Associate Staff Scientist
About the Role
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute (WPRCI) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock is seeking a manager for a newly founded Cryo-EM Facility. This facility will be equipped with a 200kV Glacios TEM, Falcon 4i direct electron detector, Selectris X Energy Filter, and auxiliary instrumentation for single particle sample preparation including vitrification devices (e.g., Vitrobot and Leica GP2). The successful candidate will be responsible for daily operations, cryo-EM sample vitrification, data collection and on-the-fly processing, and interaction with and training of users. Users will be from UAMS and institutions in Arkansas and the surrounding states.
Responsibilities
- Management responsibilities for a multi-user research facility
- Experience with cryo-TEM routine calibration and maintenance
- Experience with routine maintenance of accessory equipment
- Expertise with data collection and processing software for single particle analysis, including Cryosparc and Relion
- Experience in training students and staff in all aspects of practical cryo-EM single particle analysis
- Strong communication and organization skills to enable collaboration with faculty, students, staff, vendors, and service engineers
- Keep accurate and clear records to help writing of manuscripts and center-related grant proposals as needed
- Keep up with scientific literature relevant to new instrumentation, data processing, specimen preparation, and imaging techniques
- Cryo-EM instruments management
- Cryo-EM facility resource management
- Vitrification
- Data collection and processing
- User training
- May perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- PhD in physics, biophysics, or structural biology
- Four (4+) years (Associate Scientist) or Seven (7+) years (Principal Scientist) of relevant experience including significant project management experience, personnel supervision, and editorial and scientific contributions to grants
- Record of expertise in cryo-EM-based structural biology research founded on publications
- Technical skills in cryo-EM sample vitrification, data acquisition, data processing, and data analysis
- Communication skills (oral and written)
- Interpersonal skills to enable interacting and training others
- Desire to make the cryo-EM Facility at UAMS a successful enterprise
Preferred Qualifications
- Postdoctoral fellowship experience preferred
Benefits
- Health: Medical, Dental, and Vision plans available for qualifying staff and family
- Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Leave
- Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
- Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
- Basic Life Insurance up to $50,000
- Career Training and Educational Opportunities
- Merchant Discounts
- Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy
Closing Date: 08/30/2026
Type of Position: Staff - Engineering, Science, Agriculture
Job Type: Regular
Work Shift: Not specified
Sponsorship Available: No
Institution Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department: CI | Cancer Institute
Department's Website: Not provided
Required Documents to Apply: Curriculum Vitae, License or Certificate (see special instructions for submission instructions), List of three Professional References (name, email, business title), Resume, Unofficial/Official Transcript(s)
Optional Documents: Not specified
Recruitment Contact Information: askrecruitment@uams.edu
Pre-employment Screening Requirements: Annual TB Screening, No Background Check Required
Physical Activity Requirements:
- Constant: Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding, Repetitive Motion
- Frequent: Feeling, Hearing, Sitting, Standing, Talking
- Occasional: Crawling, Crouching, Kneeling, Reaching, Stooping, Walking
Benefits Eligible: Yes