Head of Microbial Automation - Heidelberg, Deutschland - European Molecular Biology Laboratory

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

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Heidelberg, Deutschland

vor 2 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

Science Faculty

EMBL Heidelberg

EMBL is a world leader in scientific research and at the forefront in the development of cutting-edge technologies.

Research at EMBL is supported by the development of enabling technologies that are made available to the scientific community in its core facilities, eight of which are currently located at EMBL Heidelberg.

Core facilities provide unique tools, expert advice and service for life scientists at EMBL and member states.

EMBL is seeking an experienced and highly motivated microbiologist to establish and head a new Core Facility on Microbial Automation & Culturomics in Heidelberg.

This facility will enable high-throughput and when possible automated, approaches in cultivation, genetic manipulation and phenotyping of microbial species in isolation or in communities.

It will feature controlled environment chambers, containing cutting-edge automation so that microbial communities can be grown, deconvoluted (i.e. individual members isolated) and quantitatively phenotyped in bulk and single-cell.

In addition, it will provide the infrastructure for establishing genetic tools in poorly studied microbes, and will develop and distribute genome-wide genetic tools (mutant loss-of and gain-of function libraries) for different microbial species and strains.

The initial focus will be on bacteria, especially those of the human gut microbiome.

The Microbial Automation & Culturomics facility will be used by different research groups across all EMBL sites, and in the future also by external visitors.

It will support research projects with a broad scientific spectrum on microbial genetics and phenotyping. One part of the services will include large-scale screening of chemical libraries on microbes/microbial communities.

The space for the facility has been recently renovated, and the facility will be equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and team of 5-6 people over the next 2 years.

EMBL's newly launched scientific Program Molecules to Ecosystems aims to further understand of the molecular mechanisms of biological processes in the context of the environment and to provide translational potential to support advances in human and planetary health.

Microbes and their communities are the focus of the Microbial Ecosystems Transversal Theme, but are also highly relevant to all other Transversal Themes of the current Program (Infection Biology, Human Ecosystems, Planetary Biology & Theory).

New capabilities developed within the Microbial Automation & Culturomics Core Facility will enable EMBL researchers and the broader research community to perform experiments at scale, and provide new resources and tools for understudied bacteria and their communities.

Your role

This position is a fantastic opportunity to develop a new type of service within EMBL but also more broadly for the field.

You will have the ability to hire and lead a team at the cutting-edge of technology development in a very exciting area at a world leading institute.

You will be involved in many ongoing projects and activities and will collaborate with experts from the scientific community and have the possibility to acquire new state-of-the-art skills.

As Head of the Microbial Automation & Culturomics Core Facility, you will:

Lead and develop the facility in response to users' needs.
Lead a team of scientists, technicians and computational developers.
Provide a Microbial Centre of Expertise for all EMBL research and service groups

- this involves project consultancy, planning and support with execution

Interact closely with other core facilities and EMBL Services on multiomics to develop integrated workflows for automation and screening.
Ensure the smooth, safe and flexible operation of a stateofthe art microbial automation lab, which features and codevelops approaches to cultivate, genetically manipulate and phenotype microbes and their communities at scale.

Closing date: 9 January 2024

Contract duration: 5 years (renewable up to 9 years)

Grading: 8 (monthly salary starting from 5.6k EUR after tax + other paid benefits)

Reference number:
HD02495

You have

You have PhD in microbiology with broad expertise in different microbes, and specialization in genetics and largescale approaches
Several years of experience in an interdisciplinary research environment
Broad knowledge of several areas of microbial physiology
Broad experience in automated and largescale experimental pipelines, including chemical and genetic screens in microbes
Experience in line management of highly qualified personnel
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent organizational skills
Ability to work in a team

You might also have

Experience of working in a service research environment
Experience in working with nonmodel microbes
Experience in working with anaerobes, or in general with controlled environments
Experience in analysis of largescale data
Experience in managing budget