NMR facility manager at cOpenNMR

The Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory (SBiNLab), at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, is seeking a motivated NMR facility manager for the cOpenNMR facility. Since its founding in 2019, cOpenNMR has steadily increased the number of external users and supports researchers from industry and academia across fields and with all levels of NMR expertise. The responsibility of NMR facility manager will include support of three NMR spectrometers: 600MHz Bruker Avance III HD, a 750MHz Bruker Avance III HD, and an 800MHz Bruker Avance Neo spectrometer. Other responsibilities include technical maintenance of spectrometers and other infrastructures, especially a newly acquired Waters Xevo Q-tof mass spectrometer. Additionally, the facility manager will be in charge of training, advise and help in execution of NMR experiments according to external and internal users’ needs, running the accessibility platform, managing users accounts and writing the annual report.

Duties/Expectations of Role

• Training new users in the proper use of NMR equipment according to best practices.
• Reaching out to new users and advertise the facility to industry and external academia.
• Consultation and advice with new users.
• Assist and advise users, who execute their experiments, in the operation of the facility instruments with respect to software, hardware and experimental protocol.
• Advise users on facility resources on data processing and archiving.
• Perform software, electronics and mechanic hardware troubleshooting. Perform reparation in case of need and ensure cryogen-fill for all magnets.  
• Make probe and other equipment changes for specific experiment protocols and ensure their performance.
• Actively participate in upgrading or purchasing of new instrumentation and lead the installation of new equipment, including internal university planning.
• Setup, maintain and administrate the access platform allowing external users to book and transfer data to outside the facility, including maintaining and administrating data servers.
• Participate in NMR curriculum teaching at Masters’ level.
• Contribute to ongoing research projects in SBiNLab with a focus on experimental planning and data analysis.

Mandatory Requirements
Interested candidates must have received a PhD in physics / chemistry /biochemistry / biophysics / molecular or structural biology. A strong background in solution protein NMR spectroscopy, computational methods, protein expression and purification, and structural biology is a requirement.

Documented expertise and advanced knowledge in protein NMR spectroscopy including pulse programming, data acquisition and processing as well as in spectral analysis.

Knowledge on NMR hardware diagnostics, computer hardware and software diagnostic as well as proficiency in various computer systems and platforms such as Red Hat Linux is necessary.

Good and clear communication skills.

Other requirements
Candidates should be highly motivated, open to new approaches and techniques, and be able to tackle demanding challenges and manage multiple responsibilities. It is an advantage with some experience in teaching at different levels.

About the Structural Biology and NMR laboratory
The research within SBiNLab focuses on the structure, folding and dynamics of proteins, employing state-of-the-art NMR and computational methods. Research includes: (i) intrinsically disordered proteins, (ii) The relationship between dynamics, mutations and function of proteins incl. enzymes, (iii) methods to integrate NMR and computation, and (iv) applications of (i)-(iii) in the study of biological processes. Four highly interconnected research groups provide a strong, international research environment for studies of protein biology, chemistry and biophysics. The research is highly interdisciplinary and currently counts 40+ researchers and students at all levels. In addition to providing a strong and motivating research environment and the NMR spectrometers, there is access to state-of-the-art facilities for a broad range of biochemical and biophysical studies incl. access to in house facilities for extensive protein production, spectroscopy (circular dichroism, fluorescence) and calorimetry (both isothermal titration calorimetry and differential scanning calorimetry). We also have access to and use high-performance computing equipment for molecular simulations and analysis of NMR data. SBiNLab is part of the integrative structural biology cluster at the University of Copenhagen, ISBUC, which actively connects more than 200 researchers in structural biology, some of which have become users of cOpenNMR in the last 5 years.

Terms of salary and employment
The employment and salary are made in accordance with the Circular on the Collective Agreement concerning academics in the state sector concluded between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).

You will be employed as special consultant. The salary is based on seniority. Negotiation for salary supplement is possible. The working time are 37 hours per week on average. The working hours are flexible.

Your application
If you find the job interesting, please send an electronic application with attachment via Jobportalen (click on the link "Apply Now" at the bottom of the post) no later than 25 July 2024, 23:59 CEST.

The University of Copenhagen seeks to reflect society and encourages applications irrespective of personal background.

Further questions
Any questions about the position may be directed to Birthe B. Kragelund, 3532 2081

For more information visit SBiNLab here: www.bio.ku.dk/sbinlab ;
Visit cOpenNMR here: https://www1.bio.ku.dk/copennmr/
Visit ISBUC here: isbuc.ku.dk

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