[BIC-announce] Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spinal Cord MRI and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

[Zografos Caramanos, Mr]

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spinal Cord MRI and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
We are looking to recruit a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Julien Doyon’s Motor Learning and Plasticity
Laboratory, at McGill University, in collaboration with Dr. Benjamin De Leener, at Polytechnique
Montreal. The suitable candidate will join a team of post-doctoral fellows and PhD students who are
conducting neuroimaging research in motor learning, both fundamental and clinical.

For the current job opening, we seek to recruit a post-doctoral fellow who will conduct a large
neuroimaging study on healthy individuals and patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). This
study is part of a research program aiming to characterize the progression of the disease in terms of
functional impairment, survival and cognitive impairment, and to develop novel biomarkers for early
diagnosis of the disease, the institution of neuroprotective drugs and planning clinical care. The position
is based at the Montreal Neurological Institute (the Neuro), which has a dedicated state-of-the-art
neuroimaging research facility (McConnel Brain Imaging Center) and will include collaborations with
international research centers (Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Brain and Spine Institute, University College
of London, Sydney University).

The ideal candidate is expected to take the lead in regard to the methodological aspects of the study,
addressing specifically the challenges related to the structural and functional neuroimaging of the spinal
cord, and to the analysis of complex data sets. The fellow will be involved in all stages of the research
projects, from experimental design to data analysis and manuscript writing.


The following requirements are mandatory:
- PhD degree in neuroscience or a related field (obtained less than 5 years before the date of recruitment);
- Experience with structural and functional neuroimaging methods in human participants;
- Experience with neuroimaging data analysis techniques and software (i.e. SPM, FSL or similar);
- Ability to work independently and to collaborate with other team members;
- Excellent organizational and social skills, especially when dealing with patient participants;
- Established publication record attesting the above-mentioned requirements;
- Good proficiency in English (especially scientific writing and oral communication).


The following requirements are assets:
- Experience with spinal cord imaging;
- Experience with multivariate data analysis approaches as implemented in established neuroimaging data analysis software;
- Good proficiency with MatLab and Python programming (or other programming languages, such  as Octave, C++, etc.), as well as the “Spinal cord Toolbox”.
- French proficiency;
- Research experience with ALS patients (or other movement-related disorders);
- Availability to start as soon as possible.

Salary will be commensurate with education and experience level and the appointment will be renewable
on a yearly basis, contingent on satisfactory performance.

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV, a motivation letter and contact information of
two individuals who can provide you with references at the following e-mail addresses:
julien.doyon at mcgill.ca / benjamin.de-leener at polymtl.ca.

The applications will be reviewed starting on July 1st, 2020 and will continue until the position is filled. Only the selected candidates will be contacted.


Julien

[signature_2144055009]



Julien Doyon, Ph.D., FRSC, FCAHS
Directeur, Centre d’imagerie cérébrale McConnell
Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Center
Professeur, Département de neurologie et neurochirurgie
Professor, Department of Neurology and neurosurgery

The Neuro #OpenScience
3801 University Street, Montréal, Quebec H3A 2B4
Bureau/Office: 514-398-5953; Cell.: 514-979-3488
julien.doyon at mcgill.ca<mailto:julien.doyon at mcgill.ca>
theneuro.ca<http://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/>; The BIC<https://www.mcgill.ca/bic/>: Web Page<https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/julien-doyon-phd>


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20200619/e3631064/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 5273 bytes
Desc: image002.jpg
URL: <http://mailman.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20200619/e3631064/attachment-0001.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spinal Cord and ALS_A2020.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 182618 bytes
Desc: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spinal Cord and ALS_A2020.pdf
URL: <http://mailman.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20200619/e3631064/attachment-0001.pdf>