The technical officer will assist biologists in the Ries group and from other groups in the Vienna BioCenter in using our advanced microscopes, including a next generation MINFLUX instrument that we are developing in collaboration with Abberior Instruments for dynamic live-cell imaging, as well as custom automated 3D multi-color SMLM microscopes. Additionally, we provide the opportunity to engage in own research projects.
We are looking for a talented applicant with excellent communication skills and a background in microscopy who his excited about making the most advanced microscope technologies accessible for cutting-edge biological projects. The applicant should hold a Master or PhD degree in physics, biophysics or biology and has experience in building or aligning microscopes, as well as in using fluorescence microscopy on biological samples, including sample preparation. Expertise in SMLM, image data analysis and programming (Python or Matlab) and experience in providing microscopy as a service are beneficial.
Excellent spoken and written English skills are required.
Please send your documents to jonas.ries@maxperutzlabs.ac.at and include a motivation letter, a concise description of research experience and contact details for three references.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis and as soon as a suitable candidate is found, the position will be filled.
For details on the project please contact: Jonas Ries (jonas.ries@maxperutzlabs.ac.at).
Further information about the Ries lab:
Dissecting the turgor sensing mechanisms in the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Pikobodies: What does it take to bioengineer NLR immune receptor-nanobody fusions
scRNA and phylogenetics
Gene regulatory mechanisms governing human development, evolution and variation
Regulation of Cerebral Cortex Morphogenesis by Migrating Cells
Phage therapy for treating bacterial infections: a double-edged sword
Suckers and segments of the octopus arm
Using the house mouse radiation to study the rapid evolution of genes and genetic processes
CRISPR jumps ahead: mechanistic insights into CRISPR-associated transposons
SLiMs and SHelMs: Decoding how short linear and helical motifs direct PPP specificity to direct signaling
Title to be announced
Enigmatic evolutionary origin and multipotency of the neural crest cells - major drivers of vertebrate evolution
Visualising mitotic chromosomes and nuclear dynamics by correlative light and electron microscopy
Engineered nanocarriers for imaging of small proteins by CryoEM
Bacterial cell envelope homeostasis at the (post)transcriptional level
Title to be announced
Hydrologic extremes alter mechanisms and pathways of carbon export from mountainous floodplain soils
Dissecting post-transcriptional gene expression regulation in humans and viruses
Polyploidy and rediploidisation in stressful times
Prdm9 control of meiotic synapsis of homologs in intersubspecific hybrids
Title to be announced
RNA virus from museum specimens
Programmed DNA double-strand breaks during meiosis: Mechanism and evolution
Title to be announced