Postdoctoral Neuroanatomical Image Processing Position at Mitra Lab

Mitra Lab at Cold Spring Harbor is looking for an experienced image processing and analysis expert to serve in a postdoctoral research position. We need someone to work with our team to develop dynamic solutions to the problem of managing and presenting complex scientific data.

Ideal Candidate
* PhD in computational neuroscience or related field (necessary)
* Must have a strong computational and mathematical background
* Must have detailed knowledge of image processing in a scientific context
* Must work well in a team and follow project management guidelines
* Must be comfortable multitasking and working in a self directed manner
* Must have working knowledge of Matlab, Linux
* Familiarity with C/C++
* Conceptual familiarity with 3d graphics programing and concepts
* Willing to work in a focused way on a project
* Experience writing image processing routine to extract signals of interest from images

Pluses
* Trained in computational neuroanatomy in the context of rodent/other histological imaging
* Experience with tractography or the reconstruction of microcircuits from electron microscopy
* Knowledge of registration issues - aligning and registering large images to one another and an atlas
* Experience writing image processing routine to extract signals of interest from images
* Experience processing very large images
* Experience working with the jpeg2000 format
* Experience working with the djkota image server
* Experience working with distributed processing
* Experience with distributed data storage and computational frameworks - MPI (multi-CPU), CUDA (GPU / multi-GPU, Opel CL, etc.
* Experience with V/ITK Visualization and Insight toolkit

Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter, noting especially image processing and neuroscience experience and preferred process for software development and project management, to mitra.lab.jobs@gmail.com.

The details can be found at here.