A Postdoctoral Position is available in the Macromolecular Crystallography beamline (BL13 – XALOC) at the Alba Synchrotron.
About BL13-XALOC beamline and Alba synchrotron
Alba is a 3rd generation, 3-GeV synchrotron facility close to Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). It is currently being commissioned with beam, and the beamlines are expected to deliver useful X-ray beam to users during next year. Out of seven beamlines of phase 1, one beamline is dedicated to Macromolecular crystallography. The instrumentation includes an in-vacuum undulator, a channel-cut monochromator and a pair of plane-elliptical focusing mirrors. The optics should provide a focal point of about 60×10 um FWHM (H×V), the vertical divergence being around 0.1 mrad. The end station is provided with a minidiffractometer MD2M, a CATS sample changer and a Pilatus 6M pixel detector. The beamline will start beam commissioning this current month (October 2011).
Position Description
The qualified candidate will actively participate in the commissioning, operation, and maintenance of the beamline
and in providing support to external users as well as collaborators as a local contact.
He/she will participate to in-house research projects adapted to his/her scientific interests.
Qualifications
Qualified candidates will have a PhD in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics or Biophysics , or a closely related scientific discipline. A strong background in synchrotron radiation techniques and instrumentation is highly desirable. Good oral/written English communication skills are a basic requirement.
We offer fixed term contracts for a period of three years as a maximum. At the end of the first and second years, the continuation of the contracts will be conditioned to a positive evaluation by the Head of the Experiments Division. The basic gross salary will be approximately 29 kEUR/year for a 40 h/week working period. It will have an additional bonus proportional to the number of working hours in weekends. The starting
date for the contracts will be 1st of January 2012.
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Best regards,
Jordi
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