Postdoctoral Position in Arterial Spin Labeling
CRMBM-CNRS, Marseille, Provence, France
Posted: 10 October 2008

 

A two-year post-doctoral position is open at Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM). In its past activities, CRMBM has developed and applied cardiac and cerebral arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI techniques on small rodents. The major goals of this ongoing project are to take advantage of advanced MR hardware and optimized methodology to (i) transfer ASL techniques to the human heart and (ii) enable routine use of brain ASL as a reliable and validated technique. In the framework of this project, quantitative perfusion MRI methods dedicated to cardiac and brain studies will be identified, developed, optimized and validated, leading to application-reaady protocols for the study of pathologies and animal models.

The applicant will be integrated in a development team of MRI method scientists and engineers strongly interacting with specialized brain and heart MRI application research groups. We offer an experienced team, an in-house state-of-the-art small animal imaging platform with Bruker 4.7T and 11.75T MRI systems as well as two newly installed clinical MRI scanners (Siemens Avanto 1.5T and Siemens Verio3T) entirely dedicated to CRMBM's research. We search for candidates with good expertise in rapid MRI method development and/or applications.
Knowledge in the field of vascular function and characteristics are an advantage. Competence in MR physics, MR engineering or vascular biology is required. Experience with post-processing environments like IDL or Matlab will be necessary. French language skills are appreciated, but not a requirement. Salary includes complete coverage by the French national insurance system.

Contact Info:

Please send your cv, application letter and project proposal to:

Frank Kober, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM) Université de la Méditerranée Marseille, France frank.kober _At_ univmed _dot_ fr

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