Salary for this Role:
Competitive with benefits, subject to skills and experience
Job Title:
Head of Cryo-Electron Microscopy Platform
Reports to:
Elisabete Silva
Closing Date:
05/Apr/2026 23.59 GMT
Head of Cryo-Electron Microscopy Platform
Reports to: Director of Scientific Platforms
This is a full-time permanent position on Crick terms and conditions of employment.
About us
The Francis Crick Institute is Europe’s largest biomedical research institute under one roof. Our world-class scientists and staff collaborate on vital research to help prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative conditions.
The Crick is a place for collaboration, innovation and exploration across many disciplines. A space where the brightest minds can pursue big and bold ideas and discover answers to crucial scientific questions. We support them in a dynamic environment which fosters excellence with state-of-the-art infrastructure, cutting-edge facilities, and a creative and curious culture. We’ve removed traditional boundaries of departments, divisions and disciplines and instead have an open approach that supports every researcher. This gives us the freedom to take risks and carry out high-quality, pioneering research. Creating a space for discovery without boundaries helps us to turn our science into benefits for human health and the economy.
About the role
We are looking for a Head of Cryo- Electron Microscopy Platform to join the Crick and advance our ambitions in delivering state-of-the-art science that applies cryo-EM to problems from the molecular to cellular scale.
We are looking to appoint an individual who has strengths in both experimental and in advanced computational methods in Cryo-EM. The post-holder will work in collaboration with Crick scientists to advance applications of Cryo-EM to a wide range of science at the Crick and, in conjunction with the Director of Science Technology Platforms, establish a long-term strategy for advancing the Cryo-EM platform.
The Cryo-EM platform has excellent facilities with two Titan Krios 300kV instruments, one fitted with a Gatan energy filter and K2 detector plus Falcon 4i and the other with a Selectris energy filter and Falcon 4i. The Crick Institute has excellent High Performance Computing resources, dedicated high-speed data storage and CPU and GPU clusters.
In collaboration with the Cryo-EM Operations Lead, the Cryo-EM Facility Manager and Crick scientists, the successful applicant will be responsible for developing and implementing the strategic vision for the future direction of the platform. This includes identifying research priorities and evaluating and promoting new techniques and technologies.
This is a particularly exciting position that will play a central role in how we develop and apply Cryo-EM at the Crick and have high visibility in the cryo-EM community.
If you are an experienced Cryo-EM scientist with a strong record of high-impact research and deep practical expertise spanning all aspects of Cryo-EM, from biochemistry and sample optimisation through to data collection, image processing, and structure determination, we’d love to hear from you.
What you will be doing
Some of your key responsibilities for this role will include, but are not limited to:
Please see the full job description for this role here.
About you
You will have:
About Working at the Crick
Our values
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What will you receive?
At the Francis Crick Institute, we value our team members and are proud to offer an extensive range of benefits to support their well-being and development:
Please note you must meet the essential criteria listed within the Role Profile, to have your application reviewed.
We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any given time due to the number of applications received.
The Crick is a distinctive biomedical research institute. We’re committed to advancing, promoting, and sharing understanding of human health and disease. We do that by attracting talented and ambitious people from all disciplines and backgrounds and giving them the support and freedom they need to succeed.
Inside the Crick, you’ll discover scientists working to stretch the very limits of what we know about how life works. Their research holds the key to answering fundamental questions about human health and disease. Our bold and innovative research projects bring together scientists and technicians from all disciplines in the pursuit of discovery without boundaries.
With the support of our partners, we’re bridging the gap between discovery and application to help change lives for the better. And through our dynamic structure, we’re able to develop the science leaders of tomorrow.
That’s our bold idea, tell us yours.
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