The candidate will assist in the running of the fluorescence imaging facilities within the Focas Research Institute. These comprise confocal laser scanning microscopy, live cell imaging and flow cytometry. They will contribute to a number of ongoing research projects within the Focas Research Institute and will assist in the supervision and training of postgraduate students.

The candidate should hold a PhD in Physical or Life Sciences or Equivalent and have proven expertise and experience in flow cytometry and / or fluorescence imaging.

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The cellular nanocosm is made up of numerous types of macromolecular complexes or biological nanomachines. These form functional modules that are organized into complex subcellular networks. Information on the ultra-structure of these nanomachines has mainly been obtained by analyzing isolated structures, using imaging techniques such as X-ray crystallography, NMR, or single particle electron microscopy (EM). Yet there is a strong need to image biological complexes in a native state and within a cellular environment, in order to gain a better understanding of their functions. Emerging methods in EM are now making this goal reachable. Cryo-electron tomography is approaching macromolecular resolution. X-ray data can be 'docked' into the lower resolution particle density maps to create a macromolecular atlas of the cell under normal and pathological conditions. The majority of cells, however, are too thick to be imaged in an intact state and therefore methods such as 'high pressure freezing' with 'cryo-sectioning of unperturbed vitreous fully hydrated samples' have been introduced for electron tomography. The candidate will join a new EU project, which has the goal to image biological nano-machines and their mode of action within stem cells at macromolecular-scale. The identification and analysis of pathways of toxicological relevance in organotypic cell cultures is the ultimate aim of this consortium.
Challenges include visualizing individual conformations (imposed by drugs) of GFP tagged macromolecular complexes and using volumetric classification algorithms based on maximum likelihood statistical approach. Our initial attempt at understanding the spatial arrangements of the ribosome in situ is exciting and hints at the possibilities of imaging the vast majority of other biological machines. With new technologies being developed by us and others a resolution of 2.5 nm is approaching. We recently obtained grants for 2 Krios Titan cryo-TEMs thus creating a great infrastructure. For more details see www.necen.nl.

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The candidate will join an on-going project, which has the ultimate goal to image biological nano-machines and their mode of action at macromolecular-scale by pushing the current limits of visual proteomics and nanotechnologies. Electron Microscopy, bioinformatics, template matching and image processing are part of the new ventures. As cryo electron tomography is approaching macromolecular resolution, X-ray data can be 'docked' or fitted into the lower resolution density maps to create a macromolecular atlas of the cell under normal and pathological conditions. The majority of cells, however, are too thick to be imaged in an intact state and therefore we have built nano-fluidic chambers of 200 nm thickness in which mammalian cells voluntarily migrate before they are vitrified. We recently obtained grants for 2 Krios Titan cryo-TEMs. For more details see www.necen.nl.

We aim:

• To develop and use methods for visualizing vitreous biological samples for cryo-LM and cryo-TEM and examine the sub-cellular distribution and organization of macromolecular structures involved in cell migration and the organization of cytoskeletal polymers.

This is a project in collaboration with Dr. Gerard van Veen, FEI and Prof. Marileen Dogterom, AMOLF and the science faculty of the university of Delft and Leiden.

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The candidate will join an on-going project, which has the ultimate goal to image biological nano-machines and their mode of action at macromolecular-scale by pushing the current limits of visual proteomics and nanotechnologies. Electron Microscopy, bioinformatics, template matching and image processing are part of the new ventures. As cryo electron tomography is approaching macromolecular resolution, X-ray data can be 'docked' or fitted into the lower resolution density maps to create a macromolecular atlas of the cell under normal and pathological conditions. The majority of cells, however, are too thick to be imaged in an intact state and therefore we have built nano-fluidic chambers of 200 nm thickness in which mammalian cells voluntarily migrate before they are vitrified. We recently obtained grants for 2 Krios Titan cryo-TEMs. For more details see www.necen.nl.

We aim:

• To develop and use methods for visualizing vitreous biological samples for cryo-LM and cryo-TEM and examine the sub-cellular distribution and organization of macromolecular structures involved in phagocytosis of mycobacteria or CTL / target cell synaptic interactions, depending on personal interest.

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Closing date: 3 August 2010
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As part of the establishment of a new Super Resolution Microscopy Facility at the London Research Institute we are recruiting a Scientific Officer / Senior Scientific Officer to a key new role. We wish to recruit an enthusiastic and very dedicated person who will take a prominent role in setting up, running and further developing this emerging area of imaging.

The primary focus of the Super Resolution Microscopy Facility is to facilitate the development and broad usage of super-resolution imaging and data analysis to research laboratories within the LRI. The team will provide state of the art support and advice regarding the design and execution of experiments involving super-resolution imaging. The post holder will also develop image analysis protocols for general implementation at the LRI.

You will take a leading role in the day to day running of super resolution and other high performance microscopes in consultation with the Head of LRI Research Facilities and group leaders involved in high-resolution microscopy and high content analysis. A good understanding of the latest applications and technologies pertaining to advanced microscopy is essential. Previous knowledge of super resolution microscopy and instrumentation would be desirable.

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The Laboratory of Neurophysiology (http://www.ulb.ac.be/medecine/neurophy/) and IRIBHM (http://www.ulb.ac.be/medecine/iribhm/) of the Faculty of Medicine, Free University Brussels (http://www.ulb.ac.be/homepage_uk.html) are seeking a (M/F) logistic scientist to run and develop their confocal multiphoton imaging Core Facility. This service centre offers high-end imaging facilities for investigators in the various fields of research pursued on the Faculty campus (development biology, molecular pharmacology, neurosciences, cancer research).

The successful applicant for this position will be in charge 1) for the training of new users on the imaging hardware, 2) to advice the design of imaging experiments in order to optimize output and research activities, 3) to give introductory courses on analysis software packages available for image post-processing and 4) to provide support in developing methods (hardware & software) required to solve specific problems that may arise in the various research projects.

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Closing date: 27th July 2010

Our London Research Institute is looking for an enthusiastic Scientific Officer to work on biological electron microscopy projects in collaboration with multiple research groups within the institute.

As the Scientific Officer in the Electron Microscopy Unit you will take on a range of projects using both transmission and scanning electron microscopy in collaboration with multiple research groups within the institute. Under the guidance of the lab head you will also research and implement new imaging techniques and technologies. You will aid in day-to-day running of the unit including training scientists in electron microscopy, optimisation of protocols and maintenance of equipment.

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Closing date: 15th August 2010

The PhD student will be responsible for performing transmission electron microscopy studies of the steels using our suite of microscopes in the Kelvin Nanocharacterisation Centre, as well as other microscopes such as SuperSTEM, where appropriate. This will be coupled with detailed quantitative analysis of the data in order to fully understand the microscopy results and to deliver the information required by our collaboration partners. As such, we require a well organized and strongly motivated student with good experimental and analytical skills. The student will also be required to travel to half-yearly collaboration meetings with our partners and to present progress reports on the Glasgow work at these meetings, so a willingness to travel is essential.

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Position open on November 1st, 2010

The INAC research institute (Nanoscience and Cryogeny), at CEA-Grenoble, France, has a post-doctoral position available for a scientist with a background in transmission electron microscopy and focused ion beam.

The objective will be to develop new techniques for 3D characterization at a nanometric scale of new organic and hybrid materials for energy applications, mainly as active layers in plastic solar cells and cathode materials in fuel cells. Such materials and samples will be provided via existing collaborations within the CEA, e.g. with the French National Institute for Solar Energy INES (Chambéry, www.ines-solaire.com).

Two techniques will mainly be considered during the project, namely:

• 3D focused ion beam (FIB) for doing “slice and view” reconstruction. These experiments will be done on a new Zeiss NVision 40 FIB, with the aim to push the technique at higher resolution compared to the current state-of-the-art.
• Electron tomography in TEM and STEM. Two microscopes will be used for that: a FEI Titan and an Hitachi S5500 which offer the possibility to work at low accelerating voltage, and to increase contrast.

The selected candidate will be in charge of performing the measurements as well as the detailed analysis of the images.

