The Protein Crystallography (PX) group of the Structural Genomics
Consortium (SGC) at Oxford University is recruiting a Laboratory
Engineer to take charge of the crystallization and X-ray robotics and
drive infrastructure development.
The Laboratory Engineer will be responsible for maintenance of robotics,
liaison with vendors, hacking existing robotics, integrating them into
the LIMS, selection and development of new equipment, and projects to
streamline of the SGC pipeline.
The SGC-Oxford is a department of Oxford University, and together with
SGC sites at Toronto University and Karolinska Institutet, has solved
structures of more than 400 novel human protein targets over the 3 years
of Phase I funding. The SGC is now entering Phase II funding, with
expanded focus on ligand complex structures and membrane proteins.
The PX group manages crystallization and structure solution of the
SGC-Oxford, in collaboration with the Biology and Biotechnology groups.
Therefore, PX runs the crystallization infrastructure, which
includes pretty much everything you'd expect in a high-throughput lab
that really does do high-throughput. Especially shiny machines with
bright lights that go whirrrr. In particular, Mosquito dispensers, MPII
liquid handler, Minstrel III inspecting robots, FRE diffractometer with
Actor sample changer.
For further information, see http://www.sgc.ox.ac.uk/jobs/index.html, or
indeed reply to me.
Cheers
phx
