The (the Franklin) is a technology institute established by the UK government as a unique centre committed to advancing tools that are needed to transform healthcare in the future.
Our teams are aligned across a number of technology and life science challenges as part of our strategic focus, with scientists, technologists and software engineers working together in a multi-disciplinary and collaborative environment at our state-of-the-art research facility at Harwell in Oxfordshire. For more information on the Franklin’s Challenges .
The Multidimensional Imaging (MDI) Challenge team, headed by Professor Angus Kirkland, leads pioneering research in advancing electron ptychography, liquid phase electron microscopy, electron spectroscopy and diffraction underpinned by a strong fundamental theoretical platform.
We currently have a number of Research Associate vacancies to support this Challenge and its projects in the following areas:
1. Advanced Methods and Algorithms Applied to Electron Ptychography of Biological Specimens (10380)
2. Advanced STEM/SEM Acquisition Methods to Enable the Study of Beam Sensitive Biological Samples (10381)
3. Imaging Protein Dynamics Using Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy (10382)
4. Electron Diffraction-Based Mapping of Molecular Condensates (10383)
5. Nanoscale Electron Spectroscopic Mapping of Antibiotic Uptake and Resistance Mechanisms (10384)
6. Technicolour Intracellular Space - Potential Mapping Using 4D STEM (10385)
Applications are encouraged from candidates with backgrounds in physics, biophysics, biochemistry, applied mathematics or related disciplines with an interest and experience of advanced EM methods.
You will have access to state-of-the-art instrumentation, including: a double aberration-corrected 300kV Cryo (S)TEM, two 300kV conventional Cryo TEMs, three Cryo Dual beam FIBs and a 300kV chromatically corrected TEM for fast in situ observations alongside advanced sample preparation and computational facilities.
Whilst these roles are at a postdoctoral researcher level and require candidates to hold a PhD/DPhil (or equivalent), we may consider candidates who are close to completion of their PhD/DPhil qualification, in which case the initial appointment will be made at £37,500 per annum (to be increased on completion of the PhD/DPhil qualification).