Applications are invited for full-time employment in the Clinical Affective Neuroimaging Laboratory (CANLAB) of Martin  Walter  MD  PhD,  embedded  in  the  Center  for  Behavioral  Brain  Sciences,  the  Leibniz  Institute  for Neurobiology  and  the  department  of  psychiatry  of  the  Otto-von-Guericke  University.  The  position  requires experience  with  functional  MRI,  computational  modeling  or  task  designs  triggering  complex  emotional  and cognitive  interactions.  The  candidate  should  have  a  PhD  or  equivalent  preferably  in  psychology,  psychiatry, biology  or  neuroscience  and  should  be  able  to  supervise  experiments  and  data  analyses  in  programming platforms.  The  candidate  should  be  able  to  perform  and  coordinate  a  designated  research  project  within  a highly  collaborative  and  interdisciplinary  framework  and  should  have  experiences  in  the  field  of  affective neuroimaging. Moreover, a genuine interest in the clinical relevance of current neuroimaging developments is highly appreciated.

The  Clinical  Affective  Neuroimaging  Laboratory  (Head:  M.  Walter)  focuses  on  high-field  imaging  of emotional processing. Our main aim is to understand the susceptibility for (ongoing) psychiatric illnesses and our  focus  is  on  cognitive-emotional  integration,  resting  state  functional  MRI  and  Magnetic  Resonance Spectroscopy in both unipolar and bipolar depression and our work includes analyses of other physiological dimensions.  Experience  of  MRI  data  analysis  is  therefore  necessary  and  experience  in  state  of  the  art functional  connectivity  analysis  of  non-invasive  imaging  data  is  highly  desirable.  Furthermore,  knowledge  of modeling  approaches  to  understand  abnormal  cost-  and  benefit  balance  of  motivated  behavior  in  affective disorders is would be considered beneficial. 

The  Clinical  Affective  Neuroimaging  Laboratory  (Head:  M.  Walter)  focuses  on  high-field  imaging  of emotional processing. Our main aim is to understand the susceptibility for (ongoing) psychiatric illnesses and our  focus  is  on  cognitive-emotional  integration,  resting  state  functional  MRI  and  Magnetic  Resonance Spectroscopy in both unipolar and bipolar depression and our work includes analyses of other physiological dimensions.  Experience  of  MRI  data  analysis  is  therefore  necessary  and  experience  in  state  of  the  art functional  connectivity  analysis  of  non-invasive  imaging  data  is  highly  desirable.  Furthermore,  knowledge  of modeling  approaches  to  understand  abnormal  cost-  and  benefit  balance  of  motivated  behavior  in  affective disorders is would be considered beneficial. 


The position is on the TV-L scale for public employees, with scales depending on age and experience. The position runs at least for 2 years. Applications with a cover letter and CV including publication list, or preliminary informal enquiries, may be sent to martin.walter@med.ovgu.de or visit www.canlab.de.  Please provide a telephone number and times to contact you if you wish an informal discussion. 


!!! Meet us also personally at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), June 16-20, 2013 in Seattle, USA !!!