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Job requisition number: 1000444

The PRISM Imaging and Analysis Center at Princeton University has an immediate opening for a full-time research associate. The successful candidate must have a recent Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering related discipline and have extensive experience and proven record in studies of the structure-composition-processing-property relationships in complex materials. Responsibilities will involve supporting the materials research and education activities relating to the micro/nano scale instrumentation (SEM/TEM, FIB, AFM, XRD, EDS/WDS, sample preparation, etc).

https://jobs.princeton.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=174154

Closing date: 31 August 2010

Nanofactory Instruments is the world leader in providing specialized SPM systems (STM, AFM, NanoIndenter) designed to work in TEM. These unique SPM-TEM instruments provide unprecedented opportunity to combine 3-dimensional nanomanipulation, STM and AFM imaging and in-situ electrical and mechanical measurements with simultaneous high resolution TEM imaging. The customers are mostly universities and research institutes, but also research departments at larger companies.

Nanofactory Instruments has a position available for working with Sales in Europe, India, Russia and the Middle East. As of today we have over 20 customers in the region above, and almost 100 world wide.

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Closing date: extended to 31 August 2010

The Research Institute, INAC -“Nanoscience and Cryogeny“, at CEA-Grenoble, France, has a permanent position available for a scientist with a strong background in the field of advanced transmission electron microscopy. Within this institute, the position will be based in the laboratory SP2M - Service de physique des matériaux et microstructures - where a hundred scientists are engaged in fundamental experimental or theoretical research on nano-scale semiconductor and magnetic materials. Due to the variety of research and diverse backgrounds of the researchers, the SP2M can offer a range of productive collaborations and an excellent environment for a creative career.

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Job Ref.: No. JSMC-47/2010

Within this project, in vivo studies with real-time, high-resolution microscopy will be applied to determine the precise co-localization of proteins involved in the rapid nuclear migration processes typically associated with mating interactions in higher basidioymcetes. Our aim is to provide the experimental basis for a modular enhancement of the rapid fluorescence wide field microscopy in the sub-100nm range. This, together with a Raman-based image contrast, should pave the way for an improved multicontrast microscopy technology. In addition, microspectroscopic approaches combining rapid fluorescence nanometer resolution microscopy with resonance spectroscopic contrast will be developed. This will be used for the online analysis of growth processes in homobasidomycetes.

• a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Natural Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Biomedical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Biogeosciences, Biotechnology, etc.). Candidates about to earn their degree are welcome to apply.
• high motivation and interest to join one of the interdisciplinary research areas of the JSMC
• creativity and interest to shape your own thesis project
• an integrative and cooperative personality
• very good communication skills in English (instruction language at the JSMC)

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• a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Natural Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Biomedical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Biogeosciences, Biotechnology, etc.). Candidates about to earn their degree are welcome to apply.
• high motivation and interest to join one of the interdisciplinary research areas of the JSMC
• creativity and interest to shape your own thesis project
• an integrative and cooperative personality
• very good communication skills in English (instruction language at the JSMC)

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Job Ref.: No. JSMC-53/2010

The PhD student will develop a novel mode of microscopy imaging which aims at obtaining structural biological information at a resolution down to about 30nm for many (10-100) target molecules associated with the kinetochore complex. The methodology is based on combining a high resolution single molecule technique (photo activated localization microscopy, PALM) and addressing the multiple molecular targets by using multi-epitope ligand cartography (MELC). Both of these techniques have been shown to achieve impressive results and thus the combination should be capable of producing extremely valuable scientific information about the organisation of the kinetochore. The three-dimensional molecular structure of the kinetochore is still unknown but is essential for the understanding of its function and its role in cancer development.
This project is situated within two highly motivated groups in the interface between Biology (Prof. Stephan Diekmann, Kinetochore complex) and Physics (Prof. Rainer Heintzmann, high resolution microscopy techniques), where experience, team-work and guidance with many aspects of the project will be provided.

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Starting date: Octobre 2010 (financed by ANR)

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Closing date: 22 June 2010

The candidate will work on the research project ‘How the genomic sequence folds into a functional chromosome’, funded by ALW/NWO.
Understanding the biological mechanisms that underlie nuclear reprogramming is a major challenge and a key objective in modern biology. The development of a multicellular organism involves constant changes in gene activity and requires the expression of only a subset of the many thousands of genes, which varies among cell types and between developmental stages. Instrumental to the variation in gene expression is the ability of eukaryotes to fold the linear genomic sequence into functional chromosomes. How chromosome folding is established and how folding is related to differential gene expression is largely unknown. This project builds on extensive expertise of the group in chromosome studies with mammalian and plant cells. In order to come to a folding-function relationship of eukaryotic chromosomes this project will combine (i) microscopical examination of chromosomes in the model plant Arabidopsis with (ii) mathematical modelling of chromosome folding.

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Closing date: 25 June 2010

Hybrid multilayer oxides comprising magnetic and ferroelectric thin films hold a great promise for device applications as they facilitate active control over magnetic properties such as moment, anisotropy, and permeability by the application of an electric field and tuning of electrical polarization and permittivity by an external magnetic field. In the Nanomagnetism and Spintronics Group of the Department of Applied Physics at Aalto University (former Helsinki University of Technology) we are studying magnetoelectric phenomena in epitaxial oxide multilayers with coexisting magnetic and ferroelectric order. In this project, strain-mediated coupling at magnetic/ferroelectric interfaces will be studied and quantified using advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques including aberration-corrected HR-TEM, aberration-corrected STEM, electron-energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and energy-filtered TEM.

The work will be conducted in the Nanomicroscopy Center at Aalto University. This center, which was opened in 2009, is one of the largest microscopy clusters in Europe. The infrastructure consists of various high-resolution microscopes for soft, hard and biomaterial characterization. The successful candidate will work with a state-of-the-art JEOL JEM-2200FS double Cs corrected TEM. This instrument combines a 200 kV field emission gun (FEG) and an in-column energy filter to produce a high-end, optimally configured TEM for energy filtered imagery. It also utilizes a new, rotation-free image-forming optical system which not only facilitates acquisition of TEM images and diffraction patterns but also produces stable spectral data. Cs-correction at the probe and image provides a specified spatial resolution of d < 0.12 nm in TEM mode and d < 0.10 nm in STEM mode.

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Online application on the CNRS webpage is mandatory until July 9. 2010

The candidate will participate in the subjects of research in the electron microscopy group at the IPCMS. He/she will carry out service research work and provide technical support and training for internal and external users of the electron microscopy facility at the IPCMS. He/she will help new users to develop their expertise on the electron microscopes and related facilities.
The position offers the opportunity of working on a wide range of interesting instruments and methods. The candidate will be responsible for the characterization of nanomaterials, in particular in-situ experimentation in the electron microscope by using dedicated specimen stages. He/she will work under the responsibility of a professor and contribute to the publication of results.

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Closing date: 25 June 2010

A Marie Curie Early Career Fellowship position is available for a period of three years’ study, tenable at Oxford University, on a project entitled “Development of an aerosol-CVD technique for the production of CNTs with integrated online control” (CONTACT ESR1). Candidates will be registered for PhD training while employed by the University on a Marie Curie Initial Training Network, and will be expected to establish a new aerosol-CVD system with integrated online control for the production of uniform CNTs. It is envisaged that the in-situ monitoring of the growth process will provide vital information on the formation mechanism of the nanostructures which in turn will be essential to keep growth conditions constant. Once the building blocks are determined it will be possible to gain control over nanostructure formation, a pre-requisite for the viability of nanostructures for future technological applications. It is planned to investigate different precursor systems, ranging from hydrocarbons suitable for the generation of pure CNTs to doped, in conjunction with different forms of catalysts in order to identify key parameters responsible for variations in the CNT structures. Structural and chemical analysis of the resulting materials will be carried out by means of scanning and transmission electron microscopy, EELS, XPS, TGA, RAMAN. Other characterisation methods are available if needed. The work undertaken will be in close collaboration with industry. Candidates must possess a good degree in Chemistry, Physics, Materials or Engineering Science, and should have experience of synthesising and characterising nanomaterials.

http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/grobert.html#ProjectsAvailable

We will start reviewing applications after June 1st, 2010 and the search will continue until the position is filled.

