Tenure Track Position: Computational Approaches to Cognition

Computational Approaches to Cognition, tenure track position

The Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in computational approaches to cognitive and/or affective processes at the assistant professor level with a starting date of Fall 2013. The Institute is a multidisciplinary unit with representation from the departments of Psychology & Neuroscience, Computer Science, Education, Philosophy, Linguistics, Architecture & Planning, and Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.

We seek applicants with a strong research program in theoretical and technical aspects of computational science, preferably with prior experience or interest in integrating cognitive science with state-of-the-art computational approaches.  For example, individuals who utilize machine learning and statistical techniques to understand cognitive processes, such as language or learning, or to analyze high dimensional data from methods, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, will be competitive for the position. Successful applicants could come from one of several fields, including cognitive science/cognitive neuroscience, computer science, statistics, biostatistics, physics, or other related disciplines. An ability for and commitment to interdisciplinary research is a priority, as is an approach that both exploits existing computational techniques to address questions relevant to cognitive science and advances machine-learning theory. Duties include research, research supervision, service, as well as graduate and undergraduate teaching.

Applicants are directed to the CU online job application website: www.jobsatcu.com; Job Posting Number 818695.  At this site you will be asked for a curriculum vitae, copies of representative publications, a teaching statement, a research summary, and letter from three referees.

For fullest consideration, please apply by September 24th, 2012.  Applications will continue to be accepted after this date until the position is filled. Email inquiries may be sent to Donna.Caccamise@colorado.edu.

The University of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans. Alternative formats of this ad can be provided upon request for individuals with disabilities by contacting the ADA Coordinator athr-ada@colorado.edu.  The University of Colorado Boulder conducts background checks on all final applicants being considered for employment.

- Randy

Associate Professor (UK)

Faculty of Science and Technology

School of Psychology

University of Plymouth

Ref: A2692

Associate Professor in Psychology

Salary £45486 to £52706 pa, Grade 9

The School of Psychology is looking to recruit an Associate Professor (Reader) in Psychology to further strengthen its current staffing. The School’s research profile places it in the top third of psychology departments in the UK, with 85% of its research activity rated at international standard. The School is one of the largest in the UK delivering Psychology programmes to more than 900 students across all stages. We will be appointing an Associate Professor who will enhance our research profile and contribute to teaching excellence.

The School hosts the Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, which forms part of the multidisciplinary Cognition Institute. The centre has active research groups in Cognitive Neuroscience, Thinking and Reasoning, Memory, Vision and Action, Language Development, Social Psychology and Health and Well Being.  These groups are housed in recently-built dedicated research facilities, and supported by a team of technicians and scientific officers. This appointment will strengthen and complement existing research capacity in the School. http://psychology.plymouth.ac.uk/

You will have an excellent research track record demonstrating an international standing in their field. You will be a research-leader, demonstrating both personal research excellence, and the potential to drive forward the research agenda of the School.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week on a permanent basis.

To apply, go to jobs.ac.uk and enter reference number A2692.

For informal inquiries about this position, contact the Head of School, Professor Simon Handley hos@psy.plymouth.ac.uk

Closing date:  12midnight, 5th September 2012

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The Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (CBCB) has 36 research active academic staff:  http://psychology.plymouth.ac.uk/research/. This vibrant centre is well resourced. 5 dedicated technicians support the Centre’s laboratories. The Centre houses 513m² of lab space across 35 rooms with 95 networked computers for behavioral testing, including eye tracking, visuomotor affordance equipment, and virtual reality. Portable equipment, such as laptops, video-cameras and headphones, are available on demand. The Centre houses a state-of-the-art, multi-modal neuroimaging, computer lab. Cognitive neuroscience laboratories cover the full range of techniques. For EEG/ERP/psychophysiology, there are three fully-equipped, 128-channel, active-electrode systems and two 64-channel passive amplification systems, which can allow EEG recording during TMS. The fully-equipped TMS lab houses single pulse and repetitive stimulation with stereotactic positioning to integrate with fMRI data. The research-dedicated fMRI scanner is housed at the Peninsula Medical School (http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/pmrrc/) and has systems for stimulus delivery, response collection, and eye tracking. CBCB includes several EUCOGII members and links closely with the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS): http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/SOCCE/CRNS/. CBCB and CRNS are united within the multidisciplinary Cognition Institute that also includes a thriving Neuroarts community.

………………………………………

Haline E. Schendan, Ph.D.

School of Psychology

Faculty of Science & Technology

Plymouth University

Drake Circus

Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA

United Kingdom

Office:  Portland Square A208

Office Hours: Please email for an appointment

011 +44 (0)1752 584804

Haline.Schendan@plymouth.ac.uk

Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Cognitive Neuroscience

Centre for Brain, Cognition, & Behaviour

Plymouth Cognition Institute

Visiting Scientist, MGH Martinos Center

http://www.psy.plymouth.ac.uk/research/HESchendan/

PhD student position on "Spatial Statistics Applied to Neuroscience" at UPM, Madrid

The Computational Intelligence Group at the Computer Science School of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM, http://www.upm.es/internacional) is looking for a PhD student. He/She will be working on "Spatial Statistics Applied to Neuroscience" within the Cajal Blue Brain project, the Spanish representation of the international ‘Blue Brain Project’. The candidate will join Programa de Formación Homologado de Becas-Contrato (Officially Approved Education Program of the Technical University of Madrid).

