Brown University Structural Biology Core Facility Manager Position

Date: 17 February 2012 16:26

Dear CCP4 community,

Although this position requires expertise in NMR spectroscopy, I wanted to send the announcement to this community as many crystallographers have colleagues who are NMR spectroscopists that may be interested in this position. Please feel free to forward to anyone you think may be interested and thanks in advance.

Rebecca Page


Brown University Structural Biology Core Facility Manager

 Job Description

The Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University seeks a Facility Manager for its Structural Biology facility, which includes an NMR facility, as well as a biological crystallography and small angle X-ray facility. This rapidly growing shared use Facility is located in a research building adjacent to the main Medical School Building. The NMR facility consists of 2 spectrometers (both Bruker) operating at 11.7 and 19.97 T. The X-ray and SAXS facility consists of a combined Rigaku instrument (dual-port FRE+ anode). The core structural biology community at Brown consists currently of 3 tenured faculty with an additional tenure track search in progress. Additional growth in the number of structural biology faculty is anticipated. Furthermore, the facility and its instruments will serve any research group at Brown University and beyond. NMR spectrometers are used for modern NMR experiments on biomacromolecules in solution. The successful candidate will be responsible for operating and maintaining the instrumentation, for implementing new NMR experiments and for training and supervising student and postdoc users. The candidate will be expected to maintain a broad knowledge of state-of-the-art NMR technology and equipment.

 

Required Experience

• A Ph.D. in chemistry/physics/biophysics or a related area with four years of experience in solution NMR spectroscopy and its applications to biological systems.

• A demonstrated expertise in solution NMR spectroscopy, including development and implementation of new NMR experiments - in particular multidimensional experiments for structural analysis of biological systems.

• Knowledge of NMR hardware and software for data collection and processing in modern solution NMR spectrometers, as well as extensive experience with computers.

• Knowledge of modern structure and/or relaxation analysis software.

• Excellent communication and organizational skills, the ability to positively interact with a diverse group of NMR users, and a strong motivation to learn new NMR techniques.

• An interest in learning new areas of structural biology, specifically for the upkeep of the X-ray and SAXS instrumentation, as well as training of a diverse group of users.

• Ability to manage a shared use facility by complying with federal research guidelines and University fiscal policies governing shared use facilities.

 

Applications should be submitted online via Brown's automated application system at https://careers.brown.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=118396. Applications should include an up-to-date curriculum vitae, three reference letters, as well as a statement of expertise in regards of all points mentioned above. Review of applications will begin on Feb 15, 2012, and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates offered a staff position at Brown are subject to an employment reference check and additional background screening satisfactory to Brown University. This additional background screening may include a criminal background check, drug testing, health screening and/or motor vehicle records checks.

 

Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and welcomes