The Institute of Biomaterials comprises a unique combination of research expertises in the fields of Biomaterials and Nanocharacterization. The research group Bioactive Materials (Prof. Boccacini) is developing nanostructured biomaterials for medical implants, tissue engineering and drug delivery. A great variety of biomaterials including bioactive glasses and nanoparticles, biodegradable polymers, carbon nanotubes and their composites are being investigated. The research group Electron Microscopy (Prof. Spiecker) develops advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques for investigation of nanostructures, thin films and functional materials. The group runs a microscopy lab with several transmission electron microscopes, among these an aberration-corrected Titan³ 80-300 which was recently installed in the Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM). The successful candidate is expected to strengthen the interaction of the two research groups by applying advanced methods of transmission electron microscopy, including aberration-corrected HRTEM and electron tomography, to nanostructured biomaterials.

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• within the nMat group at CEMES-CNRS, Toulouse, France
• for a period of 12 months (possibility of renewal for a second year)
• starting september 2010
• position financed by the PICF program MobiSIC (Mobility engineering for SiC devices)
• salary: 2100 € per month

Because of its advantageous physical properties, silicon carbide (SiC) is one of the most promising materials for future high-power, high-frequency, and high-temperature devices. Some of the most important key problems limiting the commercialization of SiC power MOSFETs are a high positive fixed charge in the gate oxide, a low threshold voltage, a low effective inversion-layer electron mobility, and a poor reproducibility of these very important parameters. Recently, it was suggested that all these problems can be associated with carbon-related defects in the oxide and, more important, in the SiC bulk. All defects may already be present in the SiC bulk in high numbers and are significantly increased by processing such as thermal oxidation or ion implantation followed by high-temperature anneals.

In this project, the role of the carbon-related defects will be clarified experimentally. In particular, the concentration and chemical state of carbon on the nanometre scale across the SiO2/SiC interface will be investigated and will be the basis for the development of a quantitative model for the segregation, diffusion and agglomeration of carbon. The analytical results will be also correlated to electrical characterizations

For this, the equipments and skills in transmission electron microscopy of the nanoMaterials (nMat) group at CEMES will be exploited. Particularly, imaging using energy filtered TEM (EFTEM) and local analysis using STEM-EELS acquisition modes will be implemented. The “TECNAI” FEI microscope is the highest-level microscope installed at CEMES. It is a TEM-FEG fitted with a Cs corrector allowing to obtained images free of delocalization effects with a point resolution of 0.12 nm. Moreover, the microscope is also fitted with an energy-filter “TRIDIEM”.

The post-doctoral position is located at CEMES which is a laboratory of the “National Center for Scientific Research” (CNRS) set in Toulouse and will be developed within the nMat group (http://www.cemes.fr/nMat).

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• within the nMat group at CEMES-CNRS, Toulouse, France
• for a period of 12 months (possibility of renewal for a second year)
• starting now and at latest september, 2010
• position financed by the NanoSci-ERA project “NANOBLOCK” (NANOdevice fabrication using BLOCK-copolymer based technology)
• salary: 2100 € per month

The candidate will support the French contribution to the project that involves Italian and Spanish collaborators. He or she will be in charge of the physico-chemical investigation of the nano-devices using TEM-EELS techniques. For the follow-up of the French participation to the project, he or she will also participate to the coordination of ion implantation experiments with an engineer already on place, ion implantation being one of the nano-objects fabrication routes chosen in the Nanoblock project. Proficiency in the use of TEM-EELS and TEM sample preparation is required together with a background in semiconductor physics and materials science. This project would suit a candidate with strong experimental and communication skills (reports, papers and oral presentation of the results).

The post-doctoral position is located at CEMES which is a laboratory of the “National Center for Scientific Research” (CNRS) set in Toulouse and will be developed within the nMat group (http://www.cemes.fr/nMat).

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The ideal date to start is June 2010, but if the position is not filled, applications will be considered until September 2010

In the Laboratory for New Energies and Nanomaterials of CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives), you will integrate the NanoCharacterization group located in the Minatec Centre. You will participate to the TEM characterization of different nanomaterials for new energy applications such as thermoelectricity, hydrogen fuel cells, solar cells, Li batteries etc. You will prepare the samples by mechanical polishing, ultramicrotomy or FIB. You will use different TEM techniques, HRTEM, HRSTEM, EDS etc. on the best equipments (7 TEMs, among which two Titan). You will work in collaboration with the applicative elaboration labs, and will be in close contact with the fundamental research labs.

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Contract is up to three and a half years beginning October 1, 2010

Requirements:

Completed advanced degree (Magister/Diplom/Master) in History, Philosophy, Biology, or a relevant Natural, Social or Cultural Science. Applicants with one or more relevant BA/BSc degrees may be considered in exceptional cases.

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Closing date: 15 May, 2010
Starting date no later than 1 October, 2010

The employed person will participate in collaborative interdisciplinary projects between the research groups for physical electronics (http://www.fys.uio.no/lens), for solid-state electrochemistry (http://folk.uio.no/trulsn/), for functional inorganic materials (http://www.kjemi.uio.no/forskning/fum/helmerf/english.html), for catalysis (http://www.kjemi.uio.no/forskning/kat/english.html) and the Structure Physics group (http://www.fys.uio.no/struktur/) who operates two transmission electron microscopes. The most advanced of these is a JEOL 2010F equipped with a field emission gun, a Gatan imaging filter (GIF), bright and dark-field STEM detectors, an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS), and an electron holography unit. The scientific projects will be focused on TEM-studies of oxides for catalysis, electroceramics and semiconductors

http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/401173/64296?iso=no

The position:

The nanocharacterisation plateform at MINATEC has a wide range of state of the art characterization tools to meet the growing needs of nanotechnology and will install a new laser-assisted atom probe in 2010. The characterisation department of the LETI (partner in MINATEC) is thus looking to recruit a scientist to develop this new technique. At the centre of the nanocharacterisation plateform you will be part of the LETI characterisation team but you will interact closely with teams from the LITEN and INAC. You will work on a state of the art laser assisted atom probe to develop the techniques needed to analyse the thin films and nano-objets studied at the CEA.

You will work closely with experts in FIB for sample preparation and with experts in TEM and X-ray tomography for 3-D data reconstruction. The post will require both research and support roles. You will assist with the integration of the atom probe technique in research proposals and carry out the proposed work. You will be responsible for the day to day running, training of users and maintenance of the tool, with support from the internal maintenance team and the tool supplier.

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Starting date: 1st of May 2010 (or as soon as possible after that date)

The responsibility of the Post-Doc will be to participate in the implementation of state of the art tools for the characterization of nanostructured materials using analytical transmission electron microscopy. A special focus will be directed on electron energy loss spectrometry and the simulation and interpretation of spectra using electronic structure calculations. The candidate should be motivated to cooperate with other research groups in the study of the structural and electronic properties of new materials. Further, the candidate is expected to participate in the supervision of Master and PhD students as well as the training of users in the operation of the microscopes. The ability to work independently and the will to take over responsibilities are welcome.

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The teams “Dynamic of receptor organization in neuronal membranes” and “Quantitative Imaging of the Cell” at the laboratory Cellular Physiology of the Synapse in Bordeaux (France) have one position opening for a PhD student.
The PhD project is developed in the framework of European network, SyMBaD (Synapse: from Molecules to higher Brain function And Diseases) and in partnership with an industrial collaborator. The aim is to set up an innovative fast multiphoton imaging technique which will allow imaging of thick biological samples at the single molecule level. This technique will be applied to study the movement of receptors in live neurons, in brain slices. The setup will be designed to be versatile in order to implement, on the same microscope, multiphoton SPT-PALM (Single Particle Tracking & PhotoActivation Localization Microscopy) and SIM (Structured Illumination Microscopy) techniques.

