The Australian Synchrotron Crystallography Group consists of three single crystal X-ray diffraction beamlines, delivering world leading capabilities to the crystallographic community in Australia, New Zealand and internationally. The MX beamlines cater to a diverse range of scientific disciplines; from environmental processes, mineralogy and energy through to human health and drug discovery. The MX Beamline Scientist is a user focused role whose primary activities centre around “User Support”, i.e. supporting and teaching users on how to use the MX beamlines in an independent fashion and assisting them to get the best possible results during their beamtime. The MX team works closely with our user community, providing expert advice at all stages of the experiment, and ensuring best practises in data collection and structural solution are followed. All members of the team participate in outreach activities to publicise and promote the suite of scientific techniques available at the Australian Synchrotron and to extend the reach of synchrotron science
The role includes significant technical elements around the MX1, MX2 and MX3 beamlines. Beamline scientists are required to maintain and develop hardware and software, as well as troubleshoot and solve equipment, controls and software downtime and issues in a timely manner to support the completion of user experiments. The MX team works collaboratively with scientific, technical, operational and support teams throughout the facility.
As well as maintaining the beamlines on a day-to-day basis, all members of the team are involved in development projects to extend the capabilities of the three crystallography beamlines and increase scientific outcomes for our user communities. This role, Beamline Scientist - MX (Structural Biology), represents an opportunity to be part of a team developing advanced experimental techniques in crystallography (e.g. serial crystallography, in situ and dynamic crystallography).
