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UCL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
London, UK
Senior Research Associate in Real-Time
fMRI
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Applications
are invited for a Senior Research Associate in the Wellcome
Trust Centre for Neuroimaging (WTCN), UCL Institute of
Neurology, under the supervision of Professor Nikolaus
Weiskopf.
The
successful candidate will develop and optimize real-time fMRI
methods as part of the MRC DPFS project “Improving function in
Huntington's disease through neurofeedback: using real-time
fMRI to enhance cortical plasticity in early stages of the
disease”. The post holder will be member of the MRC project
team led by internationally leading experts in Huntington’s
disease and real-time fMRI (Profs. Sarah Tabrizi, Geraint Rees
and Nikolaus Weiskopf) and the Physics Group (headed by Prof.
Weiskopf) at the WTCN.
The
post holder will work on methods for improving the data
quality of real-time fMRI with emphasis on online correction
of motion and physiological noise artifacts. Latest software
and hardware solutions will be employed including optical
motion tracking for prospective motion correction.
Applicants
must have a PhD in physics, biomedical engineering, computer
science, or a comparable subject. A strong background in MR
physics and data analysis is essential, as is strong expertise
in programming high-level languages (e.g. C/C++, Matlab), an
established publication track record and experience of leading
a team of researchers or project management. Applicants must
be specialists in at least two of the following areas: Siemens
MR scanner operation and software (IDEA, ICE); Optical or
prospective motion correction; Physiological noise correction;
Pulse sequence programming; Real-time fMRI methods
development; functional MRI; SPM or Brainvoyager.
The
post is available immediately and is funded by a grant from
the MRC for eighteen months in the first instance. Starting
salary on UCL Grade 8 scale in the range of £41,430 - £48,873
pa including London Allowance, superannuable.
You
should apply for this post through UCL's online recruitment –
www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs
where
you can download a job description and person specification
using ref: 1438710.
If
you have any queries regarding the application process, please
contact Samantha Robinson, Personnel Officer, UCL Institute of
Neurology, 23 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG (email: IoN.HRAdmin@ucl.ac.uk).
Informal
enquiries to Dr Nikolaus Weiskopf (email:
n.weiskopf@ucl.ac.uk).
Further
information on the lab:
http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/Research/physics.html
Closing
date: 3 November 2014
UCL
Taking Action for Equality
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Dr.
Martina Callaghan
Deputy
Head of Physics
&
Senior Research Associate
Wellcome
Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
Institute
of Neurology
University
College London
12
Queen Square
London
WC1N 3BG
UK
Tel: +44-20-344-84383 (internal ext 84383)
Email:
m.callaghan@ucl.ac.uk