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JOB ID- 2128
Travel: 25%-35%

Primary responsibilities include the following:

• Own all sales/ account management responsibilities of specified FEI products to all sites including resolving any issues.
• Define, align and implement Account Strategy.
• Maintain accurate quarterly booking forecasts.
• Understand all budget issues at each customer and take strategic action.
• Confirm all system configurations, specifications and acceptance conditions are appropriate for closing orders.
• Manage all User Group activity by product as required.
• Manage system demonstrations by working closely with application engineers and product marketing managers.
• Manage the sales booking process.
• Manage product issues in the field by working closely with the Account service group and application engineers for solutions.

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Contracts are three years and half term positions.

Two Ph.D positions on physical properties of nano-crystalline semiconductor oxides are available at Department of Materials Physics in University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). Within the researchgroup: “Micro- and nanocharacterization of electronic materials”

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Closing date: 23 April 2010

With its multiple SEM and TEM Microscopes this division supports research activities of several of the universities’ departments. The future Head of Division will coordinate studies carried out with these microscopes and will advise users during their research. She/he will coordinate and supervise the maintenance of the equipment as well as support the purchase of new equipment. The post-polder will be supported by two technical assistants.

Immediate duties will include the management of the recent FE-SEM (incl. EDX, WDX, EBSD, EBL) and contribution to development of new analytical tools for currently running projects, especially for the Cluster of Excellence “Integrated Materials Systems”

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Closing date: We will start reviewing applications after April 05th 2010 and the search will continue until the position is filled

Responsibilities:

• Providing service for advanced operation of a JEOL JEM-2100F TEM/STEM instrument.
• Training and advising users (graduate students and researchers) on the analytical capabilities of the microscope, up to achieving an independent user status.
• Assisting users with data analysis (EELS / EDX / STEM - HAADF / Holography / High-resolution TEM image simulations).
• Developing and advising on related TEM sample preparation equipment.
• Performing routine maintenance of the microscope and related sample preparation equipment.
• Liaison with instrument service engineers and external users from other universities, research institutes and local industry.
• Managing routine operation of the analytical TEM (logs, book-keeping, billing, maintenance records, inventory, and consumables purchases).
• Overseeing safety aspects of the Laboratory.
• Liaison with personnel from the Facilities Department with regard to environmental issues in the microscopy lab.
• Organization of, and participation in, workshops and training.
• Providing outreach for schools and the general public.

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The position is for a fixed term of two years

We are seeking a highly motivated scientist who is willing to take on responsibility for this high-end microscope in both scientific and technical respects. You will be integrated into the research work at our institute and will have the opportunity to implement your own research projects concentrating on the LEEM/PEEM technique. This work should preferably, but not necessarily exclusively, focus on organic-inorganic interfaces and organic thin films. You will, of course, also have access to all the other experimental techniques available at the Institute for your work. In the same way, you will be expected to cooperate in granting access to the microscope to all other members of our Institute if their projects involve LEEM/PEEM experiments.

http://www.fz-juelich.de/gp/index.php?index=63&typ=12&id=2686

We will start reviewing applications after April 01, 2010

The newly founded Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) within the Erlanger Cluster of Excellence „Engineering of Advanced Materials“ provides advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) instrumentation and methods for interdisciplinary research at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. The CENEM runs several transmission electron microscopes (among these a recently installed aberration-corrected Titan3 80-300) as well as a fully equipped laboratory for TEM sample preparation. The Research Engineer is expected to perform routine maintenance of the instrumentation, train users in the operation of the microscopes and related specimen preparation equipment and carry out TEM investigations for industrial partners.

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Closing date: 23 April 2010

Job Purpose

To undertake, present and publish leading research in magnetic and oxide materials using transmission electron microscopy and related techniques. The post is funded through “IFOX: Integrating Oxides” which is a new 7th Framework Programme funded by the European Community and including 17 international partners that span academic institutions and the major corporations IBM, Intel and Fiat. There is substantial scope for research development and international collaboration.

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This project is part of a novel and exciting major collaborative research initiative between the Universities of Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Salford and Sussex

Project outline: Graphite is a key component of most UK operational nuclear reactors as well as for proposed safer, more efficient high temperature reactors for energy generation, e.g. to make the clean fuel, hydrogen. Graphite acts as a moderator to slow neutrons down, making them more effective for nuclear fission but, in doing so, it becomes damaged, more porous and its individual crystallites change their shape; these changes govern reactor lifetime and are carefully monitored. However, this new interdisciplinary research collaboration aims to pursue a multi-scale approach using the latest theories, instrumentation and computer models to predict and inter-relate nano-, micro- and macro-scale changes in the graphite, so that we can better gauge future reactor life expectancy in the long-term. Within this programme, the PhD research project at Leeds will be under the supervision of Dr. Aidan Westwood, Dr. Andrew Scott and Prof. Rik Brydson. It will involve characterisation of graphite materials to examine the effects of irradiation and annealing at both nanostructural scale (TEM/EELS) and microstructural scale (XRD, Raman, gas sorption, thermal AFM), along with computer modelling of TEM/EELS to match experimental and theoretical results.

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The position should be filled between May 1 and July 1, 2010

A full postdoctoral position on TEM and HRTEM of multiferroic superlattices is available at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany, in the Group on Nanoengineering of Functional Oxides, jointly with the recently founded group of Multiferroic Nanostructures (Group leader Dr. Ionela Vrejoiu) (www.mpi-halle.de/~functio), within the Experimental Department II (www.mpi-halle.de/department2).

The position should be filled between May 1 and July 1, 2010, and is for one year, but principally extendable for a second year depending on progress and funding. A research program on preparation of ultrathin films and superlattices by pulsed laser depostion, their microstructure and ferroelectric and magnetic properties is being pursued. Materials of interest are various functional perovskites. The postdoc will be responsible for the characterization of the grown films and superlattices by TEM including HRTEM, SAED, EDX, EELS, and EFTEM.

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Job ID 2006

Primary responsibilities include the following:

1. Becoming a Cryo Electron Microscopy expert and transitioning that expertise to our customers. Develop new techniques and applications for FEI partners and customers. Technical product expert assisting with all phases of the sales cycle.
2. Cultivating positive customer relationships and acting as a high level customer interface for specific instrument/applications issues, acting as a technical expert, explaining complex technology details, giving in depth presentations, and assisting in technique development.
3. Supporting and training customers after the sale has been made and the system is signed off. Assisting FEI Service Engineers on instrument sign offs and specific application techniques.
4. Providing continuous feedback to the product groups on system performance, features, and problems while collaborating with marketing/development groups on future product developments.

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Closing date: 15 April 2010

The Technological Research Division of the French Atomic and Renewable Energy Authority (CEA, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives), is currently opening a PhD position in one of its research centre in Grenoble (capital of the french Alps), France. The applicant will be based in the MINATEC campus which houses one of the most advanced Centre in Europe dedicated to nanocharacterization for nanoscience and micro-nanotechnologies (http://www.minatec.com/en).

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Closing date: 9 April 2010
Grade 7 / Salary in the range: £28,983 to £35,646 pa / Job Ref No: DJ10/05

As part of a major initiative funded by EPSRC and the EU in the development of direct electron detectors, a new position is available immediately for one year. The project aims to develop and commercialise novel detector technologies developed in the Department of Materials for imaging electron detectors to a level where a commercial prototype sensor can be demonstrated to potential investors.

The successful applicant will play a key role in identifying and developing core technologies for commercialisation, undertaking the required market research, preparing an outline business strategy, and identifying potential licensees and investors. This work will be carried out in collaboration with research scientists within the world-leading Electron Image Analysis Group and with Isis Innovation who are responsible for technology transfer at Oxford. If successful, the project may lead either to licensing agreement(s) or to a spin-out company.

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Closing date: 22 March, 2010

The research project concerns the characterization of interfaces and diffusion profiles in magnesium alumino silicate nano glass-ceramics jointly developed with the Institute of Glass Chemistry at Jena University (Prof. Dr. Chr. Rüssel). Funding is granted by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

TEM characterisation will follow the methodological lines established in an earlier EU STREP project ("Intercony"). Here, it was proofed that diffusion barriers can lead to a self-limited growth of nanocrystals in glasses (cf. S. Bhattacharyya, et al. Nano Letters, 9 (2009) 2493, C. Bocker et al. Acta Mater. 57 (2009) 5956, or S. Bhattacharyya, et al. Crystal Growth & Design, 10 (2010) 379).

