PhD position Univ. Reading, EEG-fMRI of affective states

Dear all,

A PhD position is available at the Brain Embodiments Lab, School of Systems Engineering,

University of Reading, UK, on an EPSRC funded project "Brain-Computer Interface for Monitoring and Inducing Affective States". The project aims to use coupled EEG-fMRI to inform a Brain-Computer Interface application. It is in collaboration with partners at the Univ. of Plymouth, and will include regular progress meetings at both sites.
Supervision will be provided by Dr. Slawomir Nasuto, Dr. Etienne Roesch and Dr. Tom Johnstone.

We are seeking an outstanding and highly motivated PhD candidate to work within the above framework. Ideally, applicants should hold degrees in relevant subjects, i.e. cog psychology, neuroscience, cybernetics, engineering, physics, mathematics or computer science. The candidate should have good analytic skills, and knowledge of signal processing and statistics, good programming skills (Matlab, Python or C/C++). Due to restrictions on the funding, this studentship is only open to candidates from the UK/EU and those with permit to live and work in the UK. The position aims to start on the 1st of October, and lasts 36 months.

Deadline to apply : May 15th.

Link to the official job post: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEG337/phd-studentship/
Please apply directly to the Univ. of Reading (reference of the position GS12-01): http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.aspx

Should you have more questions, feel free to contact me or Dr. Slawomir Nasuto <s.j.nasuto@reading.ac.uk>.

Best regards,

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Dr. Etienne Roesch

Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics

Reading, RG66AL, United-Kingdom

http://etienneroes.ch/

PhD Scholarships on Machine Learning for Neuroscience

The Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI) at the University of Trento and its research partner Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), invites applications for 2 open PhD positions in the area of Machine Learning for Neuroscience, both of them covered by scholarship.

The deadline for applications is May 15, 2012, before 13:00, CET.

The PhD research program aims at carrying out research activity on machine learning methodologies for neuroscientific data analysis. The main goal is the design and the deployment of machine learning algorithms for neuroimaging-based neuroscience investigations. The research focuses on three specific tasks: brain decoding, brain mapping and brain connectivity. The challenge is to design effective computational methods for multivariate pattern analysis.

The PhD research program will take place at NILab, the Neuroinformatics Laboratory raised as a joint initiative of the Bruno Kessler Foundation and the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) of the University of Trento.

The grant amount is approximately 13.500 euro per year, before taxes. Students who win the PhD scholarship will also have the tuition fee waived. Additional support from the Province of Trento is available for accomodation, which amounts approximately 1250 euro per year.

Exceptional candidates may obtain an additional internship grant to join NILab earlier, i.e. between notification of acceptance, June 2012, and the beginning of the PhD Scholarship, November 2012.

Details on the PhD School and a link to the online application are provided below. For further information, please contact info.nilab@fbk.eu.

Links
- PhD School: http://ict.unitn.it/
- DISI: http://disi.unitn.it
- FBK: http://www.fbk.eu
- NILab: http://nilab.fbk.eu
- CIMeC: http://www.cimec.unitn.it

Post-doctoral research position in neural coding at Italian Institute of Technology

Post-doctoral research position within the Si-Code EU-funded project available at Italian Institute of Technology -Centre for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems in Trento (Italy)

Applications are sought for a post-doctoral researcher to work in computational neuroscience within the European FP7 FET Open project with acronym “Si-Code” and full title “Towards new Brain-Machine Interfaces: state-dependent information coding”. The position is available from the summer 2012 for a period of two years (renewable).
The Si-Code project, coordinate by Prof. Stefano Panzeri, stems from the observation that cortical responses to external correlates do not depend only on these correlates, but also on state variables characterizing the state of ongoing intrinsic activity. The project aims at understanding how cortical state variables influence cortical processing of sensory and motor information, and how understanding of state-dependent neural information may improve bidirectional Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs). The project as a whole gathers a large interdisciplinary team comprising computational and experimental neuroscientists and neuroengineers in Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

The postdoctoral candidate will be working in the Centre for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems in Trento (Italy), under the supervision of Prof. S. Panzeri. Building on previous work of the laboratory (see Panzeri et al, Trends Neurosci 2010 and QuianQuiroga and Panzeri, Nature Reviews Neurosci 2009 for reviews), the postdoctoral scientist will design, implement and apply information theoretic algorithms that quantify how neural response variables expressing both neural responses to stimuli and the state of ongoing activity at the time of stimulus presentation combine to transmit and process information. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in numerate sciences (physics, mathematics, engineering or informatics), and a keen interest in applying her/his numerate background to making breakthroughs in the understanding of the brain.

