Post-Doctoral Fellow

About the Role

Acquire proficiency in 3D electron microscopy (EM) specimen handling and preparation for data acquisition, as well as in setting up the data acquisition using transmission electron microscope (TEM, tilt-angle series) and focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM, slice-and-view workflow). Understand sample behavior during acquisition and identify sources of acquisition errors/noises that affect post-acquisition 3D reconstruction and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Implement and develop software codes for post-acquisition image stack optimization, distortion corrections, and stack alignment.
• Implement and develop AI/machine learning workflows for 3D reconstructions, automated image segmentations, and 3D ultrastructural and geometric analyses from aligned tomograms.
• Coordinate and supervise the use of computers in the FIB-SEM lab dedicated to 3D image analysis.
• Contribute to 3D-EM projects focusing on morphometric/geometric analysis of mitochondrial networks, membrane formations, and organelle encounters in the brain and other excitable tissues, as well as select non-excitable tissues for reference.
• Communicate methodological advances at conferences and in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
• Manage data sharing and code availability.

Schedule

Workday (Day shift).

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical (including prescription), dental, and vision insurance.
• Supplemental insurance options, including life and AD&D insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement plans.
• Tuition assistance and discounts at Thomas Jefferson University (available after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service).
• Voluntary benefits, including group insurance rates and discounts.

All colleagues, including part-time, per diem, adjunct faculty, and temporary staff, have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.