PhD Position in the European TRACE-PD project
PhD Position in the European TRACE-PD project
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PhD Position in the European TRACEPD project
Nuklearmedizin TVL: 25 h/week 6494 limitedfor 3 years according to WissZeitVG (Thirdparty funded project)Your salary will be based on TVL
TVL: 25 h/week 6494 limitedfor 3 years according to WissZeitVG (Thirdparty funded project)Your salary will be based on TVL
Your tasks
Project Overview:Together with our team in Cologne the PhD candidate will focus on identifying and analysing domainspecific cerebral resilience factors in Parkinsons disease. Using cuttingedge imaging methodologies the research aims to clarify how structural and functional brain characteristics contribute to motor resilience in early Parkinsons stages potentially leading to breakthroughs in early intervention strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with our project partners in Germany Sweden Czech Republic and the Netherlands
- Curate extensively available multimodal neuroimaging data
- Analyse and interpret complex neuroimaging data
- Present findings at international conferences and publish results in reputable international journals
Your profile
- Masters degree in Neuroscience Psychology Medicine Biomedical Engineering or related fields
- Interest and ideally previous experience in neuroimaging (MRI/PET)
- Knowledge of data analysis software (e.g. MATLAB Python R)
- Strong communication skills teamwork capability and proactive engagement in collaborativeprojects
Required documents for application:
Please submit your letter of motivation CV copies of transcripts contact details of two potential referees.
Our offer
- Everything but ordinary: You can expect a secure job in a challenging innovative environment including company pension schemes and regular working hours without business trips.
- Worklife balance: Whether fulltime or parttime with or without children with numerous support options we will find the right path together.
- Team spirit in R(h)ine culture: You will be warmly welcomed by an interdisciplinary team that values mutual respect and helpfulness.
- Strong perspectives: We offer extensive training opportunities so you can continuously grow and set new goals.
Your future with us
We are one of the leading university hospitals in Germany and network research teaching and health care at the highest level. Thats why many things are a lot bigger for us: the spectrum of exciting development opportunities. The limitless openness with which specialists from all over the world work together here. Or our commitment as an employer to support all employees as best we can in reconciling their job with their goals and life situations.
This is the University Hospital of Cologne: Everything but ordinary.
Your future in detail
Join our international research team in the projectTRACEPD: Tracking the mechanisms of disease progression and functional compensation in the early phase of Parkinsons disease. The project is funded by the European JPND research framework and explores early mechanisms of Parkinsons disease progression and functional compensation. Our consortium brings together stateoftheart multimodal neuroimaging techniques (including 7TMRI novel PET ligands and MEG) and leading neuroscientists from Germany (Universities of Marburg and Cologne) Sweden (Karolinska Institutet Stockholm) the Netherlands (Donders Institute Nijmegen) and the Czech Republic(Central European Institute of Technology Brno) to shape the future of Parkinsons disease research and position is at the University Hospital Cologne with the MultiModal NeuroImaging group led by Prof. Dr. Thilo van Eimeren and will be cosupervised by Dr. Merle Hnig expert in neuroimaging and resilience neuroscience.What We Offer:
- PhD position for 3 years covering salary and associated research costs.
- A stimulating international research project within a prestigious European consortium.
- Excellent research environment given the close collaboration between the University Hospital Cologne the Research Center Juelich and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
- Exceptional training opportunities professional growth and a structured PhD program.
- Access to advanced neuroimaging facilities and a broad network of leading scientists.
Contact
Dr. Merle HnigTel: Universittsklinikum Kln AR
Geschftsbereich Personal
Kerpener Str. 62
50937 Kln
Application deadline: 11.05.2025
JobID: o7femzcg
We look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you!Employment Type
Part-Time
