Preclinical Imaging Specialist

NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.

At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 42,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.

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The MR Core facility at NTNU, Trondheim is offering a full-time, permanent position within preclinical imaging.

The MR Core Facility  offers state of the art preclinical in vivo imaging facilities. Instrumentation includes a Bruker 7 T Biospec equipped with cryocoil, X-nuclei coils, and PET insert for simultaneous MRI & PET acquisitions; whole body optical imaging system (IVIS), and a small animal ultrasound imaging system with photoacoustics (Vevo LAZR-X).

In addition to the preclinical in vivo imaging opportunities, we have a clinical 3 T Siemens Skyra, two high resolution Bruker 600 MHz spectrometers, which are predominantly used for HR-MAS and biofluid analysis, as well as a MALDI system (Bruker Rapiflex) for metabolic imaging and GCMS equipment for metabolic analysis.

NTNU is a leading centre for technology and research within Norway, and the MR Core aims to provide excellent services for our customers. The preclinical imaging facility is leading the Norwegian Molecular Imaging Infrastructure (NORMOLIM) which is a national research infrastructure on the Research Council of Norway Norwegian road map and a node in the Euro-BioImaging ERIC which has 17 European member countries.

As a member of MR Core you will have the opportunity to work alongside researchers from a multitude of fields, including cancer , neuroscience , ultrasound , exercise and health as well as corporate customers from SINTEF and from outside of the health sciences.

The main responsibilities of the position are developing and advertising the preclinical imaging opportunities to attract new customers, training and assisting users on our Bruker 7 T Biospec small animal MR system, helping users with study design, planning and analysis of imaging experiments, maintaining the lab and instruments, and carrying out QA-routines on the systems. You will also have the opportunity to attend and present research results at international conferences.

We seek a motivated applicant who will bring expertise to our team, drive research, and actively seek to increase preclinical lab activity. We would prefer the successful applicant to be available to start as soon as possible.