A research scientist appointment is available at the Omneuron 3T MRI 
Research center, a private venture developing and exploring applications 
of functional brain imaging in Palo Alto California (next door to Stanford 
University).  This NIH-funded position offers an opportunity to lead in 
the early development and experimental applications of an exciting new 
imaging technology, heading part of a multidisciplinary team.  The primary 
focus areas will be conducting experiments using existing functional brain 
imaging technology already in routine use at Omneuron and Stanford, and 
also the development of new technology and methods.  This approach is 
proving to have important new research and clinical applications, with a 
number of publications recently published or in press and a strong 
expectation for future publication.  We have a fast-paced and 
collaborative team pursuing a variety of cognitive science and clinical 
research goals.  Primary principal investigators involved in this research 
program to date: Dr. Christopher deCharms, Dr. John Gabrieli, Dr. Sean 
Mackey, Dr. Gary Glover, Dr. John Pauly.

RESOURCES

The project team and person filling this position will have full and 
essentially unlimited scan time access to a newly-installed 3T MRI scanner 
at our center.  This position is fully-funded through multiple currently-
active NIH grants.

CANDIDATE

The successful candidate will be at the doctoral level or above 
(additional positions will be advertised soon at MSc/BSc level).  We are 
looking for someone who is a demonstrated leader in their research: 
exceptionally highly motivated and hard working, outstanding past research 
success, and very strong references. Passion to pursue research that makes 
a real, practical difference is central. fMRI background preferred, but 
not essential. Quantitative/ analytical skills, programming and data or 
signal processing experience will also be valuable. We are only accepting 
applicants with significant prior physical/biological science research 
background. 

THE POTENTIAL FOR FUNCTIONAL IMAGING TO HAVE AN IMPACT

Functional imaging has had a dramatic impact on brain research, but to 
date has had very limited application beyond the research setting.  We 
believe that functional neuroimaging has the potential to move beyond 
brain research, and to impact the lives of millions of people as it 
develops in the future. Over the past two decades, MRI has gone from being 
a newly developed technology to being an essential research method and a 
vital clinical diagnostic applied in more than 100 million procedures per 
year. Today, it is possible for the first time to image the patterns of 
brain activation taking place in real time during cognitive and behavioral 
processes. Our team is dedicated to finding the key research and clinical 
applications of functional imaging.  Our group has recently developed the 
capability to guide behavioral experiments based upon real time fMRI and 
demonstrated, for example, that subjects can learn direct and explicit 
control over activation in localized brain areas, & thereby impact both 
behavior and disease symptoms.   

Links to recent research articles and extensive press coverage can be 
found at: http://www.omneuron.com/technology.html


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