FYI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany, is an internationally renowned research institute in the field of psychiatry and neuroscience, home of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, and a psychiatric hospital with 255 inpatient and 52 day-clinic beds. To strengthen our recently established independent neuroscience research group funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Medical Director: Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg) offers * * *1 PostDoc and 1 PhD-Student Position* * * in the area of functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Positions are initially limited to 2 years, a prolongation is intended. The Central Institute of Mental Health is equipped, among others, with two Siemens 3 Tesla research MR scanners. Our research group consists of an interdisciplinary team of psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, biologists and technical assistants (http://www.zi-mannheim.de/ag_imaging.html). The main goal of the international research project is to examine fronto-striatal plasticity processes and their molecular genetic basis in healthy individuals and psychiatric patients using multimodal magnetic resonance imaging techniques (fMRI, morphometry, DTI, spectroscopy). Ideally, potential applicants will have previous experience with the acquisition, processing and analysis of MRI data, as well as a strong interest in the application of systems neuroscience methods in the context of neuropsychiatric research questions. We offer an interesting job in a pleasant working environment at a leading German research institute. Salary is according to the German TV-L pay scale, including the social benefits of the German public service sector. For further information please contact Dr. Dr. Heike Tost, Tel. +49 621 1703-6508, E-Mail heike.tost(a)zi-mannheim.de <mailto:heike.tost@zi-mannheim.de>. ____________________________________ Maria Zangl, PhD-Student Central Institute of Mental Health Research Group Imaging in Psychiatry J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany Phone: +49-621-1703-6514 Email:maria.zangl@zi-mannheim.de <mailto:maria.zangl@zi-mannheim.de>