Filip Szczepankiewicz
Principal Investigator
Filip Szczepankiewicz is an associate senior lecturer at the Department of Medical Radiation Physics at Lund University. His research topics include advanced MRI in prostate cancer, MRI methods development and microstructure imaging.
Project in first call:
Pre-clinical exploration of prostate cancer microstructure by MRI and micro-CT
Principal Investigator
Filip Szczepankiewicz is an associate senior lecturer at the Department of Medical Radiation Physics at Lund University. His research topics include advanced MRI in prostate cancer, MRI methods development and microstructure imaging.
Project in first call:
Pre-clinical exploration of prostate cancer microstructure by MRI and micro-CT
Principal Investigator
Filip Szczepankiewicz is an associate senior lecturer at the Department of Medical Radiation Physics at Lund University. His research topics include advanced MRI in prostate cancer, MRI methods development and microstructure imaging.
Project in first call:
Pre-clinical exploration of prostate cancer microstructure by MRI and micro-CT
Short Biography
Dr Filip Szczepankiewicz joined Lund University for his current position as associate senior lecturer at the Department of Medical Radiation Physics in 2022. He obtained his PhD at the same department in 2016, and then continued with postdoctoral positions both at Harvard Medical School (Department of Radiology 2018-2019) and at Lund University (Department of Clinical Sciences 2020).
His current group (MR Physics Group) is broadly composed by participants from several different departments and sections at Lund University and at Skåne University Hospital and it is presently Sweden´s largest research group in its field. The group is active in the field of medical magnetic resonance and has its primary focus on development of new techniques for assessment of functional information related to diffusion, perfusion, cortical activation, and flow. Emerging areas in the group encompass high field-studies using CEST as well as quantitative MRI in the brain and in the musculoskeletal system and low-field MRI for studies of the brain.
AMBER postdoctoral fellowship subject (first call)
Pre-clinical exploration of prostate cancer microstructure by MRI and micro-CT
The main goal of the project is to investigate the relationship between tumor tissue microstructure as measured by MRI and microscopy. By establishing what features of tissue can be captured non-invasively by MRI in vivo, we will propose and validate biomarkers for cancer detection, diagnostics, and monitoring.
The main responsibilities include data acquisition and analysis to support the correlation of histological and MRI-based parameters. This includes working with animal models of prostate cancer at pre-clinical MRI systems both in vivo and ex vivo. We will utilize advanced diffusion and relaxation MRI to investigate tissue microstructure and propose parameters that can serve as diagnostic biomarkers. Depending on the maturity of the project, we may translate the MRI methods to human subjects. To establish an accurate interpretation of the MRI parameters, we map their association to parameters derived from quantitative analysis of light microscopy (2D) and high-resolution X-ray microscopy (3D).
Emphasis is placed on the ability to work interdisciplinary (i.e., in collaboration with researchers, physicians, and international partners) and independently (i.e., through self-initiative, structuring, and planning innovative research.
When appointing the position, the following merits will be considered:
Strong ability to develop and conduct high-quality research.
Pedagogical skills
Experience in experimental work using Bruker MR systems
Experience in analysis of diffusion-weighted MRI.
Experience in light microscopy.
Experience in micro-CT.
Experience in qualitative and/or quantitative analysis of histology.
Location: Lund, Sweden
Organisation: Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Experimental Medical Science
Links
AMBER call in EURAXESS main call (starting point for application)
Filip Szczepankiewicz's profile in Lund University Research portal
Department of Medical Radiation Physics's profile in Lund University Research portal