Post-doctoral position: Marie Curie funded job opportunity (Host Driven Action - Research and Training Network) for Experienced Researcher (4-10 years of experience).
Place of work: Laboratoire de RMN, University of Lyon, France
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 2 years
Start date: 01/05/2007
Deadline for application: 01/04/2007
Job title: Clinical applications of HP Helium3 MRI
Profile: PhD with background in biomedical MRI. The candidate will have strong experience in imaging sequence development and MR physics applied to the biomedical field.
Job description:  The research objectives will focus on investigation of lung functional changes in cystic fibrosis and COPD patients using Hyperpolarized Helium3. Clinical investigations will rely on the development and the implementation of standardized and optimized imaging protocols (gas delivery, imaging sequence, image acquisition parameters, image analysis, etc). The post-doc fellow will be encouraged to participate in ongoing collaborations with other researchers across Europe, with multiple opportunities to visit leading international academic and industrial laboratories and to attend taught summer schools.
Environment: The work will take place in the NMR laboratory located on the Campus of the Lyon University. Clinical studies will be performed on a whole-body research scanner (Sonata, Siemens) with Helium3 imaging capabilities located on the hospital site in connection with radiologists and clinicians. Lyon, the second largest urban area in France, is the second research and development pole in France with approximately 17 500 researchers. Located at the crossroads of northern and southern Europe (2 hours drive from Alps ski resorts and 3 hours from Mediterranean coast), the city, part of the World Heritage List, offers a wide range of cultural and outdoors activities.
Funding: The project is funded as part of the EU- 6th Framework Program - Research and Training Network "PHELINET" (Polarised Helium Lung Imaging Network, 2007-2011, information posted on http://www.phil.ens.fr). As a consequence, specific rules with trans-national mobility conditions apply for recruitment. 
Gross amount of employment contract: 49210 euros/year. Recruited researchers in Marie Curie RTNs also receive travel, mobility, and relocation allowances.
Restrictive conditions: For detailed information about the rules of mobility and conditions of nationality applicable to eligible researchers, please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/. In particular: 1/The candidate should preferably (but not exclusively) be a national of EU Member or Associated States, excluding France; 2/ At the date of appointment, she/he should not have resided or worked in France for more than 12 months in the last 3 years. PHELINET recruitment is based on an equal opportunity policy. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Contact: For more information on the project, please contact Yannick Crmillieux, Senior researcher, PHELINET Network Coordinator, Laboratoire de RMN, University of Lyon, Tel +33-(0)472448208
e-mail: Yannick.cremillieux@univ-lyon1.fr.

