Image Analysis Core Manager

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Department of Neurobiology

At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, we know what can be achieved when the brightest scientific minds face the fewest barriers. That’s why we provide world-class facilities. State-of-the-art technologies. Extraordinary support. And a collaborative, bench-to-bedside environment where you can see, firsthand, how your science translates into survival for the children we serve. Quite simply, at St. Jude, we give you everything you need to be the force behind the cures.

The world-renowned investigators in the St. Jude Department of Developmental Neurobiology seek an Image Analysis Core Manager to manage research and development of computational approaches to analyze microscopy images at large scales and high throughput.

If you have proven experience in computer vision, image processing, machine learning, and imagery data mining, then this is a unique opportunity for you to lead efforts to design novel algorithms that will enable our scientists to understand vital biological processes and make a difference in pediatric cancer research.

In this role, you’ll collaborate with some of the world’s greatest scientific minds and contribute to studies aimed at understanding brain development and the pathophysiological basis of brain tumors using breakthrough imaging technologies, including the newly developed Lattice Light Sheet Microscope.

The Image Analysis Core Manager will be responsible to:

*  Perform computational image analysis using extant software packages and custom designed algorithms to visualize and quantitate biologically relevant metrics. Projects include neuronal progenitor/cancer stem cell biology, cell motility/metastasis, epigenetics/chromatin organization, cell polarity, and synapse function.
*  Collaborate with an external software development team in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Imaging, Signals and Machine Learning R&D group to research and design machine-learning based computational approaches to meet the needs of rapidly evolving research.
*  Curate, store, update, and share bioimaging analysis software packages or custom developed algorithms.
*  Serve as liaison with St. Jude Computational Biology and Information Sciences Departments to facilitate the efforts in these areas.
*  Train and support user-directed operation of computational tools when necessary.

Qualifications include:

*         Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (required)

*         A minimum of three (3) years of experience in computing or statistical data analysis that includes programming experience in MATLAB

*         Experience using Imaris, Amira, ImageJ or Fiji programs and operating within a Linux system is preferred

*         Experience with microscopy preferred but not essential. Duties may include assisting with experimental design or data acquisition if there are sufficient hands-on experience with microscopy hardware

Ideal candidates will possess:

*         Awareness of, and commitment to, the St. Jude mission

*         Natural leadership skills

*         A passion for collaboration

*         Ability to work in a rapidly-changing environment

St. Jude is based in Memphis, TN with relocation assistance available if needed. Memphis is a family-friendly metropolitan area that more than one million people call home. Memphis is recognized for its world-class music, food and hospitality. Cost of living is one of the biggest attractions; in fact Money listed Memphis as one of the least expensive cities in which to raise a child. Mild winters and beautiful green spaces are part of the reasons why Forbes recently named Memphis the 4th happiest city in which to work.

Apply now at: https://research-stjude.icims.com/jobs/1075/bioimage-informatics-specialist/job

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. St. Jude does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, sex, genetic information, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, veteran’s status or disabled veteran’s status with respect to employment opportunities.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment.  St. Jude engages in affirmative action to increase employment opportunities for minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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Staff Scientist in Image Analysis at IST Austria

(f/m) [full time]

(http://ist.ac.at/about-ist-austria/open-positions/scientific-services/).

Staff Scientists at IST Austria pursue research projects together with professors, serving as collaborators with expertise normally not present within research groups. They are associated with Scientific Service Units (SSUs) that provide their service for research groups on campus and take continuous efforts to position the SSUs to best support research at IST Austria.

***Responsibilities***

–        Collaboration with researchers in projects that include image processing, shape quantification, tracking of changes and other such data analysis tools

–        Development of novel algorithms for shape description and image processing

–        Development of visualization tools Improvement and customization of existing tools

–        Formalization and development of topological descriptors of data

***Requirements***

–        PhD in computer science, physics or applied mathematics (or related areas)

–        Knowledge of computational geometry and topology, image processing, shape description, data visualization and software development

–        Familiarity with biological data is a plus

–        Experience of working in interdisciplinary projects is advantageous

–        Very good English skills and strong team player with excellent communication skills

We offer a minimum salary of EUR 4.107 gross/month, with possible pay increase depending on education, qualification and work experience. The position is limited to five years, with the possibility of extension.

Interested candidates should submit their application online ***by February 28, 2017 at https://apply.app.ist.ac.at/ ***.

The Institut Pasteur and members of the LabEX REVIVE (http://www.revive.fr/en) are looking to recruit a motivated candidate to join the light imaging facility of the Institut Pasteur (the Imagopole, https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/imagopole/) and support researchers of the LabEX REVIVE with image analysis and processing techniques.

The LabEX REVIVE is a consortium of research units focusing on fundamental biology of stem cells and their clinical applications. Many of the consortium activities rely on cutting edge imaging techniques. To foster, enrich and accelerate its research, the consortium seeks the help of an engineer specialized in Image Analysis for Life Sciences. The position is for a Pasteur facility engineer, 3-years fixed term until end of December 2019. It involves Service and Development activities. Importantly, a strong feature of the consortium activities involve the generation of very large images. The candidate is expected to help researchers with the challenges of large images manipulation, analysis and processing.

The Institut Pasteur is the home of the Icy software (http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/) and some important Fiji projects (http://imagej.net/TrackMate, http://imagej.net/MaMuT, …). It offers a stimulating scientific environment and excellent working conditions. This position prompts for exciting developments in the field of software tools for Life Sciences.

Mission: – Support researchers with their request in image analysis. Establish analysis pipelines, train researchers to use them, execute sensitive parts. – Design / implement software tools for quantitative image analysis and treatment. These will cover various fields such as fluorescence quantification, tracking, segmentation, and importantly large images manipulation and analysis. – Advise and train researchers on imaging analysis techniques.

