1 PostDoc in Neuroscience (MR imaging in rodents) (Mannheim)
The Central Institute of Mental Health (State Foundation) is an internationally renowned research institute in the field of psychiatry and neuroscience, home of the Department of Psychiatry of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg as well as psychiatric hospital with 255 inpatient and 52 day-hospital beds.
Within a new project funded by the European Union, the Department of Psychiatry and Psycho-therapy offers
1 PostDoc-Position (full time)
in the area of rodent magnetic resonance functional-, perfusion- and diffusion tensor (DTI) im-aging at 9.4 Tesla.
The Central Institute of Mental Health is equipped with a latest generation 210 mm horizontal bore Bruker BioSpec animal system and additional cryogenic MR coils for 1H and 13C detection in the mouse brain as well as two 3 Tesla human whole body MR-scanners.
The position is for three years initially and located in the research group Translational Imaging. Potential applicants should have a Ph.D. in biology, neuroscience, physics, physical chemistry, or equivalent field, and experience with small animal MR. The ideal candidate from the quantita-tive sciences has a solid background in NMR physics, signal detection and processing theory, and is familiar within the Bruker Paravision programming environment. Experience in other computer languages, including C++, Matlab and IDL, is desirable. Biologists and neuroscientists should have excellent skills in rodent experimentation including electrophysiology experience.
The primary field of research will be initially:
• Establishment of a baseline functional imaging battery in rodents (rs-fMRI, CBF and CBV)
• Cross-modal integration of electrophysiological and MR measures
• Validation of rodent imaging models for drug discovery
The candidate would also collaborate on several ongoing animal studies of schizophrenia, de-pression, substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders in mouse and rat models. The assis-tance in the general supervision of the animal scanner would also be part of the position. More information can be found at http://www.zi-mannheim.de/transl_imaging.html.
We offer an interesting job in a hospital and leading research, salary is according to the German TV-L pay scale, including the social benefits of the public service sector.
For further information please contact Dr. Wolfgang Weber-Fahr, Tel. +49 621 1703-2961, E-Mail: w.weber-fahr@zi-mannheim.de.
Please submit your applications no later than 30.09.2009
citing reference number 290 to the Central Institute of Mental Health, Personnel, J 5, 68159 Mannheim or zi-personalverwaltung@zi-mannheim.de
Homepage: www.zi-mannheim.de/start_en.html
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