Senior Research Fellow
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, St Pauls, NSW, Australia
Posted: 18 March 2009

 

The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute has an established record of national and international research leadership in the neurosciences. Over 220 scientists, clinicians, students and allied staff support its mission to advance the knowledge, treatment and cure of neuroscience related disorders through excellence in research.

This new position in small animal imaging is funded by the Australian Commonwealth Government as part of its National Imaging Facility (NIF – see www.anif.org.au) for three years. The full time Fellow will coordinate and participate in research programs in the UNSW node of the NIF. The incumbent will be expected to provide imaging expertise on a collaborative and consultative basis to local and external users of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute 3T Imaging Facility, develop and implement novel imaging experiment protocols and techniques, facilitate access to the Facility, promote the activities of the UNSW node to the scientific community nationally, and develop an independent research profile in MR imaging.

Essential criteria: a PhD in a relevant discipline with postdoctoral experience in the application of modern MR imaging techniques to biomedical or preclinical research programs, with a minimum of three year’s postdoctoral research experience; detailed knowledge of MR physics; familiarity with pulse programming, data processing and method design and implementation; experience in small animal handling in the scanner environment, including anaesthesia and physiological monitoring; proven excellent communication and inter-personal skills.

Enquiries to: Professor Caroline Rae 612 9399 1211 c.rae@unsw.edu.au 

www.powmri.edu.au
www.anif.org.au