Deadline: 2018-06-25
Location: Aarhus
External link: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/academic-employee-for-light-and-2-photon-intravital-microscopy
Type: Academic staff
The Department of Biomedicine at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as academic employee for light microscopy, specifically for 2-photon intravital microscopy within the Bioimaging Core Facility as per September 1st 2026 or thereafter. The position is a time-limited full-time position linked to the implementation and consolidation of new imaging infrastructure, data management procedures and user support pipelines, with an expected duration of 5 years. This involves establishing, developing and supporting advanced intravital 2-photon microscopy workflows within the Bioimaging Core Facility.
Department of Biomedicine
The department of Biomedicine prioritizes diversity and a good work environment, as this is a prerequisite for groundbreaking research. In a diverse and international research environment, dedicated employees are looking to generate new knowledge within biomedical research areas such as infection and inflammation, membranes, neuroscience and personalized medicine. The Department of Biomedicine provides research-based teaching of the highest quality and is responsible for a large part of the medical degree programme. Academic staff contribute to the teaching. English is the preferred language in the laboratory, at meetings and at seminars. The department employs approx. 500 people from all over the world, and they make use of the department’s modern laboratory-, core- and animal facilities. The Department of Biomedicine focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration with business and industry, and numerous researchers from the department have established companies to develop new medicinal treatments founded in professional scientific basic research. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.
Bioimaging Core Facility
We currently host 15 microscopes: from widefield and slide scanners, confocals, light sheet, TIRF, high-content to in vivo 2-photon imaging. For data analysis, we host several PCs and a server with commercial softwares such as Arivis, Imaris, Zen blue, CellSense Dimensions, ScanR and open-source software preinstalled. https://imaging.au.dk/services-and-facilities
Your job responsibilities
As Application Specialist, your primary tasks are supporting and training users according to their imaging needs and handling the administrative and technical necessities. You will be especially responsible for 2-photon intravital imaging and all supporting activities. In addition, the successful applicant will work in close collaboration with the Bioimaging Core Facility, researchers, veterinarians and animal caretakers at the Department of Biomedicine to ensure optimal intravital imaging pipelines, e.g. implantation of imaging windows.
The role involves, but is not limited, to (1) consultation with researchers regarding imaging methods, sample preparation, experimental setup and analysis pipeline according to the users hypothesis as well as (2) training and support of instrument users and the (3) administrative work surrounding these activities e.g. user registration, coordinating appointments, invoicing in collaboration with economy department, budgeting and financial allocation of foreseeable maintenance costs; as well as (4) support with infrastructure acquisition, installation and maintenance including repairs, troubleshooting with remote support or coordinating repairs and system maintenance works (5) method development for intravital serial imaging, (5) reporting activities e.g. to the steering committee, with focus on supporting and developing intravital 2-photon imaging pipelines from surgery to analysis.
Questions about the position?
Nina Glöckner Burmeister
Manager to the Bioimaging Core Facility, Institut for Biomedicin – Forskning og uddannelse, Skou-bygningen +4593521888 nb@biomed.au.dk