Jobs in Structural Biology and Related Fields


MX Industrial Service Scientist at Swiss Light Source, PS


Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
Application deadline: 15 May 2021


The Swiss Light Source are looking for an Industrial Service Scientist to join the macromolecular crystallography (MX) team.

 

Your new role

You share knowledge to help industrial customers make the most of our beamlines and crystallization facilities. You prepare samples for structural analysis, collect X-ray diffraction data, and handle data from processing to interpretation. Collaborating with facility staff, you contribute to ongoing projects, such as Fast Fragment and Compound Screening, and new automated solutions for MX beamlines. At conferences and workshops, you promote our MX industry services.

 

This job is for you if

  • You are enthusiastic about supporting our Macromolecular Crystallography Group with your PhD knowledge and know-how in X-ray crystallography and structural biology.
  • You have handled X-ray diffraction data collection at a Synchrotron facility in a past role.
  • You love creating and handling service initiatives in an interdisciplinary environment.
  • You feel comfortable presenting, explaining, and discussing MX services in English.

 

About Swiss Light Source

Join the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences in Switzerland! At the Paul Scherrer Institute, people come together from across the globe to collaborate on ground-breaking research in different fields. Their mission: to find sustainable solutions to fundamental questions facing society, science, and the economy.

 

Company culture

People from multicultural backgrounds and as many as 60 nations work together at the PSI, enriching the local culture with a cosmopolitan way of life. One in four of their 2,100 staff are completing their vocational training, post-doctoral, or post-graduate studies. To foster professional and personal growth for all, they have created a diverse research environment that promotes inclusion and equal opportunities at all levels. These values inform our hiring process.

 

This is a 3-year project position with job sharing possibility. The closing date is 15th May 2021.

 

For further details, please contact Katherine McAuley (katherine.mcauley@psi.ch) or for more information and to apply HERE.

 

Villigen, Switzerland

MX Industrial Service Scientist at Swiss Light Source, PS