Cryo-EM Core Director
SBP is a preeminent, independent biomedical research institute dedicated to understanding human biology and disease, and advancing scientific discoveries to profoundly impact human health.
SBP seeks outstanding applicants for a CRYO-EM CORE DIRECTOR in the new cryo-EM core facility of the Structural Biology Resource in La Jolla, California. This position will play a key role in establishing and managing a state-of-the-art facility that includes a Titan Krios microscope with a Gatan K3 camera, a T12, and other related equipment.
Applications should include a cover letter, a CV with publication list, and contact information for three letters of reference.
SBP has a strong research infrastructure with outstanding core laboratories for cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, NMR, biophysics, computational biology, and drug discovery. The Structural Biology Resource provides access to technology and expertise for biophysical, structural and structure-based drug discovery studies. The Resource maintains state-of-the-art equipment for electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and biomolecular analysis.
The SBP campus is centrally situated on the La Jolla Research Mesa, within less than a mile of the University of California San Diego, the Salk, and the Scripps Research Institutes, and within two miles of numerous other research institutes and biotech companies. This proximity stimulates scientific exchange and interactions. The cryo-EM laboratory is located in the heart of the SBP campus, directly across from the Torrey Pines State Reserve, surf and beaches.
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The scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute are making research breakthroughs in cancer, neuroscience, immunology, and children's disease. We are also at the forefront of finding solutions for emerging health threats such as COVID-19, where we are working to identify drugs that may help millions of people. During our more than 40 year history, we have established an NCI-designated Cancer Center, designed one of the most sophisticated drug discovery centers in the nonprofit world, and created global collaborations that are leading to preventions, treatments and cures to improve human health.
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