Electron Microscopy Technician

Job id: 087288. Salary: £37,337 - £42,099 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 04 April 2024. Closing date: 01 May 2024.

Business unit: Research Platforms. Department: CUI.

Contact details:Amy Griffin and Leanne Allison. [email protected]; [email protected]

Location: Guy’s Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.

We have an exciting opportunity at King’s College London (KCL), UK, for an experienced, enthusiastic, and adaptable Electron Microscope Technician to join our busy team in the Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging (CUI) on a 9-month contract. The CUI is one of the Core Facilities within the Research Management and Innovation Directorate (RMID) and provides access to some of the most advanced electron microscopy equipment in Europe.

​The post holder will work on multiple projects covering various disciplines (cell biology, neurology, infectious disease, material science and many more), to deliver outstanding imaging data to members of King’s College London, other academic institutions, and industrial collaborators. It is essential that the successful candidate has prior experience in various electron microscopy sample preparation techniques such as chemical processing for scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), ultramicrotomy, high pressure freezing, and freeze substitution.  The role holder should also be keen to learn and have an interest in developing new skills to support a broad range of EM techniques.  

This post will be offered on a 9-month contract.

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent.