Research Software Associate – Imaging

Rosalind Franklin Institute

The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a national Research Centre, funded by the UK government through UK Research and Innovation, dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary research and technology. As Research Software Engineer - Imaging you will be responsible for the delivery of the imaging strategy for the imaging software elements of the Franklin. Primarily this will be in the area of X-ray and electron Microscopy analysis, including tomography segmentation and analysis. 

Role overview:

The Rosalind Franklin Institute is looking to recruit a Research Software Associate (RSA) as part of its Artificial Intelligence & Informatics theme, specifically to work on developing and implementing segmentation strategies. Working with the Image Analysis team, you will provide support for segmentation of a wide range of biological 3D data from X-ray imaging of zebra placentas to electron tomography of viruses inside of a cell. 

We are currently looking for a Research Software Associate – Imaging with excellent skills in the following areas:

• Practical experience with image/volume processing using imaging techniques (e.g., tomographic reconstruction, segmentation or model fitting software) especially with respect to electron or X-ray tomography of biological samples.
• Comfortable with basic command line, Jupyter notebook or script writing and usage. 

Responsibilities

You will:

• Use automated segmentation approaches within the SuRVoS2 ecosystem for segmentation and processing of microscopy images/volumes.
• Use visualisation tools within the Napari or other image rendering frameworks for manuscript and presentation preparation.
• Attend scientific seminars and meetings to keep up to date with developments in software and methodology.
• Disseminate results through participating in the manuscript preparation process and presenting at scientific meetings.
• Contribute to the public engagement in the science programme of the Franklin, especially through the Science Scribbler program.

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About us: The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a new national Research Centre, funded by the UK government through UK Research and Innovation, dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary research and technology.

Location: The Franklin is based in Harwell Campus, UK’s innovation hub and well-established as one of the leading science and innovation campuses in Europe. 

The Franklin’s underlying aim is to produce the best science for research today, and this means resolutely embracing a diverse team, who have a wide range of experiences, skills and knowledge to push forward on the innovative work our institution delivers. Both our work and our institution are better for it. For further information, view our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. 

At the Rosalind Franklin Institute we welcome applications from all around the world!

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Closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 31st March 2024; however, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we find the right candidate.

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