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          style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Postdoctoral
          position: Adaptive optics imaging of retinal blood flow</span></b></p>
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          style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>A
        postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of <a
href="http://aria.cvs.rochester.edu/our_work/blood_flow.html#&panel1-3">Jesse
          Schallek </a> at the University of Rochester </span><span
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          style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
href="http://aria.cvs.rochester.edu/our_work/blood_flow.html#&panel1-3">(LINK: 
            http://aria.cvs.rochester.edu/our_work/blood_flow.html ) </a></span>.
        The research position
        will deploy advance imaging technology, including adaptive
        optics, to study
        capillary blood flow and hemodynamic regulation in the living
        retina.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>By imaging
        single blood cells in the living
        eye, our research <span style="color:black">seeks to better
          understand the blood
          flow in the smallest vessels of the body and how this flow is
          disrupted in
          human diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma,
          Alzheimer's disease and
          others.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Research will
          be conducted in
          human patients and animal models of disease.<span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
          </span></span></span></p>
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          1">            </span>The postdoctoral fellow will work in
        the collaborative
        environment of the <a href="http://aria.cvs.rochester.edu/">Advanced
          Retinal
          Imaging Alliance</a> of the University of Rochester.<span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>This group includes the
        research efforts of
        David Williams, Bill Merigan, Jennifer Hunter, Mina Chung and
        Jesse
        Schallek.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The
        postdoctoral trainee will
        benefit from collaborative interactions in this group toward
        novel ophthalmic
        imaging design and study of retinal function. </span></p>
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          style="mso-tab-count:
          1">            </span>Candidates will be recruited from two
        areas of
        focus:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>1) those with
        strong backgrounds
        in blood flow study of the brain or other tissues or 2) those
        with exemplary
        technical backgrounds with brain or retina imaging technologies.<span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><u>We encourage applicants
          from outside the
          field of ophthalmology.</u></span></p>
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          style="mso-tab-count:
          1">            </span>Outstanding applicants will have
        training in one or more
        of the following fields: <u>retinal imaging technology
          (including OCT and
          adaptive optics), BOLD fMRI mechanisms, intrinsic signal
          optical imaging, study
          of diabetic retinopathy or study of microvascular disease (in
          other tissues)</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Candidates
        with either biology or engineering
        focus will be suitable for this position.</span></p>
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        style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Applicants
        should have a PhD, MD or equivalent training.<span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
        </span>Senior graduate students nearing completion of their
        degree are strongly
        encouraged to apply.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Openings
        are
        available immediately and position will remain open until
        qualified individual
        is identified.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Appointment
        is for 1 year
        and may be extended up to 3 years depending on progress and
        review. </span></p>
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        style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Interested
        applicants should send CV and names/contact information of
        references to <a href="mailto:jschall3@ur.rochester.edu">jschall3@ur.rochester.edu</a><span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Please include a cover
        letter detailing your
        current research activities, expertise and the reasons for your
        interest in the
        position.</span></p>
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        style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">More
        information about research projects in the lab can be found at:
      </span></p>
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        href="http://aria.cvs.rochester.edu/our_work/blood_flow.html"><span
          style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://aria.cvs.rochester.edu/our_work/blood_flow.html</span></a><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p>
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      text-autospace:none"><a href="http://aria.cvs.rochester.edu"><span
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    <pre>Jesse Schallek, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology,
Neuroscience and the Center for Visual Science
Flaum Eye Institute
University of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 319
Rochester, NY 14620

Phone: (585)-273-4848
Email: <a href="http://visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/visionlist_visionscience.com">jschall3 at ur.rochester.edu</a>
Office Location: G-4113</pre>
     
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