Research Engineer in Brain Imaging
Institutionen för
neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle
The Department of
Neurobiology, care sciences and society comprises 12
divisions and has at about 400
employees. The
NVS-department is located at KI Campus-Huddinge. The
Department is responsible for
education at basic and
advanced levels, research education and clinical and
experimental research within
the different areas
represented by the divisions.
Division
Aging Research Center (ARC)
is one of the divisions at the NVS Department. The center is
not located
ARC is a multidisciplinary
academic environment, representing psychology, sociology,
and various
branches of medicine (e.g.,
neurology, epidemiology, psychiatry, geriatrics). At ARC,
and more
particularly in the
psychology sector, we work on several small- and large-scale
neuroimaging datasets
(from 40 up to 950 human
brains for one study). These datasets include data such as
functional and
structural magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), as well as positron emission
tomography (PET
dopamine).
The aims of our projects are
to study the aging brain in relation to cognition (e.g.,
memory) and how
genetic and environmental
factors (lifestyle, social interactions, physical activity)
influence brain
integrity. We are also
interested in brain plasticity (i.e., how training in a
particular domain can modify
the structure of the brain).
ARC has a strong interest in developing multimodal
(structure-function) and
multivariate methods, and
introducing new data and processing (e.g., susceptibility
weighted imaging
SWI, spectroscopy,
tractography). ARC possesses 3 servers to store brain data
and process imaging
analyses using diverse
softwares (e.g., Matlab/SPM, FSL, freesurfer, PLS, SPIN).
Duties
The tasks for the incumbent
will be to: 1) contribute to the development and improvement
of analytic
methods and tools for
neuroimaging data, 2) help in programming psychological
experiments (E-Prime,
JAVA), and 3) provide
methodological and technical support for researchers and
students working with
neuroimaging data.
Additional side job will be to facilitate the organization
and accessibility to the brain
datasets, update and test
softwares, fix bugs.
Entry requirements
The compulsory
qualifications required for the research engineer position
include 1) A civilingenjör
degree or a foreign
qualification deemed equivalent to a Master of Science in
Engineering preferably in
the fields "engineering
physics" or "computer science", 2) Good programming skills
in Matlab and other
languages (C/C++, JAVA), 3)
Previous work in handling data from neuroimaging
experiments. Some
knowledge in neuroanatomy is
also a merit.
The position is a fixed term
employment of 2 years with possibility of extension.
Application process
The application is to be
submitted on the NetRecruiter system.
Karolinska Institutet is one
of the world´s leading medical universities. Its mission is
to contribute to the
improvement of human health
through research and education. Karolinska Institutet
accounts for over 40
per cent of the medical
academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the
country´s broadest range of
education in medicine and
health sciences. Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska
Institutet has
selected the Nobel laureates
in Physiology or Medicine.
Pursuant to the regulations
of the Swedish National Archives, applications are kept on
file for two years
after the appointment has
gained legal force. The regulations do not apply to
attachments that have been
printed or otherwise
published.
Karolinska Institutet
strives to provide a workplace that has approximately the
same number of women
and men, is free of
discrimination and offers equal opportunity to everyone.
For temp agencies and
recruiters, and to salespersons: We politely, yet firmly,
decline direct contact with
temp agencies and
recruiters, as well as those selling additional job
announcements.
Type of employment
Temporary position longer
than 6 months
Working hours
Full time
Reference
2-3731/2013
Published
2013-11-05
City
Stockholm
Last application date
2013-12-15
County
Stockholms län
Country
Sweden
Contact
Union representative
Erika Franzén, SACO 08-524
888 78
Gunnar Stenberg, SEKO 08-524
880 75
Carina Dahlin, OFR 08-524
836 92
Link to ad