Postdoc - Multimodal Image Registration

The scientific focus of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1) is on the organization of the human brain at its various spatial and temporal scales. To enable the multimodal analyses necessary to shed light on its organizational principles, scientists at the INM-1 are developing a 3D model of the human brain with highest spatial resolution that integrates cytoarchitecture, connectivity, molecular organization, and genetic and functional measurements. Within the INM-1, members of the research group “Receptors”, headed by Prof. Palomero-Gallagher, have a particular focus on the comparative analysis of the relationship between receptor architectonic and functional segregation patterns in the brain.

**Your Job**:

- Combine multimodal brain imaging with advanced image-processing, data science, and AI techniques to perform image alignment, segmentation, and classification to construct and validate unique three-dimensional maps of neurotransmitter receptor distributions in the human, non-human primate and rodent brain
- Develop efficient processing pipelines enabling the spatial integration of functional datasets (e.g. functional magnetic resonance imaging data or electrophysiological recordings) with the neurotransmitter receptor maps
- Work closely with an interdisciplinary team of neuroscientists, computer scientists and physicists to combine our extensive expertise in neuroscience, imaging and AI into viable solutions
- Publish your results in high-quality scientific articles
- National and international travel to present at scientific conferences and strengthen inter-lab cooperations

**Your Profile**:

- University degree (Master) in computer science, physics or a comparable scientific field
- PhD in one of the above fields
- Solid methodological background in image processing and AI
- Strong publication record in relevant fields
- Hands-on programming experience in Python for data science, image processing, and using brain imaging data (volumetric and surface-based)
- Neuroscientific knowledge is welcome but not necessary
- Ability to work independently and self-driven in a team
- Enjoy working in a productive multidisciplinary, international team
- Good communication skills and high-quality writing in English

**Our Offer**:
We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change We support you in your work with:

- Exciting working environment on an attractive research campus with excellent infrastructure, located between the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Aachen
- Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
- Extensive company health management and a variety of sports activities (e.g. beach volleyball court, running groups, yoga classes, and much more)
- Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy supported by our Equal Opportunities Bureau
- Flexible work (location) arrangements, e.g. remote work
- Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
- 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
Capital-forming benefits and an employee pension scheme