Research Associate in Brain Connectomics

Job ID: 043726
Job date: 2018-05-14
End Date: 2018-05-25

Company : University of Edinburgh 

Country : United Kingdom 

Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
A 5-year international collaborative project between the University of Edinburgh and the University of Texas at Austin, is seeking an ambitious research associate to process and analyse data, and publish high-impact research on the human brain structural connectome in large datasets collected across the life course. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a successful multidisciplinary team, on a large project grant funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NiH), and on some of the largest and most informative datasets in the connectomics research field.

The successful candidate should possess a PhD or equivalent qualification, with an award in Neuroscience, Bioinformatics, Physics, or a related discipline being highly advantageous. They will have strong computational skills, and experience with structural brain MRI connectomic and graph theoretical methods.


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Additional Info:
Location: Edinburgh

Salary: £32,548 to £38,833 per annum

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed on: 14th May 2018

Closes: 25th May 2018

Job Ref: 043726

Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology

(Dept. of Psychology in School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences)

nformal inquiries to: Dr Mark Bastin (Email Mark.Bastin@ed.ac.uk) or Dr Simon Cox (Email Simon.Cox@ed.ac.uk).

The post is full time (35 hours per week), is on a fixed term period until 31st July 2019 (**please note that funding for this role has been guaranteed until 2019, however the post is for a 4 year period and contracts will be extended in line with secured funding provision as required).

Closing date: 5pm (GMT) on Friday 25th May 2018

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