PhD Light Microscopy Specialist — Confocal to Super-Resolution

Mastercard; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 22 000 - 27 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive remuneration

State-of-the-art imaging facilities

Professional development

Resumo da oferta

The Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon hosts the ABBE Platform, an advanced bio-imaging facility supporting neuroscience and cancer research. We seek a PhD‑level Microscopist and Imaging Specialist to guide users from experimental planning to data analysis, focusing on confocal, light‑sheet and deep‑tissue imaging, and quantitative image analysis.

You will train and consult users, contribute to new imaging workflows, and help integrate hardware and software into ABBE’s operations.

Qualificações

• PhD in Biology, Physics, Engineering, Biophysics or related field; PhD candidates considered.
• Solid hands-on experience in advanced light microscopy and image formation principles.
• Experience supporting or conducting microscopy experiments in research settings.
• Fluency in English as working language.

Responsabilidades

• Provide scientific consultation for imaging projects, translating biological questions into microscopy strategies.
• Train users in light microscopy and courses/workshops to develop independent users.
• Support confocal, super-resolution, deep-tissue and light-sheet imaging, and quantitative image analysis.
• Advise on sample preparation, phototoxicity, sampling, and refractive-index matching.
• Provide first-line support for visualization, 3D reconstruction, and analysis using IMARIS CF, Arivis, Aivia, Fiji.

Conhecimentos

Fluency in English

Programming in Python/Java/C/C++

Microscopy experience

Training and teaching

Scientific consultation

Formação académica

PhD in Biology/Physics/Engineering/Biophysics

Ferramentas

IMARIS CF

Arivis

Aivia

Fiji/ImageJ

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon hosts the ABBE Platform, an advanced bio-imaging facility supporting neuroscience and cancer research. We seek a PhD‑level Microscopist and Imaging Specialist to guide users from experimental planning to data analysis, focusing on confocal, light‑sheet and deep‑tissue imaging, and quantitative image analysis.

You will train and consult users, contribute to new imaging workflows, and help integrate hardware and software into ABBE’s operations.