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The position will be available at anytime from 1st May 2010.

WCU of EEWS (World Class University of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability) is a new Governmental Program located on KAIST at Daejeon, in the centre of Republic of Korea. KAIST is top ranked University in KOREA in all fields of science and technology. Full details can be found on the KAIST website at http://eewseng.kaist.ac.kr/.

We are looking for a Post Doctoral Research Associate, who has a strong interest in diffraction, imaging and chemical/physical analysis by EM (SEM, CTEM & STEM) and X-ray diffraction for structural studies of nano-materials to understand their functions. You should have the official Ph.D certificate, only the Ph.D certificate copy will be ensured to get the official visa from Korean government.

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JOB ID- 2165
Travel: 25%-35%

Primary responsibilities include the following:

• Performing high quality product demonstrations, including the development of new techniques and applications for FEI partners and customers. Technical product expert assisting with all phases of the sales cycle.
• Cultivating positive customer relationships and acting as a high level customer interface for specific instrument/applications issues, acting as a technical expert, explaining complex technology details, giving in depth presentations, and assisting in technique development.
• Supporting and training customers after the sale has been made and the system is signed off. Assisting FEI Service Engineers on instrument sign offs and specific application techniques.
• Providing continuous feedback to the product groups on system performance, features, and problems while collaborating with marketing/development groups on future product developments.

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Closing date: April 2, 2010

This research project is aimed at improving the metallurgical knowledge on the U-10wt% Mo alloy used in monolithic nuclear fuel production. A full microstructural characterisation of typical foils (crystallography, grain structure and orientation, lattice defect structure, surface chemistry, etc.) needs to be performed, mainly using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), particularly concentrating on the interface of the fuel with the interlayer and the interlayer with the cladding. Thermal treatments offer a way to systematically assess the evolution of the interface with time and temperature. If required, the results will be complemented by other characterisation techniques (Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), etc.). The mechanism by which the interlayers improve the bonding of the foil to the cladding and reduce the interaction between fuel and cladding, both during fabrication and during irradiation, will be studied. Aside from work on interfaces of real foils in fuel plates, model systems of interfaces can be manufactured and treated in the SCK laboratory by sputter deposition. This effectively allows a separate effects study of the fuel/cladding interface. Furthermore, TEM sample preparation procedures will have to be developed, building on existing knowledge, but optimising for the specific goals.

Due to the specific nature of the materials, SCK retains the right to refuse certain candidates.

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Closing date: We will start reviewing applications after March 15th 2010 and the search will continue until the position is filled.

Responsibilities:

• Interacting, assisting and training users for routine and advanced operation of the TEM/STEM instruments and occasionally SEM’s
• Advising users on the use of related TEM sample preparation equipment, including dual beam FIB technology
• Assisting users with image simulation and data analysis
• Performing routine maintenance and essential repair of the microscopes and related sample preparation equipment. (Some, but not all, of our microscopes are under service contract)
• Liaison with instrument service engineers and external users from other universities, government laboratories and local industry
• Making recommendations and assisting in the purchase, installation and commissioning of new equipment
• Managing routine day-to-day operation of the Nanocharacterization Laboratory (- including logs, book-keeping, billing, maintenance records, inventory, and consumables purchases)
• Overseeing safety aspects of the Nanocharacterization Laboratory
• Liaison with personnel from the Facilities Department with regard to environmental issues in the microscopy suite
• Participating in the annual Lehigh Microscopy Schools
• Providing outreach and tours for the general public

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Details position:

• PROFILE: Characterization of nanomaterials by means of Aberration Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy.
• QUALIFICATION: PhD in Physics or Chemistry with research experience in Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Experience in Aberration Corrected TEM will be highly valued.
• FUNDING: Advanced Microscopies Laboratory (LMA).
• DURATION: 1 year renewable.
• GROSS SALARY: about 30.000 €/year.
• POSITION AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY.

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Closing date: 28 February 2010
A good knowledge of German language is essential !!

We are looking for a post-doc in physics, chemistry or with background as an engineer. Contract duration will be 36 months.

For a complete job description, please see the following link:

http://www.bam.de/de/aktuell/stellenangebote/stellenangebote_medien/010_10_vi4.pdf

Introduction:

Multifunctional materials are one of the driving motors of the modern technologic development. Among them, Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) exhibit a reversible martensitic transformation conferring them a series of specific thermo-mechanical properties such as superelasticity and shape memory.

Objectives:

In the frame of the offered Grant to carry out a PhD Doctoral Thesis, the objective is to study the behavior of the martensitic transformation at micro and nano scale, analysing the influence of the dimensional size. Alloys and micro-nano devices will be produced by thin film techniques and micronano lithography, as well as trough milling by focused ion beam (FIB). Then the microstructure will be characterized by SEM, TEM and AFM. Finally the thermo-mechanical properties of superelasticity and shape memory will be studied by micro and nano compression testing.

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Job description:

You advice on the purchase and use of Olympus microscope and digital imaging systems.

You are in contact with research centers and laboratories, schools for higher education, hospitals, and companies in Walloon and Luxembourg. You discuss their applications and you position those within the Olympus product range. Your apt application analysis, commercial skills and perseverance result in selling Olympus microscopic systems.

Job content:

• Advising our customers and potential customers concerning the usage and the purchase of microscopes, imaging systems and digital imaging processing and analyzing systems.
• You understand and discuss customer applications and the configuration of the Olympus systems.
• You help defining the sales strategy. For this, action plans are set up which are being evaluated on a regular basis on achieved results.
• Acquisition and follow-up on leads and prospects generated by a pro-active market approach.
• Generating offers and following up on them, including conducting the sales negotiations.
• Organizing and performing product demonstrations, workshops and seminars.
• Taking care of an excellent after sales service, which shows as: installation of systems, organization and performing of training sessions for (possible) users.
• Reporting on sales, prospects, orders/losts, competition activities and other market developments.
• Keeping contact with opinion leaders by being regularly present at congresses and seminars.

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Closing date: March 15, 2010

The postdoctoral position will be related to exploring the potential of exciting new areas in the field of high-end electron microscopy, FIB-based nanostructure fabrication, as well as TEM sample preparation. As there will be an intensive work on FEI systems and solutions, the candidate will have a unique opportunity to acquire deep knowledge of instrumentation and techniques, as well as to learn diverse aspects of nanotechnology in interaction with nanoGUNE´s international research team.

Responsibilities of the position will include planning and performing of experiments, processing and evaluating of results, preparing publications and interaction with FEI specialists. The outcome of the work is expected to be in form of application reports as well as scientific publications in internationally leading journals. The position holder will be expected to provide expert advice on the application of FEI instruments, demonstrate their operation and develop further techniques for sample preparation and analysis.

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Closing date: 1st March 2010

This is a post–doctoral appointment in the area of biological electron microscopy for up two years (third year optional) funded by Biocenter Finland Infrastructure Network funding with the following primary areas of responsibility:

• to participate in the daily operation in the EM core facility
• to develop the FIB SEM technique for biological applications
• working with animal models
• participate in research

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The position is available as early as March 1, 2010

The CEA-LETI, MINATEC is looking for a candidate to fill a post-doctoral position in the fields of electron energy-loss spectroscopy in transmission electron microscopy (TEM-EELS) and energyfiltering TEM (EFTEM).
The research project will focus on the characterisation of advanced semiconductor devices (High-K gate stack, dopants...) and, more extensively, materials and structures with nanometers dimensions fabricated within MINATEC laboratories (nano-wires, nano-particles...).

TEM samples from devices, structures or materials will be prepared using a FEI Focused Ion Beam DualBeam with low-kV capabilities or using other techniques available within the Minatec Nanocharacterization Platform if necessary. The applicant will be first involved in the acquisition of electrons energy loss spectrums or filtered images using a high spatial resolution transmission electron microscope with a post column energy filter. This experimental part of the work will be mainly dedicated to the optimisation of the microscope and filter parameters to improve spectrums and images qualities (resolution, signal to noise ratio). Protocols, depending on the analysed sample, will be defined.

