Open PhD Positions in Computer Science, Medicine, Biology, Radiopharmarmacy, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering

The Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland, opens several PhD (including MD/PhD) positions. Candidates from Computer Science, Medicine, Biology, Radiopharmarmacy, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering or related fields who are interested in working in an interdisciplinary team of international scientists and are motivated to develop/establish state-of-the-art technologies and methods for molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy in clinical and/or preclinical settings are encouraged to apply.

The Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Bern is equipped with the world's leading molecular imaging equipment and is integrated into a strong network of clinical, preclinical and biomedical engineering research in Bern with national and international collaborations. Salaries for these positions are in line with the University of Bern standard. Candidates are expected to have

• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent command of English
• A strong motivation for clinical translational research

and in-depth knowledge in at least one of the following areas:

• Molecular biology, organoid and preclinical experiments
• Radiopharmaceutical implementation and characterisation of diagnostic and therapeutic tracers
• Tumour imaging, clinical oncology and data analysis
• Semiconductor detectors, nuclear physics and Monte Carlo simulation
• Machine learning, deep learning and Python programming
• Image processing, computer vision and programming in related languages
• Computational simulation, finite element method and related language programming

Applicants are requested to send a motivation letter, CV and two recommendation letters to Prof. Dr. Kuangyu Shi, Prof. Dr. Axel Rominger and PD Dr. Robert Seifert, email: kuangyu.shi@dbmr.unibe.ch,axel.rominger@insel.ch and robert.seifert@unibe.ch

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