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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bone and Joint Biomechanics, Sheffield, UK

Job Title:
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bone and Joint Biomechanics

Description:
A PostDoc position for a highly motivated research scientist to work on a study
funded by the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction
of the usage of animals in research (NC3Rs).
The project aims to enhance the assessment of bone and joint properties in
preclinical studies (mouse models), by combining longitudinal high-resolution
imaging, advanced image processing and computational modelling to non-
invasively measure bone strength from the in vivo images. In this project the
post-holder will create and validate computational models for the prediction of
bone strength at each time point in mice scanned with in vivo microCT that allows for high-resolution scans of the mice tibia. Moreover, the post-holder will adapt our protocols to study in details bone changes in the mouse knee to evaluate the effect of OA. Finally, they will be involved in the design and creation of an online service that measures automatically the bone properties in different portions of the tibia and that can be used worldwide by other researchers.
The post will be based at the Insigneo Institute for In silico Medicine and the
Mellanby Centre for Bone Research in Sheffield. Applicants should hold a PhD in
Engineering, Physics or related disciplines (or being close to submit), be familiar
with experimental, imaging, image processing and computational modelling
techniques for assessment of bone properties. Willingness to use the developed
skills towards the 3Rs is essential. The post is full time for 30 months. The post
holder will report to Dr Enrico Dall’Ara.

Contact: e.dallara@sheffield.ac.uk
Start position: 1 st Dec 2017
Duration: 30 months
Closing application: 24 th October 2017

Link Application (use in Keywords: “UOS017290”):
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Salary: Grade 7; £30,175 to £38,183 per annum


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