A 3-year PhD-position is available from early 2014 at the Freiburg Brain Imaging Center (http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/fbi/live/index_en.html), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, in Germany. The project focuses on compensatory mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders by combining functional and structural imaging as well as transcranial magnetic stimulation. The candidate can obtain a PhD in the field of Psychology, Medicine or Biology and is welcome to participate in developing MRI-based pattern recognition methods for diagnostics and prognostics (http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/fbi/live/groups/kloppel/Projects/ diagnosing_en.html ). If desired, candidates can be involved in teaching and cognitive testing at the local memory clinic.

We offer The FBI combines efforts in neuroimaging research of the departments of Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, Biological and Personality Psychology, Neurology, Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery. We offer a continuous education program (image analyses, SPSS, etc.) and weekly research meetings. Support for MRI sequence development is provided by the Department of MR-Physics. The research group is closely collaborating with the Department for Pattern recognition methods (http://lmb.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/index.en.html) and is part of large research initiatives (www.humanbrainproject.eu/de; http://www.brainlinks-braintools.uni-freiburg.de/ ).

We require Applicants must hold a master degree or equivalent in medicine, psychology or a related field. Previous experience with fMRI is desired and basic programming skills (e.g. Matlab, FSL, SPM) are advantageous but not required.

Disabled applicants are preferred if qualification is equal. As the University of Freiburg intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. Please send applications until 15/12/13 to PD Dr. Stefan Klöppel Informal enquiries may call +49 761 270 52960 or the email address given above. http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/fbi/live/groups/kloppel/team/kloeppel_en.ht...