in one or more of the following areas: X-ray imaging, electron microscopy, light microscopy.
- Computer programming and software development for data analysis (preferably Python and/or C++.
- Experience in 3D Image segmentation.
- Experience using UNIX/Linux command line interfaces and/or cluster based computing resources.
- Experience in using CAD Software.

Why join us

EMBL is curiosity-driven, community-oriented and international. As an inclusive, equal opportunity employer, EMBL offers attractive conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research organisation with a very collegial and family friendly working environment. Competitive salary, a relaxed culture, ongoing professional development and library all make EMBL a great place to work. Our mission has us exploring life at all levels, and creating new ways to look at the world. Our reputation is built on scientific excellence and collaboration, and the projects we take on require all kinds of people and working styles, from big-picture creatives to patient detail-seekers.

What else you need to know

We are Europe’s flagship research laboratory for the life sciences - an intergovernmental organisation performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry and computer science. We are an international, innovative and interdisciplinary laboratory with approx. 1900 employees from many nations, operating across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge, Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome.

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