Dear Colleagues: Two NIH-funded positions are available immediately in the Computational Crystallography Initiative group (http://cci.lbl.gov) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Massive datasets generated by ultrafast detectors at both conventional sources and X-ray free-electron lasers are posing profound computational challenges. In response I am seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow and a Project Scientist to develop the next generation of data reduction software. Physics-based algorithms will be derived to model the data, and multiprocessing hardware (including GPUs) will be deployed for computation. For synchrotron sources, goals include the ability to integrate data from multiple overlapping lattices, as well as marginal data from poorly diffracting samples. For XFELs, we seek to understand how to correctly merge data from serial femtosecond still shots, containing only partially recorded Bragg reflections, with sufficient accuracy to enable de novo phasing.
The end product will be new open-source code to be deployed at light sources worldwide in collaboration with numerous international partners. There will be close collaboration with synchrotron beamline groups at ALS, SSRL, APS and Diamond Light Source, as well as with leading crystallographers performing XFEL experiments at LCLS. Individuals with extensive experience in computational and/or experimental crystallography are ideal, especially those who have thought about the mathematics of diffraction. Applicants are also welcome from other bioimaging backgrounds. I particularly encourage those who have a track record of bringing new methods and tools to fruition. Informal inquires may be sent directly to me. Formal job listings are posted at: Postdoctoral Fellow: https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=75266 Project Scientist: https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=75269 Best regards, Nick Sauter -- Nicholas K. Sauter, Ph. D. Computer Staff Scientist, Physical Biosciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Rd., Bldg. 64R0121 Berkeley, CA 94720-8118 (510) 486-5713 Web: http://cci.lbl.gov/jobs
