PostDoc MicroMAX, MX Group

Your team
The macromolecular crystallography (MX) group is responsible for the two beamlines BioMAX and MicroMAX and the fragment screening facility FragMAX, supporting structural biology research aiming at understanding biology at a molecular level with applications in drug development and biotechnology. BioMAX has been in user operation since 2017 with world class performance thanks to the competent and dedicated staff, high-performance optics, experiment setup instrumentation, control system and computing resources.

The emphasis at MicroMAX is on serial crystallography, time-resolved experiments and studies of protein dynamics. MicroMAX will also offer high-throughput crystallography functionality. MicroMAX has recently started user operation and is now in a phase when the exciting new possibilities provided by the first 4th generation storage ring and the advanced beamline instrumentation are materializing. The international and interdisciplinary MX group consists of around 16 persons.

Would you like to work at one of the brightest lightsources in the world?

MAX IV is looking for a postdoc to work on data analysis of time-resolved crystallographic data. The project focuses on implementing different data processing and analysis methods relevant to time-resolved crystallography. This will involve working with automatic data processing pipelines as well as implementing and/or developing post-experiment data analysis tools, both to support users and to advance in-house projects that will help us develop data collection strategies. An important aspect will be engaging with our user community by providing support and training in data analysis.

Your main work tasks will be

• Implement and develop data analysis methods for time-resolved crystallographic data
• Participation in in-house method development research and internal and collaborative science projects in the field of macromolecular crystallography
• Shared responsibilities for operation of BioMAX and MicroMAX in close collaboration with the team of scientists and engineers of the MX group and MAX IV staff and the support (technical and scientific) of external users during their experimental beam time
• Dissemination and education activities directed to MAX IV users and the wide MX community.

To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in Structural Biology, Physics, Chemistry, or another field relevant to the beamline
• Documented research activities using chemical or macromolecular crystallography, or of crystallography methods development. A good understanding of all the main steps in crystallography-based structure solution is important
• Good programming knowledge, particularly in Python and/or C/C++
• Ability to cooperate and work in a team, but also the ability to work independently
• Good communication skills, and an excellent command of English, both oral and written.

Below are seen as merits

• Extensive practical experience and knowledge in the use of crystallographic software and data processing pipelines
• Experience working with computation clusters and managing large datasets
• Proven ability to develop, maintain, and optimize scientific software
• Experience with scientific data visualization and related tools/libraries
• Experience in operation and use of instrumentation for protein crystallography or related techniques at either synchrotrons or XFELs

As a person you are enthusiastic, good team member, self-motivated and autonomous, performance oriented, structured as well as service minded. 

Eligibility
Appointment to the position of postdoc requires that the applicant has a PhD or an international degree deemed equivalent to a PhD, within the subject of the position, completed no more than three years before the application deadline. Under special circumstances the PhD can have been completed previous to the aforementioned three years.

Further information
This is a full-time, fixed-term employment. A postdoctoral fellow is employed under a period
of at least two years and at most three years. The period of employment is determined in accordance with the agreement “Avtal om tidsbegränsad anställning som postdoktor-2022-02-01” (“Agreement on fixed-term employment as a post-doctoral fellow, 2022-02-01”) 

What we offer
When you join our MAX IV team, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientist from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!

For further information, please visit:
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university
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https://www.maxiv.lu.se/about-us/careerjobs/comp_and_benefits/