Details

• Topic: Spatial statistics in neuroscience, with special emphasis on spatial point processes
• Type of contract: Programa de Formación Homologado de Becas-Contrato de la UPM / Officially Approved Education Program of the Technical University of Madrid
• Length: 4 years (2 scholarship / 2 contract) based on full-time employment
• Salary:  the minimum fixed by the Program (1200 €/month) + bonus due to achievements
• Place: Facultad de Informática (UPM)
• Predicted date to start: November 1, 2012
• Closing date for applying: September 15, 2012   
• Send CV and letter of application to: mcbielza@fi.upm.es, pedro.larranaga@fi.upm.es
• Computational Intelligence Group website: http://cig.fi.upm.es/
• Cajal Blue Brain website: http://cajalbbp.cesvima.upm.es/

Requirements

• Academic degree: Graduate/Engineer
• Degree in: Statistics or Mathematics (preferably)/Computer Science
• Experience: Knowledge of R package will be of merit
• Languages: English (Spanish is not required)
• Other: Knowledge of Bayesian networks will be of merit

Tasks

• Analysis of 3D spatial distribution of different neuronal structures (synapses, spines...) from electron microscope images.
• Incorporation of marks: symmetric and asymmetric synapses, shape and size of spines...
• Bayesian networks to model spatial distributions with different kinds of marks.

Research postdoc positions: FMRIB (Oxford MRI), OHBA (Oxford MEG) and Donders, Nijmegen

The FMRIB Analysis Group, OHBA (the Oxford MEG Centre) and the Donders Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands have jointly received from the Wellcome Trust a Strategic Award to develop Integrated Brain Imaging for Neuroscience Research and Clinical Practice. We are looking for excellent researchers with a strong technical background, ideally in developing Neuroimaging Analysis Methods (approaches, algorithms and software) for MRI and MEG, but also with experience in other areas of Engineering/Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science and Physics (e.g. Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition).  This work will feed into future versions of FSL.

Several positions are to be filled in the areas of functional and structural brain modelling for MRI and MEG data.

Formal adverts have now been placed for two positions at FMRIB  (deadline 3rd August):
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=103554
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=103552

and one position at OHBA (the Oxford MEG Centre) (deadline 29th August):

https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=103623

Note that the position at Donders will be advertised shortly. 

Project overview:

We have recently been awarded a 40-person-year Strategic Award by
the Wellcome Trust – “Integrated Multimodal Brain Imaging for Neuroscience Research and
Clinical Practice”. Advances in neuroimaging have given unprecedented access to in vivo
measurements of brain function, structure and connectivity, but the full potential is not being
realized due to a lack of suitable analysis tools to explore relationships between, and
integrate across, modalities. Our overall goal is to bring multimodal imaging to the forefront
of neuroscience and clinical research in order to provide new biomarkers and insights into
disease mechanisms, explore aging and developmental processes, increase the scope for
large neuroimaging studies and improve clinical decision-support for patients. We will
generate new methodology, algorithms and software tools for integrated modelling and
analysis of multimodal neuroimaging data: specifically, structural MRI, diffusion MRI,
resting/task functional MRI and MEG. Key technical goals are: parcellation of the brain into
functional and structural units, and alignment of brain structure and function across multiple
subjects, in both cases utilizing all modalities simultaneously; computational modelling of structural 

and functional networks in the brain that mediate information flow; developing machine learning

methods for multivariate classification and probabilistic parametric atlases using structural, functional 

and network information, to develop biomarkers and investigate disease mechanisms. To maximize
practical impact we will be translating these methods into user-accessible, well-supported
software tools for both basic and clinical neuroimaging scientists worldwide.

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Post doctoral scholarships at SISSA, Trieste, Italy

From: <Giorgia> <Silani> <giorgiasilani@hotmail.com>
Date: 2012/7/24
Subject: [SPM] Post doctoral scholarships at SISSA, Trieste, Italy
To: SPM@jiscmail.ac.uk


Two post doctoral scholarships are available at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy.

The aim is to identify, recruit and support the most talented and promising young researchers at the beginning of their academic career.

The winners of this grant will choose their research topic (in any domain of Physics, Neuroscience or Mathematics) and will manage their own project within SISSA in total independence, throughout the 3 years required by the call (if needed, an additional year can be given).

