Posted on : Tuesday 28 June 2016

Job title : 2016/06/28 Permanent researcher position, BrainOmics, Neurospin, CEA

Organization : Permanent scientist position (researcher) at NeuroSpin neuroimaging center in Paris-Saclay France. NeuroSpin is an institute of CEA Fundamental Research Division. The position is opened within the BrainOmics team - research theme "Imaging-Genetics".

Context
The BrainOmics Team1 (lead: V Frouin) is in charge of the research and development in imaging-genetics which is a field at the intersection of neuroinformatics, bioInformatics, applied statistics, and machine learning. The team is involved in several French and European projects.

Mission : The recruited researcher will explore the role of genetics and environmental disturbances in the variability of rich phenotypes originating from imaging and/or medical, behavioral scores. In collaboration with neuroscientists and physicians, she/he will perform works to discover new biomarkers and markers/models for basic research in neurosciences (e.g. development, ageing). The research will be (not exclusively) performed on the neuroimaginggenetics cohorts being built at NeuroSpin (IMAGEN, EU-AIMS, Senior, ...) for studies in neuroscience, neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatry, oncology (radiomics) or preclinical studies.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

· Ph.D. in applied mathematics, bioinformatics, image processing, biostatistics, machine learning, genetic epidemiology or related disciplines.
· Initial training or current position should bring knowledge in genetics, genetics epidemiology or genomics.
· Experience in applying and developing Machine Learning techniques in massive high-dimensional data. Any experience related to the use/development of biostatistics, machine learning, graphical models for association, heritability, integration studies between imaging phenotypes and genetic, epigenetic and gene expression measures.
· Experience in scientific programming ideally in Python. Experience with domain frameworks in Biostatistics (R/Bioconductor, Galaxy) Neuroimaging (Nipype, SPM, FSL, BrainVisa), Machine Learning (Scikit-learn).
· Good communication skills to work in a multi-professional team. Interest and knowledge in neuroimaging, neuroinformatics and bioinformatics will be appreciated. The candidate has a PhD and spent one or more PostDoc periods in scientific fields related with imaging-genetics. Ideally, she/he published several papers as a first author, and built a professional network in related scientific fields.

The position is very interdisciplinary, and proficiency in each domain is not expected. Therefore, candidates demonstrating skills in one or two domains and a motivated interest in innovative and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.

Starting time: end of year 2016
Expected answers before end of July 2016
Interviews of the applicants in September 2016.

http://tinyurl.com/NS-ImagingGenetics

Locality : Neurospin, CEA Saclay, France

Remuneration : Salary will be commensurate with experience

Degrees required : Ph.D. in applied mathematics, bioinformatics, image processing, biostatistics, machine learning, genetic epidemiology or related disciplines

Skills required :

Contact : The application (in french or english) should include a cover letter specifying your motivation and research experience as well as a CV. It should be sent to Vincent Frouin (vincent.frouin_at_cea.fr) by email. Please feel free to contact if you have any questions.