PhD in Neuroimaging & Genetics: Cross-Species Mapping

Laplace Expert Ltd; Amsterdam; Remote; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers a PhD Position in Neuroimaging, LLM Genetics and Cross Species Comparison within the Connectome Lab. The project explores variation in brain organisation across individuals and species and links genetics to brain connectivity, using MRI processing, tractography, and cross-species analyses.

The role involves reproducible method development, data analysis, and contribution to publications.

Qualifications

• Education: MSc in a relevant neuroscience, genetics, computational or quantitative discipline.
• Experience: Scientific programming and computational data preparation; familiarity with neuroimaging quality control and ML is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Structural/diffusion/resting-state MRI processing.
• Tractography and connectivity analysis.
• Genetics integration including GWAS.

Skills

Structural MRI

Diffusion MRI

Resting-state fMRI

LLMs

Python

Connectomics

GWAS

FreeSurfer

FSL

Education

MSc in neuroscience/ Genetics/ computational/ quantitative field

Tools

FreeSurfer

FSL

Job description

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers a PhD Position in Neuroimaging, LLM Genetics and Cross Species Comparison within the Connectome Lab. The project explores variation in brain organisation across individuals and species and links genetics to brain connectivity, using MRI processing, tractography, and cross-species analyses.

The role involves reproducible method development, data analysis, and contribution to publications.