[Physics][Biology] PhD (Uni versity of Sherbrooke, Canada)

PhD studentship: 3-dimensional electron microscopy
At Universite de Sherbrooke & Medical School of Vanderbilt University,
Field(s): microscopy
Application deadline: Dec 31 (Wed), 2008
Contact: Dominique Drouin
E-mail: dominique.drouin@usherbrooke.ca
Phone: 819-821-8000 62115
Fax: 819-821-7937
Job description: The group of Prof. Niels de Jonge (Vander-bilt, USA) and the group of Prof. Dominique Drouin (Sherbrooke, Canada) have open po-sitions a graduate student in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics in the Medical School of Vanderbilt University, or in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Sherbrooke (Canada). Collabo-rations exist with Oak Ridge National Labor-atory, and the National Institute of Health.

3D aberration corrected scanning transmis-sion electron microscopy (STEM) is a novel method to obtain 3D structural information of biological samples based on the principles of confocal microscopy. 3D STEM is an al-ternative for electron tomography with poten-tially improved capabilities. Funding is pro-vided by the National Institute of Health through a newly granted R01 project.

The graduate student should have a degree in physics, biophysicist, bioinformatics, or biol-ogy, and show strong interest and motivation to be trained in biological electron microsco-py. Depending on the background of the can-didate, the research will involve a combina-tion of the following fields, biological elec-tron microscopy, biological sample prepara-tion, molecular labeling, image simulation, image processing, image simulation software development, or aberration corrected STEM. Good communication skills are essential.
More information is on the website: https://www.ms.ornl.gov/Liquid3DSTEM