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The position is available as early as March 1, 2010

The Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Switzerland) invites applications for a Post-Doctoral position. The successful candidate will participate in a US Department of Energy-sponsored project to investigate the nature and stability of biological and abiotic uranium(IV) products in reducing sediments (http://ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/sfa/). This is a multi-institution project that involves close collaboration among three groups including geomicrobiologists (EPLF), geochemists (with Dr. Dan Giammar at Washington University in St. Louis) and X-ray absorption and scattering specialists (with Dr. John Bargar at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory). The use of cutting-edge techniques and scaling from molecular to field conditions will be emphasized to elucidate fundamental biogeochemical processes controlling reactions in aquifers.

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Job description:

We're looking for a new enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our development team in our office in Hilversum (NL) to improve and expand our image processing software 'Huygens'. Huygens is used by biomedical research institutes all over the world to improve and analyse 3D microscopic images. Our company Scientific Volume Imaging (SVI) has more than sixteen years of experience in offering state of the art, & reliable software under Linux/Unix, Mac OSX and Windows.

Being active in such a demanding market requires close contacts with the forerunners in the development field. Due to our expertise we have active ongoing collaborations with institutes throughout Europe and participate in several national projects.

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Job description:

We're looking for a new colleague to strengthen our Imaging & sales team in our office in Hilversum(NL).

SVI (http://www.svi.nl/) develops & sells deconvolution & visualization software (HUYGENS) for microscopic images all over the world. We have more than sixteen years of experience in offering state of the art, reliable and affordable software.

Our prospects and customers have full opportunity to learn and test our imaging software Huygens and understand its underlying techniques. Our whole organization is built to enable that process first and foremost. We've seen high growth rates in our company despite the economic crisis.

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Closing date: 01 March 2010

An electron microscopy facility is currently being established to accompany nanoGUNE´s already ongoing research activities by means of a high-level structural characterization laboratory, including Cs corrected TEM, FIB and ESEM. In order to provide qualified assistance to the Staff Microscopist that is managing these facilities, we have an immediate opening for an Electron Microscopy Technician. We are searching for a highly motivated and creative person with a solid technical/engineering background, mechanical and electronic design and construction skills, and experience in operating and maintaining TEM sample preparation facilities.

Responsibilities will include:

• general instrument maintainance
• establishing and maintaining a sample preparation lab
• hands-on samples preparation
• equipment and consumables purchase
• engineering assistance of ongoing research and projects

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Closing date: 28 February 2010

With the purpose of contributing to the creation of the European Research Area, the ENEA International fellowship programme aims at helping researchers to reach or reinforce a position for professional maturity and independence.

In this framework, ENEA invites applications for 10 international research fellowships open to researchers at different stages of their careers, willing to spend a mobility period working in the ENEA Research Centers.

http://www.enea.it/com/ingl/New_ingl/opportunities/call2009_10/call2009.html

Closing date: 26th January 2010 (12noon)
Part-time 0.5 FTE

Research in the BICMS covers a wide range of subjects from the subcellular localisation of proteins to the development of entire organisms and is supported by a well equipped and expanding light microscopy core facility which comprises several confocal microscopes; widefield fluorescence and spinning-disk systems for live cell imaging, a stereology system and a laser capture microdissection platform.

We are seeking a motivated and committed individual to provide training and technical support for a large number of users, routine maintenance and troubleshooting on the different imaging systems as well as direct participation in research projects.

http://www.london.ac.uk/2290.html

• within the nMat group at CEMES-CNRS, Toulouse, France
• for a period of 12 months (possibility of renewal for a second year)
• starting February-March, 2010
• position financed by the ERANET project “NANOBLOCK” (NANOdevice fabrication using BLOCK-copolymer based technology)
• salary: 2100 € per month

The candidate will be required to participate to the fabrication step using ion implantation (the machine is already managed by a permanent engineer) and most essentially to the physico-chemical investigation of the nano-devices using TEM-EELS techniques. This project would suit a candidate with strong experimental and communication skills (reports, papers and oral presentation of the results). Proficiency in the use of TEM-EELS is required together with a background in semiconductor physics and materials science.

The post-doctoral position is located at CEMES which is a laboratory of the “National Center for Scientific Research” (CNRS) set in Toulouse and will be developed within the nMat group (http://www.cemes.fr/nMat).

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Starting date: immediately

This is a postdoctoral appointment for up to two years funded by a European Union project. The research project is mainly on the functionalization of carbon nanotubes. The successful candidate will be expected to responsible for the following :

• High resolution imaging of single and multi-walled CNT structures
• Investigation of changes induced on the SWCNT and MWCNT sidewall morphology/chemistry due to processing through high resolution imaging (S/TEM, HRTEM, SEM) and chemical analysis (EELS/EDX)
• Quantitative image processing and interfacing with computational physics/chemistry groups
• Publishing research papers and reports

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Starting date: February/March 2010

A postdoctoral research position is available in the area of (HR)-TEM analysis of multilayered electroceramic architectures. The research performed in the post-doctoral study is situated in the framework of an interuniversity attraction pole project: INANOMAT - Advanced complex inorganic materials by a novel bottom-up nanochemistry approach: processing and shaping.

The research will focus on:

• study on diffusion of metal ions through the multilayers by STEM/EDX and EELS
• HR-TEM to identify the different phases/materials present and the epitaxy at the interface between the different multilayers
• optimization of sample preparation by ion milling or FIB.

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Closing date: 11th January 2010

This is a postdoctoral appointment for up to three years funded by a European Union project entitled "Improved material quality and light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells" with the following primary areas of responsibility:

• Characterization of the microstructures, chemical compositions and electronic properties of layers and interfaces in high-efficiency solar cells grown on a variety of substrates using both focused ion beam sectioning (including electron backscatter diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray analysis) and advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques (including aberration-corrected electron microscopy, high-angle annular darkfield imaging, electron energy-loss spectroscopy and off-axis electron holography).
• If time permits, the development of approaches for examining thin film solar cells in transmission and/ or scanning electron microscopes in gas environments and under conditions of applied electrical bias and in situ illumination with light.
• Provision of regular feedback about specimens to project partners.
• Dissemination of research by publishing papers.

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Tasks and responsibilities:

• Analysis of fluorescent antigens/adjuvants interactions with cells or animal models (mouse) by confocal microscopy
• Participation in the interpretation of results, exclusion of artefacts and proposition of conclusions relative to the experiences
• Documentation of results and redaction of reports
• Participation in the lab organization (material order, equipment maintenance, etc..) and in the improvement of pre-existing techniques

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Closing date: 20 February 2010
Intended starting date: April 2010

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a strict human pathogen, and hepatocytes are its only targets for productive infection. At the approach to the liver, HCV diffuses through the hepatic microenvironment (ME) where it comes in contact or interacts with several molecules of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The involvement in HCV entry of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans of the hepatic ME was suggested but remains unclear. Hepatocyte invasion involves a set of factors or receptors most likely acting in combination to accomplish virus cell entry. However these receptors are ubiquitously expressed at the surface of several cell types.
In this context, we aim at studying the role of components of the hepatic ME and ECM in the early steps of HCV entry into hepatocytes, in order to understand HCV hepatotropism.

The project is centered around two axes:

1. To follow the dynamics of HCV entry into primary human hepatocytes and hepatoma cells by fluorescence (time-lapse) confocal microscopy and by (cryo)-transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
2. To study the involvement of components of the hepatic ME and ECM in HCV entry, by combining cell biology and biochemical approaches, in collaboration with a group at the IBCP with a strong expertise in TEM and ECM biology.

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Closing date: January 8, 2010
Grade 7 / Salary in the range: £28,839 to £31,513 pa
Job Ref No: DJ09/018

A postdoctoral research position is available in the area of Quantitative Nanoanalysis. The position is for up to three years and should start in April 2010. The appointed researcher will be an active part of the European project “Modelling of Interface Evolution in Advanced Welding (MINTWELD)” which has been funded by the European Union (FP7) and involves eleven European participants.

