Sunday 11 October 2009

Animal Imaging Workshop & 3D Optical Imaging demonstrations in Turku 5.11.2009

Nordic Imaging Network will arrange an Animal
Imaging Workshop in Turku on the 5th of November,
2009. Visit NINs homepage for more information and registration.

As part of this workshop, the VisEn Medical company will demonstrate
their 3-D optical imaging device (FMT 250) during the 4th and 5th of
November.

Head of the Cell Imaging Core / Group Leader position

Head of the Cell Imaging Core / Group Leader position at the Turku Centre for Biotechnology (the Centre), BioCity Turku, Turku, Finland for the period of January 1, 2010 – June 30, 2013.

The Turku Centre for Biotechnology is a joint department of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. Our mission is to promote high quality research and to develop and provide key state-of-the-art research platforms and methods in life sciences.

We are seeking an ambitious senior scientist / group leader to head the Cell Imaging Core (CIC) at the Centre. The responsibilities include leading a successful research group in molecular and cellular biology, managing the day-to-day operation of this key core facility and further developing it and contributing to graduate and undergraduate education. Successful applicants are expected to have a Ph.D, expertise in cell imaging and relevant experience for leading a research group.

The salary is in accordance with the State’s salary system (Universities) for teaching and research personnel level 6-8 (Senior Researcher), where the work specific salary component is between 3 064 – 4 268 €/month. In addition, there is a share increase based on the personal performance, which is, at most, 46% of the base salary.

Please send your CV, list of publications, a brief statement of your research interests, contact information for three references and an outline for your plan to develop and operate the core facility unit to: Minttu Jaakkola, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Tykistökatu 6B, 20520 Turku, Finland.

Closing date for the applications is October 30, 2009 at 3.15 pm.

For further information please contact Eleanor Coffey, e-mail: eleanor.coffey (at) btk.fi
For more information about the Centre: www.btk.fi
CIC: cic.btk.fi
Turku biomedical science community: www.biocity.turku.fi