Scientist BioMAX (one year) - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The MX-group is looking for a structural biology expert, with a strong interest in operating complex scientific instrumentation of the BioMAX beamline and supporting our international academic and industrial user communities.  

BioMAX is the first operational beamline for macromolecular crystallography at MAX IV, which runs within the MAX IV user program for the last 3 years. The beamline comprises a state-of-the-art installation with high performance x-ray transport and control systems, goniometry, x-ray detectors and a cryogenic sample changer (See also: http://www.maxiv.se/biomax).

The beamline is operated by the international and interdisciplinary BioMAX-team, which is part of the MX-group. Within this group we are also developing jointly a new beamlines project: MicroMAX, a serial crystallography beamline for studying protein dynamics and the FragMAX project, which is aiming to develop and operate a crystallographic fragment screening facility at MAX IV.

This position offers ample possibilities to exploit the beamline capabilities and to contribute to the support of complex research tasks of the growing user communities. Due to the broad spectrum of activities, this position is ideal to develop a related portfolio of expertise and knowledge by the candidate.

Tasks

• Beam line operation, in close cooperation with the team of scientists and engineers of the MX-group and MAX IV
• Regular scientific and technical support of external users during their beamtime
• Regular beamline commissioning tasks
• Contribute to the on-going in-house research program in regard to fragment-based screening or serial crystallography

 Required Qualifications:

• PhD or Master university degree in structural biology or natural sciences in subjects of relevance for BioMAX
• Demonstrated experiences in carrying out structural biology projects using macromolecular crystallography
• Proven ability to cooperate well within a team
• Excellent command in written and spoken English
• A demonstrated ability to work independently
• Significant experiences in operating complex instrumentation projects at all stages

 Additionally, desirable qualifications:

• Experience in the use of synchrotron radiation MX-beamlines
• Experiences in ligand screening, especially fragment screening
• Experiences in serial crystallography methods
• Interest and experience in scientific use of techniques of interest for BioMAX (i.e. experiments, data analysis, publication and presentation of results)

MAX IV operates 24/7 and you will be part in on-call service of the MX-group for user support, including weekends and bank holidays in accordance to the working hour regulation.

This is a one year temporary postion.