IMAGING SCIENTISTS IN THE ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY UNIT (ALMU)

The postholder will be working with the team at the Advanced Light Microscopy Unit (ALMU) to train, manage and support the imaging needs of ALMU’s research community. The postholder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and quality control of system performance, troubleshooting, and enhancing optical imaging systems, including widefield, confocal, multiphoton, super-resolution, and other advanced microscopy platforms. The successful candidate will design and implement imaging solutions, optimize data acquisition workflows, and develop optical techniques tailored to specific experimental needs. She/he will provide training and technical guidance to researchers on microscopy techniques and best practices, teach at courses and workshops, and occasionally collaborate in research projects. Report and document equipment issues and initiate repairs using ALMU’s RT system. Ensure that all users adhere to ALMU and CRG policies and procedures. Interact with requests and bookings through ALMU’s booking system. Order with CRG’s purchasing system. Prepare standard samples and join the team in maintaining the wet lab area.  

ALMU has over 200 users from CRG and beyond, mainly from the Barcelona area and nearby cities. As such, the role will involve addressing research questions from a broad field, ranging from cell biology, cancer biology, marine biology, plant biology, neuroscience, biophysics and cellular biomechanics. The postholder will be expected to operate a broad spectrum of instrumentation at ALMU covering technical capabilities for live-cell imaging, 2-photon, spectral imaging, TIRF, FRET, FLIM, photomanipulation and FCS, as well as super-resolution technologies such as airyscan, STED, STED/FLIM and STORM/dSTORM, bioimage processing, analysis and data visualization. More information about instrumentation at ALMU here.