Life Science Microscopy Specialist

Job Description

Classification: ANU Officer Grade 6 (Technical)

Salary package: $82,371 - $86,140 per annum plus 17% superannuation

Term: Full time, Continuing Contingent Funded (2 years)

Position Dimension & Relationships

Scientists at CAM conduct innovative research leading to scientific achievements that are aligned with the ANU's strategies. Within the broad framework of the delivery of life science microscopy research, teaching and training and service support at the Centre for Advanced Microscopy, the position will provide an expert in the preparation and analysis of samples for light and transmission/scanning electron microscopy (life sciences). The life science microscopy specialist will have extensive experience in sample preparation and imaging techniques to provide support to a large community of researchers of soft matter (including biologists, chemists, medical scientists) in either or both of the relevant areas (LM and EM). The position is part of a multi-disciplinary team and the successful candidate will report to the Director of CAM.

About The Centre

The Centre for Advanced Microscopy (CAM) is the ANU's core microscopy, characterisation and analysis facility covering a wide range of applications related to biological and materials characterisation and imaging.

The Centre's goal is to facilitate and provide research excellence through a focus on world-class facility capabilities matched with wide array of staff expertise in the life and material sciences. The goal is achieved through consultation, training and teaching, data collection and analysis to meet the characterisation requirements of local, national and international researchers and industry.

CAM is a purpose-built facility which comprises 8 research professional and administrative staff supporting a diverse range of state-of-the-art instrument platforms and techniques in basic and advanced light, electron and X-ray microscopy and analysis

The Life Science instrument suite ranges from live cell imaging, high-throughput slide scanning and two confocals (ZEISS LSM780 and ZEISS LSM800/Airyscan) on the light microscopy (LM) side, two newly acquired 200kV Life Science TEMs (JEOL F200 and JEOL cryoARM200) to several high resolution FESEMs including a recently installed ZEISS Crossbeam 550 (FIB-SEM). We also provide and support a correlative approach of LM and EM for both room and cryo temperature research projects. The cryo suite is supported by a host of available cryo sample preparation instrumentation and procedures, which includes a Leica EM GP2 plunge freezer, a Leica EM ICE high pressure freezer, a Leica AFS freeze substitution and a Leica UC7 cryo-microtome. These tools, combined with the cryoEM instrumentation enables CAM to provide single particle analysis (SPA), cellular architecture of molecular machines and complex 3D volume imaging of tissue samples (cryo tomography and cryo volume imaging).

Further information about CAM may be accessed on the ANU's web site at microscopy.anu.edu.au.

About The College

The ANU College of Science encompasses the disciplines of: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environment and Society, Mathematics, Physics, and Science Communication and is also home to a number of cross-disciplinary and specialist Institutes and Centres. Staff and students within the ANU College of Science conduct research and deliver a research-led education program that encompasses the breadth of the sciences, supported by extensive international networks and by world-class facilities.

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About Microscopy Australia

CAM is part of Microscopy Australia (formerly known as the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility), a national grid of university-based microscopy and microanalysis laboratories, providing shared access to an even wider range of unique world-class equipment and expert knowledge to all Australian researchers.

Funded by the Commonwealth government under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), relevant state governments and with co-investment by the institutional partners, Microscopy Australia's mission is to enable world-class outcomes from Australian research by providing essential infrastructure for the characterisation of materials at the micro, nano and atomic scales in the material and life sciences. Comprising nine core institutions with linkages to another nine laboratories, Microscopy Australia is a large collaborative research infrastructure facility governed as an unincorporated joint venture that develops and implements a business plan annually in accordance with the overall Microscopy Australia project plan.

Information about Microscopy Australia may be accessed on the web site at www.micro.org.au

For further information please contact, Dr. Melanie Rug,T: +61 2 6125 7649, E: [Confidential Information].

ANU values diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to people of all backgrounds and identities.

Application information

In order to apply for this role please make sure that you upload the following documents:

A statement addressing the selection criteria. A current curriculum vitae (CV) which includes the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees you can complete these online when prompted in the application form. Other documents, if required.

Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position.

Please note: The successful candidate must have rights to live and work in this country and will be required to undergo a background check during the recruitment process. An offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory results.