With responsibility for the experimental work of this project, you will study the microstructure and chemistry of various welding alloys prepared by the project partners. State-of-the-art (S)TEMs and atom probes will be used to obtain high-resolution data of the chemistry and structure of the interfaces. Techniques and strategies will be further developed for an accurate quantification of the microstructural regions of interest. Together, these techniques will provide information about segregation, structure and phase evolution that can be compared directly with the predictions of the MINTWELD multi-scale models.

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Closing date: January 10, 2010

For a two year post doc position we are looking for a highly qualified candidate with hands-on experience within at least one of the areas: catalytic materials, ultra-high vac-uum measurements, transmission electron microscopy, or X-ray diffraction. This person will have two primary tasks:

1. To integrate E-TEM equipment at DTU CEN (Center for Electronnanoscopy) with in situ XRD and activity measurements. The major equipment parts are already available but intelligent and creative solutions are needed to ensure an unchanged catalyst mate-rial by the transfer between analysis methods.
2. To conduct in situ measurements (E-TEM, XRD, and activity measurements) to iden-tify and explain dynamic effects of the nanoparticle morphology in the catalyst material. These may be caused by temperature and/or the gas environment. Catalysts under in-vestigation could for example be for the conversion of synthesis gas to fuels. These measurements will be closely connected to research activities in DTU CEN (www.cen.dtu.dk) and in CINF (Center for Individual Nanoparticle Functioanlity) at DTU Physics (www.cinf.dtu.dk)

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Enrolment will start in January 2010

The NANO Center of Excellence at the University of Antwerp in Belgium (www.nano.ua.ac.be) is recruiting a PhD student to join a research project on structural characterization and growth modeling on atomistic scale of metalized biomolecular templates. This project will combine the use of state-of-the-art electron microscopy and modern molecular dynamics and ab-initio modeling techniques.

Tasks:

• Acquire tomographic tilt series of different types of soft matter-hard matter nanohybrids using different electron microscopy techniques
• Use different algorithms and software packages to obtain the 3D structure of the material
• Be able to understand the local interactions in the biophysical system and implement classical (MD) and quantum (DFT) theoretical simulations
• Show enough scientific independence to interpret the obtained data, define necessary strategies and ultimately solve given materials science problems

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Closing Date: 21 December 2009
Position: available immediately

We are seeking a highly interdisciplinary scientist with notable research achievements to lead our electron microscopy (EM) facility.

Candidates should hold a PhD in the life sciences, biophysics or a related field. Applicants must also possess significant and wide-ranging experience within the fields of classical and modern, cryofixation-based cellular- and immuno-electron microscopy. Experience in molecular cryoelectron microscopy would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will be expected to establish procedures, operate and maintain the facility, collaborate with other research groups and provide guidance in EM to other scientists and PhD students on campus. He/she may also engage in joint projects with scientists from outside the Tübingen Campus.

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This post is based in the Netherlands and requires around 40% travel (to cover Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden).

We (http://www.bitplane.com/go/bitplane) are looking for one life scientist (MSc minimum, PhD or equivalent desirable) with strong computer skills and at least one year of hands-on experience using a confocal or similar 3D advanced light microscope. Individuals with relevant post doctoral experience and/or sales/business experience are encouraged to apply and will be considered for a "Senior" grade. Essential language skills: Dutch and English (native); desirable language skills: Swedish (fluent).

The key duties of this position are:

• Customer visits and analysis of customer's imaging needs
• Demonstration of the software and onsite work with the customer
• Acquisition of new customers
• Organization of exhibitions and workshops
• Sales support of existing customers

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The positions are available in February 2010

Applicants should have a strong background in materials physics, preferably in magnetism and thin films. Preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated experience in TEM, particularly expertise in STEM techniques, such as electron energy loss spectroscopy and atomic resolution HAADF imaging. Facilities at UCM include a Jeol 3000F TEM-STEM operated at 300 kV and equipped with variable temperature holders. Significant collaboration is foreseen with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Facilities at ORNL include three aberration corrected dedicated STEMs operated at 300 kV (VG Microscopes HB603U) and 100 kV (Nion UltraSTEM and VG Microscopes HB501UX).

Research projects include the characterization of advanced materials by aberration corrected STEM and EELS, such as interfaces in magnetic oxide thin films and superlattices at variable temperatures.

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Closing Date: 20 November 2009

The SuperSTEM Laboratory is the UK Aberration Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy facility with a world-wide reputation. The following post provides an opportunity to join an internationally leading research team publishing in high-impact journals. The appointment will be at University of Glasgow but the post will be based at the SuperSTEM Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington.

You will divide your time between your own research and collaboration with users of the facility. Experience in electron microscopy or electron microscopy related scattering theory within any of the physical, chemical or materials science areas is essential. Experience in STEM and aberration correction is desirable.

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Position: immediately available

Applications are invited for a 3 years PhD position to work on a project of the BrainTrain consortium (http://www.brain-train.nl) investigating the Molecular & Cellular Mechanism of Secretory Vesicle Trafficking with major focus on the genetic cascades of the early steps of secretion (e.g. docking see figure) in primary cultured mouse chromaffin cells and hippocampus neurons, under the supervision of Dr Heidi de Wit.

The research approach encompasses a combination of genetics, molecular biology, primary cell culture and microscopy (e.g. life-cell imaging, in situ hybridization, immuno-cytochemistry) with a major focus on electron microscopy techniques.

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Position: immediately available

The work will focus mainly on the quantitative 2D and 3D characterization of porous bentonite and opalinus clay with and without the effect of fluids from engineered cementitious layers (clogging, carbonation). The study includes the following methodologies:

• Electron microscopy (SEM, FIB-tomography, cryo-preparation, TEM, EDX)
• Image analysis (2D and 3D)
• Experimental pore characterization (BET, mercury porosimetry)

In interdisciplinary collaborations, these results are used for the development of multi-scale models related to transport (gas, fluid, dissolved species) and associated poromechanics.

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Closing date: 6 December 2009

The main aim of the project is to perform operando high-resolution TEM studies on model catalysts under actual operation conditions: high temperatures and atmospheric pressures. This work will play an important role in a collaboration between academia and industry in the NIMIC project 'Nano-Imaging under Industrial Conditions' (www.realnano.nl). This project combines the development and application of in-situ TEM and scanning probe techniques. For the operando TEM experiments, the post-doc will use special nanoreactors that have been developed within the NIMIC project; new generations of these high-pressure cells will be designed according to the requirements of the post-doc and other users in the NIMIC consortium. An important initial task for the postdoc will be to test and optimize the nanoreactors and the peripheral instrumentation, such as gas systems, TEM holders and loading tools. Once the instruments are fully ope rational, the postdoc will use them for the investigation of a variety of catalytic systems 'in action'.

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Closing date: 12 November 2009

The post is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to examine novel nanostructured meta-materials made of nanoparticles by means of electron microscopy. The post is part of a three-University collaborative project and the postholder will be expected to closely collaborate with project partners. The successful applicant will work within the NanoLAB Research Centre of the Department ofEngineering Materials. The work package comprises experimental and computational work, including 3D characterisation of materials by tomography and structural characterisation of materials by in-situ TEM testing. Skills in chemical synthesis, electron microscopy and computer data processing/ tomography are therefore desirable.

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Salary: £27,183 to £35,469 pa

A Post-Doctoral Research Associate position is available immediately to pursue a programme of research into the development and application of electron tomography in materials science with a particular emphasis on the quantification of electron tomograms and 3D nano-metrology. The successful applicant will join a small team at Cambridge developing electron tomography using many imaging modes, including STEM HAADF imaging and EFTEM, to acquire structural and chemical 3D information from a variety of materials.

The group is very well equipped with electron microscopes and sample preparation equipment including a Tecnai F20 and Helios Nanolab and in January we will install a monochromated Titan3 with probe corrector.