Technical skills: – University degree (Master degree or, ideally, a PhD) or engineer school in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent qualification, specialized in image treatment and analysis. – Proven experience applying and/or developing image analysis tools using Fiji/ImageJ, Icy, MATLAB, or directly in Java or Python. – Strong programming skills in Java, Python or equivalent. – Experience in advanced light microscopy is welcome but not required. – Knowledge in Cell Biology, Developmental Biology is an asset.

Soft skills: – Ability to manage projects autonomously: plan, schedule, report and deliver. – Pedagogy: train and support users with a set of technical skills orthogonal to theirs. – Ability to work within in very multidisciplinary environment: biology / microscopy / image analysis. – Communicate in English (oral, written).

Application procedure: The formal application should be submitted by e-mail to: fschweis@pasteur.fr & tinevez@pasteur.fr . Suitable candidates are requested to submit a Curriculum Vitae, including full address, a contact phone number and email address, plus any document that might help with recruitment.

PhD position in Computerized Image Processing

Published: 2016-10-31

Uppsala University is an international research university focused on the development of science and education. Our most important assets are all the individuals who with their curiosity and their dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting work places. Uppsala University has 40,000 students, 7,000 employees and a turnover of SEK 6,5 billion.

The Department of Information Technology (http://www.it.uu.se/) currently has about 280 employees, including 30 professors, 110 academic teachers/researchers and 115 PhD students. More than 4000 students study one or more courses at the department each year. We cover a wide range of topics, grouped into five themes: Computer Systems, Computing Science, Scientific Computing, Systems & Control and Visual Information & Interaction. Each of these themes is in itself a major subject area, where we both conduct basic research and have projects with links to applications in for example Engineering, Biology, Medicine, Economy and Psychology. The broad scientific foundation is reflected in a large number of collaborations across academic disciplines as well as with industry and the public sector.

Research project: Imaging and image analysis are a large part of modern medicine. Advanced imaging techniques are available, however surveys show that less than half of the captured images are quantitatively analysed. Automation of image analysis and efficient utilization of the acquired data are a necessity for cost effective health care. The proposed PhD project will be focused on development of the theoretical foundation for a novel class of methods applicable to multiscale and multimodal image analysis and on validation of these methods in challenging research and clinical bio-medical applications.

Methods applicable in object detection, recognition, registration, and quantitative object characterization will be developed, primarily targeting applications in microscopy. Research will be linked to a larger project aiming to facilitate multiscale ultrastructural analysis of transmission electron microscopy images. Of particular interest is to generalize the developed methods to analysis of heterogeneous information-rich data, coming from different sources (e.g., acquired from a same sample by different microscopy techniques).

The project will be conducted at the Centre for Image Analysis within the Division of Visual Information and Interaction.

Qualifications: The candidate must have (at the time of the start of the project) a Master of Science degree in computer science, mathematics, or related areas relevant to the PhD topics. Good programming skills, excellent study results, good communication skills, good command of both spoken and written English, are required. Expertise and experience in digital image processing and analysis are meriting. Prior knowledge of Swedish is not required.

For additional information please check the job offer page.

Job offer for an Engineer in Image Analysis at the Institut Pasteur / LabEX REVIVE 

The Institut Pasteur and members of the LabEX REVIVE (http://www.revive.fr/en) are looking to recruit a motivated candidate to join the light imaging facility of the Institut Pasteur (the Imagopole, https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/imagopole/) and support researchers of the LabEX REVIVE with image analysis and processing techniques.

The LabEX REVIVE is a consortium of research units focusing on fundamental biology of stem cells and their clinical applications. Many of the consortium activities rely on cutting edge imaging techniques. To foster, enrich and accelerate its research, the consortium seeks the help of an engineer specialized in Image Analysis for Life Sciences. The position is for a Pasteur facility engineer, 3-years fixed term until end of December 2019. It involves Service and Development activities. Importantly, a strong feature of the consortium activities involve the generation of very large images. The candidate is expected to help researchers with the challenges of large images manipulation, analysis and processing.

The Institut Pasteur is the home of the Icy software (http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/) and some important Fiji projects (http://imagej.net/TrackMate, http://imagej.net/MaMuT, …). It offers a stimulating scientific environment and excellent working conditions. This position prompts for exciting developments in the field of software tools for Life Sciences.

Mission: – Support researchers with their request in image analysis. Establish analysis pipelines, train researchers to use them, execute sensitive parts. – Design / implement software tools for quantitative image analysis and treatment. These will cover various fields such as fluorescence quantification, tracking, segmentation, and importantly large images manipulation and analysis. – Advise and train researchers on imaging analysis techniques.

Technical skills: – University degree (Master degree or, ideally, a PhD) or engineer school in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent qualification, specialized in image treatment and analysis. – Proven experience applying and/or developing image analysis tools using Fiji/ImageJ, Icy, MATLAB, or directly in Java or Python. – Strong programming skills in Java, Python or equivalent. – Experience in advanced light microscopy is welcome but not required. – Knowledge in Cell Biology, Developmental Biology is an asset.

Soft skills: – Ability to manage projects autonomously: plan, schedule, report and deliver. – Pedagogy: train and support users with a set of technical skills orthogonal to theirs. – Ability to work within in very multidisciplinary environment: biology / microscopy / image analysis. – Communicate in English (oral, written).

Application procedure: The formal application should be submitted by e-mail to: fschweis@pasteur.fr & tinevez@pasteur.fr . Suitable candidates are requested to submit a Curriculum Vitae, including full address, a contact phone number and email address, plus any document that might help with recruitment.