The Laboratory of Biomolecular Structure and Function (LBSF) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) seeks an experienced crystallographer to run the daily operations of the LBSF. The LBSF is part of a suite of core labs supported in part by the OUHSC Vice President of Research. The LBSF is also part of the Biomolecular Structure Core (BSC) for the Oklahoma Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Structural Biology (OCSB). The OCSB has been the focal point of Oklahoma's structural biology community for ten years and was just awarded its phase III funding for five years. The community includes 50 labs at three major research institutions. The position is at the Senior Staff Research Assistant level. The position is expected to be long-term (> 5 years), pending the continued grant-funding success of the users of the LBSF. The candidate will be responsible for working with PIs to advance their structural biology projects. These efforts will include routine technical operations, developing new protocols to overcome challenging problems, and training the staff of user labs in protein purification, crystallization, data collection, and structure determination. The candidate has to have the ability to do all of the tasks in the crystal structure workflow and will often have to do this work alone when the user lab lacks available workers. The ideal candidate for this position will have a masters degree in biochemistry and two years of experience in macromolecular crystallography.

Duties:

• Collects various forms of data pertaining to the research project or projects
• Conducts analyses of data
• Interprets, draws conclusions, and discusses with principal investigator
• Presents research material to fellow researchers and colleagues
• Keeps record of information obtained during research
• May include a database of information or hard files
• Conducts research of the literature
• Independently conducts technical research
• Prepares various reports containing descriptive, analytical, and evaluative content that may be submitied for publication
• Constructs tests or assists in the construction of tests
• Collaborates with other researchers
• Tracks time by project for monthly effort reports and biling of services rendered
• Maintains a well-organized notebook
• Available to users during the core lab's work hours
• Has ability to work alone for extended periods
• Checks crystallization trays on a schedule
• Provides regular verbal and short written reports on progress to users
• Provides training to users of the lab instruments and maintains lab instruments
• Keep chemical inventory updated
• May supervise a staff of research technicians and/or research assistants
• Delegates tasks and oversees work
• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position