Sano Postdoc - Project title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuroimaging

Location Full-time

Employment type Full-time

Region / State / Province małopolskie

About job:

Sano Postdoc

Project title: Postdoctoral fellowship in Neuroimaging

Publication date: 11.10.2022

Closing date: 11.11.2022

Level of education: PhD

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary indication: up to 14000 PLN gross monthly

Supervisor:

Sano: Dr. Alessandro Crimi (Research Group Leader)

Project period: Contract until the end of 2023 with an option to extend.

BrainAndMore (BAM) lab focuses cutting edge genetic, molecular and mainly magnetic resonance imaging technology to understand diseases and support drug development efforts in the neuroscience field.

In this project you will be working on machine learning approaches for neuroimaging. From segmentation of vessel structures in brain data to more advanced tasks, ranging from data analysis of mice brain data to MRI of humans. According to the inclination of the applicant we can reshape towards more specific data and research questions.

This project will be carried out in cooperation with machine learning and AI scientists at Sano and its partners and by developing external collaborations in France and across Poland.

In this project we want to investigate different types of neuroimaging beyond connectomes, by using both structural and functional data.

What are you going to do?

You are expected to:

do original research under the direction of one of Research Group Leaders;
publish your work in peer-review journals and present during national and international conferences;
co-mentor junior scientists – PhD students and MSc students.

What do we require?

Required background and skills of the candidate:

recent or pending PhD in relevant field of science (computer science/biomedical engineering or related fields);
at least one first-author research publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, top conference or currently in press (e.g. Neuroimage, Nature Methods, Nature Communications, Nature Scientific Reports, PloS, IEEE TMI...);
Python programming, medical imaging experience (preferably in 3D or 4D), statistics;
excellent written and oral English communication skills;
additional assets: knowledge of brain anatomy and related tools (Dipy, FSL, etc), knowledge of time series signal as fMRI.

Our offer

We offer a fixed term contract for 40 hours per week for the duration of 2 years. This will be supported by an educational plan that includes attendance of courses and (international) meetings. The contract will include opportunities to participate in teaching and supervision of undergraduate and master students.

The salary, depending on relevant experience before the beginning of the employment contract, will be up to 14000 PLN gross per month, based on a full-time contract (40 hours a week) for the duration of 2 years with private medical care and a sports card.

Sano offers excellent opportunities for study and development, an access to many international conferences on computational medicine and a possibility to grow in a scientific society.