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Closing date: 15 December, 2009

Tasks:

• The candidate will develop and lead the research activities in the field of Energy Electron Loss Spectroscopy within INA-LMA related to the research topics in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology of the INA
• Together with the INA researchers he will have to maintain the capabilities of the instrumental TEM park at the highest level.
• Tecnai F30 (2008), FEG, 300 kV, HREM, STEM, GIF, EDX, Lorentz microscopy, Tomography
• A Tecnai T20 (2008), LaB6, 200kV
• Two FIB dual Beam (FEI) : Nova nanolab 2007 - Helios (2009)

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Closing date: 23rd October 2009
Starting salary £27,183 a year, in the range of £27,183 to £35,469 a year

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow to work on an EPSRC funded project in the School of Physics and Astronomy. You will join a multidisciplinary team working towards understanding of three-dimensional structures of size-selected clusters at atomic scale. Your main role in the project would be in characterizing atomic-structure of nano-clusters using the recently installed 200KV JEM2100F microscopy with illumination probe corrector and Enfina EELS spectrometer. An important component of the project is the hardware/software customization of Cs corrected microscope for atomic cluster characterization.

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Starting date: from January 2010

The department of Structural Biology at the MPI of Biophysics in Frankfurt am Main is offering a Postdoc position to lead the PACEM (Phase Contrast Aberration Corrected Electron Microscope) project within the Excellence Cluster „Macromolecular Complexes“

The goals of the PACEM project include:

• Implementation and application of an electrostatic phase plate in a dedicated, Cs-corrected TEM to maximize phase contrast
• Proof of increased SNR and structural resolution in molecular 3D reconstructions and electron tomograms through in-focus TEM
• Development of specialized low dose imaging and image processing techniques as well as novel TEM components within an industry cooperation

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Closing date: 1 November 2009

The group "Synthesis and Real Structure of Solids" at the Department of Engineering of the Christian Albrechts University Kiel offers a PhD position for four years at a level of E13 (75%). The position is part of a joined interdisciplinary project starting 01.2010. The main fields of activity include TEM analyses on inorganic composite materials used for biomagnetic sensing and other applications.

Mandatory job specifications include:

• Hands-on experience in TEM, e. g. operation of a Tecnai F30 S-TWIN, including HRTEM and electron diffraction
• TEM sample preparation
• Hands-on experience in the application of analytical techniques, e.g. STEM, EDX, EFTEM/EELS-imaging via GIF

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* Research Fellow (Three year appointment)

This position will conduct advanced research in aberration-corrected TEM, STEM and related techniques and applications. The successful applicant will have high-level understanding and skills in the theory and application of TEM and a PhD or equivalent qualification. (Job Ref No: A0910254)

** Electron Microscopists (3 positions) - (Continuing appointment)

These positions provide expertise and training in advanced electron microscopy to support the research activities of researchers using the Centre. The successful applicants will have advanced understanding and skills in the acquisition and interpretation of data from SEMs and/or TEMs and its application to the solution of problems in the physical sciences. Appointment level will depend on experience and qualifications.
(Job Ref No's: P0910255, P0910256 and P0910257)

For position descriptions, please go to: www.monash.edu/jobs and type in the search box the keyword "electron" or the specific Job Ref. No

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Starting date: as soon as possible.
Period: four years, after the first year an evaluation will take place

The PhD candidate will be expected to:

• acquire knowledge in the field of statistical parameter estimation theory and physical electron-object interactions in electron microscopy
• apply this theory to measure unknown structure parameters from experimental data
• implement this theory (preferably in Matlab) in order to numerically estimate unknown parameters
• discuss the results in terms of the expected performance of the technique and fundamental physical limitations

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Starting date: as soon as possible.
Period: four years, after the first year an evaluation will take place

The PhD candidate will be expected to:

• acquire knowledge in the field of statistical parameter estimation theory, statistical experimental design and image formation in electron microscopy
• apply this theory to evaluate the experimental design of existing and new electron microscopy techniques
• implement this theory (preferably in Matlab) in order to numerically evaluate the experimental design
• discuss the results in terms of the expected performance of the technique and fundamental physical limitations

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Closing date: October 9, 2009

Research at MPI-CBG aims at answering the question: "How do cells form tissues?" The scientific environment is highly interactive, international, and interdisciplinary. Projects are situated in the fields of biochemistry, cell biology, or developmental biology and employ model organisms from yeast to flies, zebrafish, mice and salamanders. The communication language at the institute is English.

Responsabilities:

• providing quality research EM services on a variety of biological samples using established protocols
• developing new protocols
• daily operation of the EM laboratory
• assisting and training researchers in sample preparation
• use of transmission electron microscopes and ancillary equipment

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CamScan, now in its 38th year, designs and builds Scanning Electron Microscopes. We are based near Cambridge, UK and are looking to expand further. We have vacancies for the following roles.

(1) Regional Sales Manager:

Obducat CamScan Ltd is looking to appoint a Regional Sales Manager to further build our Sales Team. We are looking for an experienced SEM Salesperson for this role with a proven track-record.
The role will require significant travel both overseas and in the UK.

(2) SEM Physicist:

Obducat CamScan Ltd is looking for a physicist with an experimental physics PhD to join the technical team. The role will initially combine commissioning of Scanning Electron Microscopes and development of new instrumentation for Scanning Electron Microscopes. Development of this role will depend very much on individual performance and ability. Although electron optics experience would be an advantage for this role it is not essential. This role offers a very good opportunity for future career growth.

Closing date: 20 September 2009

For a molecular understanding of the mechanisms in neuro-degenerative diseases structural information is required. The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and caesar are offering a position for a Junior Research Group, to work with various techniques of electron microscopy including cryo EM, EM tomography and single-particle EM. The scientific communities at the University of Bonn, the DZNE, and Caesar provide excellent opportunities for collaboration in the area of structural and cell biology.

The Junior Research Group will be part of the DZNE (www.dzne.de), an interdisciplinary research center associated with the Helmholtz-Association. It will be located at the research center caesar (www.caesar.de) in Bonn, Germany, with access to the state-of-the-art EM-facilities of caesar.

Funding of the Research Group covers a set-up package, the position of the group leader, a technician, one PhD and one post-doctoral fellowship, plus consumables, and is (initially) for 5 years. The successful candidate should have experience in one of the above mentioned research areas. to the state-of-the-art EM-facilities of caesar.

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Closing date: 31 August 2009

With particular expertise in the area of Electron Microscopy, you will contribute to our growing research portfolio in the area of nanotechnology. The position is funded initially through the £5.4M EPSRC Science and Innovation award to the University on 'Maximising the Impact of Graphene Research on Innovation through Materials Science, Chemistry and Engineering'. The appointment will involve extensive collaboration with the School of Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Computer Science.

You should be educated to PhD level, have a good publication record appropriate to your experience and show evidence of being able to develop a portfolio of funded research activities. New lecturers will be supported in their academic development in both teaching and research, through participation in our internationally recognised research groups and staff development courses.

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Closing date: 30 September 2009

Focused to electron microscopy, the activity of the Carl Zeiss professor is integrated into the research project SALVE (Sub-Angström Low Voltage Electron Microscopy), jointly funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the State of Baden-Württemberg and industry partners. Goal of the SALVE project is developing an aberration-free low voltage transmission electron microscope for characterizing radiation-sensitive materials at high resolution. The research of the professor is embedded in the university's interdisciplinary research areas, including biophysics, materials science, life sciences and medicine, such that an active participation in these established research endeavors is desirable.

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The position:

The Graduate School and the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities invites applications and nominations for the position of 3M Harry Heltzer Multidisciplinary Chair in Science and Technology. This is a tenured and endowed position at the rank of associate or full professor (dependent upon qualifications and experience) in the area of physical and biological structures characterization using microscopy and imaging. Candidates must have distinguished academic and research records, with several years of successful research and teaching experience. A Ph.D. degree and dedication to teaching, graduate student advising, and regular and sustained interaction with industry are required.

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The position:

Due to continued expansion of CamScan and also retirement of senior personnel CamScan now has a vacancy for Electron Optics design, development and delivery to market.

Because the vacancy is due both to retirement and also to business expansion there is indeed considerable career potential for the successful applicant in this small but growing company. The role and remuneration will be tailored according to the experience and ability of the successful candidate.

Obducat CamScan Ltd designs and manufactures Scanning Electron Microscopes at its site at Cambridge, England. CamScan is 37 years old and although small has undergone a recent expansion and plans further expansion. The electron optics design of greatest interest for our company is of course excellence in SEM imaging, and to push the boundaries there.