Summary of Job Purpose and Principal Duties

A position has become available within the Institute for Medical Science & Technology with Professor Andreas Melzer for a Post Doctoral Research Assistant to develop, implement and validate a multi-level model for moving abdominal organs for use with FUS and Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery which has been funded by FP7 project Trans-FUSIMO.

The position is available for 36 months.

The successful applicant will join an international team in an exciting and interactive environment, equipped to the highest international standards. IMSaT houses GE’s first European Centre of Excellence for MRI guided Interventions and Surgery including 3 Tesla MRI suite and CT arm. It is fully equipped with all required facilities for interventional surgical research including the latest HiFU focused ultrasound system ExAblate with body and conformal system. Ultrasonic, Photonic and cell-tissue culture biolab. IMSaT is also linked to the new Clinical Research Centre nearby at the Ninewells Hospital campus, where CRC host the world’s first MR/PET/CT surgical suite with Siemens 3T and the new mCT 128 PET/CT combined to a multi-purpose interventional surgical suit.

The University of Dundee is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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