PhD student (M/W) in cognitive science, neuroscience and neuroimaging
KEY WORDS
brain, cognition, behaviour
CITY
Toulouse
COUNTRY
France
DETAILS OF THE OFFER
Working place: The Brain and Cognition Research Center (CerCo) is a CNRS-University Mixed Research Unit located at the Pavillon Baudot in the hospital Purpan in Toulouse
Missions:
The recruited PhD student will participate in setting up and monitoring the Locus-Tau clinical study, an ancillary study to the INSPIRE-T cohort managed by the Toulouse University Hospital. This study aims to assess the value of imaging and eye-tracking measurements to quantify the progression of pathological phospho-Tau lesions (characteristic of Alzheimer's disease) in the nervous system of older individuals. The PhD student will develop the software tools dedicated to the analysis and processing of the data collected in the project (PET and MRI images, eye-tracking signals, behavioral data). He or she will implement the data acquisition protocols, supervise the progress of acquisitions during the study (start scheduled for early 2024) in collaboration with the various partners (Inserm TONIC, Toulouse University Hospital), and ensure quality control, analysis and processing of the data acquired using the tools put in place. She or he will write scientific articles and abstracts, and present at conferences, to communicate the results of the project.
Activities
Bibliographic watch and synthesis in connection with the Locus-Tau project
Development of post-processing tools for MRI and PET images and eye-tracking signals (Matlab software) according to specifications to be defined within the team
Implementation of the storage of MRI, PET, eye-tracking and behavioral data before and during the clinical study; implementation of data sharing between the partners responsible for the clinical study
Supervision of the handing over of the visits of the volunteers (examinations by MRI, PET and eye tracking) as part of the clinical study
Analysis of the data collected using statistical models to be defined in the team, to meet the hypotheses of the study
Communication of results in national and international conferences
Writing scientific articles describing and interpreting the results
Qualifications:
Skills
Bibliographic reading in English in a multidisciplinary field
Scientific writing in English
Skills for synthesis in writing and orally in English
Programming expertise (Matlab software) for the analysis and processing of biological data
Skills in digital signal and image processing methods
Skills in the use of statistical tools
Mastery of the rigor of an experimental approach
Very good communication skills allowing to interact with researchers, engineers and technicians of different profiles (clinicians, neuroscientists, computer scientists, physicists)
