Dear All, please find below an announcement for a research assistant position.

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Neuroimaging Research Engineer - Centre IRMf de La Timone, Marseille, France

*Recruitment date:* May 2013 *Application closing date:* May 15th, 2013 *Contract duration:* 30 months *Salary*: 19.000 -- 24.000 Euros / year, depending on experience

*Context* The La Timone fMRI Centre (http://irmfmrs.free.fr/) of the Institut des Neurosciences de La Timone (http://www.int.univ-amu.fr/) in Marseille provides neuroscientists, medical researchers, and psychologists from the Aix - Marseilles area and beyond with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services. The Centre operates a 3 Tesla MR system fully dedicated to neuroscience and psychology research in human and non-human primates and equipped with high-end stimulation and recording systems. The Centre, affiliated to CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, is involved in clinical, fundamental and methodological research and technical development through collaboration with local, national and international research groups and with a strong involvement in training and teaching.

*Mission* The post holder will have for mission to assist the user community with basic and advanced analysis of cerebral MRI data (functional and structural). Specifically, tasks include: - Advise and help users with standard analysis of brain MR data - Help users with advanced analyses such as functional connectivity, diffusion tensor imaging, tractography, multivariate analysis, morphometry, ... - Develop and optimize software pipelines - Assist with the design and set-up of new studies - Contribute to education and training of the users

*Profile of the candidate* Background in neuroimaging essential Experience with brain image analysis packages (e.g., SPM, Freesurfer, BrainVISA or FSL) Experience with development of brain image analysis methods or/and their application to neuroimaging studies desirable Good knowledge of statistical methods and tools Expertise with one or several programming languages (Matlab, Python, C/C++) Autonomy, initiative, ability to work at the interface between multidisciplinary teams

*Information requests and applications should be addressed to **Jean-Luc.Anton@univ-amu.fr**, **Patricia.Romaiguere@univ-amu.fr**, and **Pascal.Belin@univ-amu.fr*