The postdoctoral researcher will be based for most of his/her time at the IIT, supervised by internationally recognized experts and will have access to state-of-the-art equipment and laboratories. Proficiency in English is required.

Salary depends on qualification and experience and the gross salary range tipically spans from 35k to 40k Euros per year.

Interested applicants should contact Stefano Panzeri (stefano.panzeri@iit.it) for any informal queries. For a formal application, the candidate will submit CV, list of publications, a statement of research interests, and two reference letters by e-mail both to stefano.panzeri@iit.it and  Sara Maistrelli (Cncs_selezioni@iit.it). The web page of the lab can be found at: http://cncs.iit.it/research-labs/neural-computation.html

The deadline for the application is May 1st, 2012

The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (http://www.iit.it) is a private law Foundation, created with special Government Law no. 269 of September 30th 2003, with the objective of promoting Italy's technological development and higher education in science and technology. Research at IIT is carried out in highly innovative scientific fields with state-of-the-art technology.

Postdoctoral position in motor control

Please contact Prof. Della-Maggiore (vdellamaggiore@fmed.uba.ar) if you are interested in the following postdoctoral position in the lively city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Cordially, Joaquin

The Physiology of Action Lab (www.physiologyofactionlab.info) is looking for a
candidate to fill a postdoctoral position in the Department of Physiology of
the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Labortory focuses on Human
Behavioral Neuroscience, particularly in the area of motor control. We use
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, EEG and
psychophysics to study the neural mechanisms at the basis of different aspects
of motor control. These include motor resonance and action understanding
during action observation, online motor control and motor learning. Plastic
changes induced by learning and stroke are also main interests of the lab.

We are looking for a Ph.D. with a background in Neuroscience and, preferably,
with experience in one ore more of the techniques used in the lab, and data
analysis. Candidates with knowledge of Matlab would have priority. The postdoc
is funded by a fellowship from the National Agency for the Promotion of
Science and Technology (Argentina). Interested candidates could contact Dr.
Valeria Della Maggiore at vdellamaggiore@fmed.uba.ar with a CV, a letter of
interest and one or two references (email).

Many thanks

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Valeria Della-Maggiore, Ph. D
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine
University of Buenos Aires
Paraguay 2155, Capital Federal
Buenos Aires, C1121ABG
Argentina
phone 54 11 5 950 9500 (2132)
http://www.physiologyofactionlab.info
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being wild and disciplined at the same time....

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Joaquin Rapela, PhD
Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive,
San Diego, CA 92093-0559
tel: (858) 822-7536
fax: (858) 822-7556
http://sccn.ucsd.edu/~rapela
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Post-doctoral research position available at IIT-NBT within the Si-Code EU-funded project

Within the Si-Code European funded project entitled “Towards new Brain-Machine Interfaces: state-dependent information coding”, we are looking for a post-doctoral candidate interested in contributing to this exciting project. The position is available since April 1^st 2012 and covers the 36 month project duration.

The Si-Code project targets the development of a radically new generation of bidirectional Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs) employing neural computational strategies and neuromorphic VLSI devices to discount variability induced by state changes of current BMI approaches. The project converges R&D efforts in the fields of neuroengineering, neuroscience, neuromorphic engineering and neurocomputation and it is carried out by five leading European partners located in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and France. 

The candidate will be working in the Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies of the Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genova (Italy). He will be in charge of implementing an experimental setup combining a high-resolution MEA system and optogenetic tools and will be performing experimental studies to investigate information processing in neuronal assemblies. The ideal candidate has either an engineering University degree in physics or bio-medical engineering with an expertise in neuroscience and experimental studies, or has a University degree in biology or equivalent with strong skills in neurocomputation or engineering.

The young researcher will be based for most of his/her time at the IIT, supervised by internationally recognized experts and will have access to state-of-the-art equipment and laboratories. Proficiency in English is required. In general, we value scientists with a proactive attitude and results-oriented mindset, good interpersonal and communications skills and ability to work effectively within an interdisciplinary research team.

Interested applicants should submit CV, list of publications, a statement of research interests, and two reference letters.

Please send your application by e-mail to Luca.Berdondini@iit.it.

The deadline for the application is the 1^st of June, 2012.

                                                                                                                                                                                 

Ref link: http://www.iit.it/it/utilita/openings/dipartimenti-di-ricerca/neuroscience-and-brain-technolgies/post-doctoral-research-position-available-at-iit-nbt-within-the-si-code-eu-funded-project.html

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Alessandro Maccione, Ph.D.

Post Doc.

Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies

Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Via Morego 30

I-16163, Genova

e-mail: alessandro.maccione@iit.it   

web-site: www.iit.it