Cardiac Arterial Spin Labeling MRI 3-year post

Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale
Marseille, France
Assistance Publique
Hôpitaux de Marseille
Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS N°7339
http://crmbm.univ-amu.fr
CRMBM - Faculté de Médecine, 27, Bd Jean Moulin
CEMEREM – Hôpital de la Timone Bât F
13385 Marseille Cedex 5
Directeur :Monique Bernard
Cardiac Arterial Spin Labeling MRI
3-year post-doctoral position available
A three-year post-doctoral position is open at CRMBM, Marseille, Provence,
France. In its past activities, CRMBM has developed and applied arterial spin
labeling (ASL) MRI techniques in small rodents and humans. Advanced MR
hardware and optimized methodology should in the future allow the transfer
and validation of myocardial ASL techniques to the human heart. In the
framework of this project, quantitative myocardial perfusion MRI methods
will be developed, optimized and validated, leading to application-reaady
protocols for the study of human pathologies and animal models. CRMBM closely collaborates with the
Cardiology and Radiology departments of the Marseille University Hospital. The project is financed by the
French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR).
The successful applicant will develop and validate new cardiovascular ASL techniques for
both animal and human studies. He/she will be welcomed by a development team of MR
method scientists and engineers strongly interacting with specialized cardiovascular MRI
application research groups. We offer an experienced team, an in-house state-of-the-art
small animal imaging platform with Bruker 4.7T, 7T and 11.75T MRI systems as well as
three clinical MRI scanners (Siemens Avanto 1.5T, Verio 3T and Magnetom 7T) entirely
dedicated to CRMBM’s research. The 7T human scanner is equipped with a high-end
dedicated cardiac TX/RX proton array.
We look for candidates with good expertise in MRI method development and/or
applications. Knowledge in the field of vascular function and characteristics are an
advantage. Competence in MR physics, MR engineering or vascular biology is required.
Experience with post-processing environments like IDL or Matlab will be necessary to
reach the goals of this project, and experience with C/C++ is helpful.
Salary is competitive and includes health insurance and complete social coverage.
The position is available starting from January 2015.
Please send your cv, and motivation letter to:
Frank Kober, Ph.D.
Research Director at CNRS
Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale
Aix-Marseille Université
Faculté de Médecine
27 Bd Jean Moulin
13385 Marseille Cedex 5
[email protected]
http://crmbm.univ-amu.fr
phone : +33 491 324802