Imaging Specialist | Princeton University Job at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

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  • Princeton University
  • Princeton, NJ

Job Description



Imaging Specialist


US-NJ-Princeton



Job ID: 2024-20051

Type: Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Research and Laboratory



Overview



Petascale EM Imaging Specialist

The Princeton Neuroscience Institute is searching for an accomplished scientist to lead acquisitions of petascale image datasets via volume electron microscopy (EM). The Institute is the only site in the world hosting beam deflection transmission EM and multibeam scanning EM instruments, both of which have sufficient throughput for petascale connectomics. The Institute leads the FlyWire Consortium, which in 2023 released the first connectome of an adult brain, that of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster . The Institute is a key performer in the NIH BRAIN CONNECTS program, which aims to scale connectomics up to the whole mouse brain.





Responsibilities



  • Preparation of EM sample by fixation, staining, and embedding
  • MicroCT imaging of EM sample
  • Cutting and collecting series of ultrathin sections
  • Volume imaging with transmission EM and multibeam scanning EM
  • Maintenance of microscopes and other instruments
  • Training collaborators at PNI on EM procedures




Qualifications



Essential Qualifications:

  • PhD degree in Neuroscience, Physics, Electrical Engineering or other related field.
  • At least 4 years hands-on experience in an EM laboratory
  • Ability to organize and execute several projects in parallel
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team as well as independently on a wide variety of research projects
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Detail-oriented, focused, and highly motivated

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with serial section EM
  • Histology
  • Viral and immuno labeling
  • Stereotaxic surgery
  • Image analysis software and systems (e.g. FIJI/ImageJ, EyeWire)
  • Light microscopy
  • Experience with tilt series EM tomography

Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS -









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About Princeton University

Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation's service and in the service of all nations. Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. Princeton is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.As a world-renowned research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Today, more than 1,100 faculty members instruct approximately 5,200 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students. The University's generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.

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