PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Japan

The Kiyoto Kasai Laboratory at the International Research Organization for Neurointelligence (IRCN), University of Tokyo, is seeking a specially appointed researcher equivalent to a postdoctoral fellow for a team-science project in translational psychiatry . The research examines the brain pathology of mental illnesses, particularly schizophrenia, using multi-layered data from humans and model animals. The project integrates MRI, omics, molecular biology, peripheral blood samples, and translatio...

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) in Tokyo is recruiting a part-time researcher/postdoctoral equivalent for the Advanced Brain Imaging Research Department at the Institute for Integrated Brain Imaging (IBIC). The project focuses on neuroscience , especially elucidating brain and spinal cord circuits related to human motor and sensory functions. The successful candidate will measure neural activity in the cerebrum, brainstem, and spinal cord using spinal cord functional imaging ,...

RIKEN’s Cognitive Somnology RIKEN Hakubi Research Team is recruiting 2 contract researchers at the Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher level. The project focuses on sleep, cognition, perception, learning, insight, dreams, MRI, EEG, and MRS , with an emphasis on understanding how the sleeping brain shapes human cognition and behavior. The successful candidate will conduct research on human sleep, perception, and cognition using advanced neuroimaging approaches such as simultaneous fMRI,...

RIKEN is recruiting a Senior Researcher or Researcher for the Brain Connectomics Imaging Research Team at the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. This is a fixed-term, contract-based research position focused on neuroscience , MRI , brain connectomics , image analysis , machine learning , AI , and computational science . The successful candidate will work on methods to observe brain function, structure, and connectivity in humans and non-human primates, using MRI-based...