Jobs in Structural Biology and Related Fields


Senior Scientist - Electron Microscopist, UCB


UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom
Application deadline: 27 Sep 2019


The Protein Structure and Biophysics department, within the R&D sector of UCB, comprises 4 sub-groups: Protein Production, Protein Structure, Protein Biophysics and Molecular Spectroscopy.

The Protein Structure Group provides support for projects from early stage mechanistic and structural understanding of new protein targets to contributions in confirming hit identification and cycles of design with CADD and Medicinal Chemistry groups.

The position offers an opportunity to take a lead role in developing the cryo-EM capabilities of the Structure Group. You will be a high calibre, laboratory based candidate, with expertise in electron microscopy, who can quickly integrate into this highly motivated and focussed team. You will have a key role in operating an electron microscope, preparation and optimisation of sample grids, expertise in the use of current generation electron microscopes, high-resolution data collection and image processing, as well as knowledge of automated pre-processing pipelines and high-resolution model building.

The position will be based in Slough, UK with occasional travel to Cambridge.

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UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom

Senior Scientist - Electron Microscopist, UCB