We have an opening at ALPX for a
Research Scientist in Crystallography. Please see more
details below.

If you have any
questions, please get in touch.

With kind regards,

Irina

Research Scientist in
Protein Crystallography at ALPX

Position description:

ALPX is an EMBL
Spin-off Company located in Grenoble, France. We offer
innovative research services based on the CrystalDirect
technology for structural biology and small-molecule drug
discovery to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

We seek a highly
motivated research scientist to join the ALPX team.

The successful
candidate will be contributing to a range of exciting
structural biology/drug discovery projects, applying our
high-throughput, automated X-ray crystallography
pipelines.

Responsibilities
include project management, high-quality structure
elucidation and interpretation of biological
macromolecules in complexes with small molecules of
interest and preparing presentations on the structural
data for project team and clients.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

•    Ph.D. in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, biophysics,
or a related field
•    Demonstrated extensive experience in macromolecular
crystallography, including crystallisation, crystal
optimisation, structure solution, and manual refinement,
including ligand fitting
•    Excellent and creative project management skills
•    Strong oral and written communication and organisation
skills
•    Effective interaction in a dynamic team environment

Preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities:

•    Experience with LCP crystallisation and membrane
proteins
•    Confident in the use of synchrotron beamlines for
structural biology
•    Experience using robotics and automation
•    Scripting and programming

The position is
permanent and immediately available; the evaluation of
candidates will run until the position is filled.

Please send your
motivation letter, CV, and names of two referees to irina.cornaciu@alpx-services.com.

We’re looking forward
to hearing from you.