PhD position in X-ray based 3D virtual histopathology for studying metastases evolution in colorectal cancer
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Further development and optimization of 3D virtual histopathology by X-ray phase contrast micro-CT for metastasis formation in colorectal cancer using FFPE blocks Correlation with 2D and other 3D microscopic techniques Development of corresponding image analysis and signal extraction methods Establishment of a unique 3D micro-CT histology data base for colorectal tumor metastasis data management, data treatment and contribution to data science and ML methods and analysis Your profile
If you would like to make a major impact on 2D and 3D cancer diagnostic and revolutionize digital pathology, you are highly motivated, communicative and passionate working in an interdisciplinary field and fulfill the following criteria:
Further development and optimization of 3D virtual histopathology by X-ray phase contrast micro-CT for metastasis formation in colorectal cancer using FFPE blocks Correlation with 2D and other 3D microscopic techniques Development of corresponding image analysis and signal extraction methods Establishment of a unique 3D micro-CT histology data base for colorectal tumor metastasis data management, data treatment and contribution to data science and ML methods and analysis Your profile
If you would like to make a major impact on 2D and 3D cancer diagnostic and revolutionize digital pathology, you are highly motivated, communicative and passionate working in an interdisciplinary field and fulfill the following criteria:
- Completed Master`s degree in biomedical engineering, physics or similar.
- Have strong hands-on lab skills
- Have some experience with X-ray methods and/or imaging
- Experience in digital image processing and machine learning methods for image processing is a plus
- Have preferably some additional experience in the biomedical domain
- Have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree
- Fluent in English, (German is beneficial)
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