The deadline for submission of applications is 1st October 2012.
For further information: http://www.sissa.it/index.php/about/news/announcements/300

Postdoctoral position in the lab of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology

Postdoctoral position in the lab of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology (NutriNeuro) in Bordeaux, France

We seek a postdoctoral research fellow to develop and implement cognitive assessments using functional MRI in the context of a large multidisciplinary project on the cognitive/neural correlates of obesity funded by the French National Research Agency.  The fellow will join a multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinician-researchers with experience in neuroscience and psychology/psychobiology. He/she will be based in the lab of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology (NutriNeuro), which is located on the site of the University of Bordeaux, France (website: http://www4.bordeaux-aquitaine.inra.fr/nutrineuro).
Previous doctoral and/or post-doctoral experience in functional MRI is essential.
The position is for one year, with possibility of one-year renewal.
To apply send a CV and a brief statement of research experience to Dr Lucile Capuron (lucile.capuron@bordeaux.inra.fr).

2 PhD Positions for "Volition and Cognitive Control" project in Dresden

2 PhD students positions available for:

1. “Dopaminergic Modulation of Meta-Control Parameters and the Stability-Flexibility Balance”
2. “Serotonergic Modulation of Meta-Control Parameters”

Section Systems Neuroscience (Prof. Michael Smolka), TU-Dresden, Germany

Project “Volition and Cognitive Control: Mechanisms, Modulators, and Dysfunctions”

Deadline: 31 July

Within the University of Excellence Technische Universität
Dresden, the Section of Systems Neuroscience (Prof. Michael
Smolka) is closely associated with the Department of
Psychology and the Neuroimaging Center, which offers
excellent research collaborations and infrastructure, e.g. a
3 Tesla MRI scanner for full-time research, MRI-compatible
EEG and eye tracking, and access to the PET center at
Dresden-Rossendorf.

Our international and multidisciplinary group conducts basic
research in neuroscience at the cutting edge to clinical
applications. We investigate the function of neural systems
that are involved in elementary cognitive processes such as
learning, emotion, motivation, executive function, or
decision making. In order to better understand neural
mechanisms underlying mental disorders, we investigate how
these processes contribute to the complex behavioral
dysfunctions observed, for example, in addictive behavior.
Recently, the German Funding Agency DFG has approved a new
collaborative research centre (CRC) titled “Volition and
Cognitive Control: Mechanisms, Modulators, and Dysfunctions”.

Within this CRC, we invite applications for the projects
“Dopaminergic Modulation of Meta- Control Parameters and the
Stability-Flexibility Balance” and “Serotonergic Modulation
of Meta-Control Parameters”.

Effective immediately the following position is vacant:

2 PhD Students

The salary is according to the TV-L dispositions (2
positions, 65% each). Contract is limited to 2 years first,
but will be expanded after a positive evaluation.

The common aim of both projects is to investigate effects of
neuropharmacological interventions on elementary cognitive
processes such as learning and discounting as a function of
time or probability. Both projects are complementary because
they target similar psychological concepts using different
neuromodulatory pathways. The successful candidate will be
involved in running participants, implementing experimental
protocols, and processing of the recorded data. Furthermore,
the successful candidate is expected to undertake project
management duties including supervision of student research
assistants, data management, and publication of the results.

Requirements

Excellent graduate degree (Diplom; MSc or equivalent) in
any scientific field of study with a strong curriculum in
neuroscience (i.e., psychology, medicine, neuroinformatics)

Experience in scientific work (e.g., as student research
assistant)  Sufficient language skills to interact with
local participants in German and the global
 scientific community in English (excellent language skills
are a plus)

The ideal candidate would additionally be characterised by*

Previous hands-on experience in neuroscience in general and
in neuroimaging (i.e., fMRI or PET) in particular
Programming skills in any common software environment (e.g.,
MATLAB, Python, E- Prime/Presentation/PsychToolbox)

Intrinsic motivation to investigate the brain and strong
interest in experimental approaches to study complex human
behaviour

We offer you the possibility of

Working in an interdisciplinary team contributing to our
understanding of the brain with the particular skills that
you already have and will further develop

Being part of the structured PhD graduate program of our
CRC 

Arranging for flexible working hours to find a balance
between work and family life Providing for the future in
the form of a company pension plan

Women are explicitly invited to apply. Handicapped
applicants will be preferred in case of equal qualification.

We kindly ask you to apply preferably via our online form to
make the selection process faster and more effective. Of
course, we consider your written application without any
disadvantages.

We look forward to receiving application, until July 31,
2012 online with reference number PSY0912166. Please submit
a full CV, transcript of records, statement of research
interest (max. 2 pages), and names and contact information
for two or three referees.

Please use the following link to submit your application:

https://www.uniklinikum-dresden.de/Bewerbung/?id=b94067cc7459cd257f3d1c403aeeed68


For further information please contact: Mr. Nils Kroemer,
nils.kroemer@tu-dresden.de Tel.: +49-351-463-42206.

PhD Position in Computational Neuroscience in Germany

PhD Stipends in Computational Neuroscience

PhD Stipends in computational neuroscience are available in the
research unit of Prof. Sen Cheng in the Mercator Research Group
“Structure of Memory” (MRG1) at the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany.
The work will focus on computer simulations of neuronal networks to
model learning and memory processes, particularly in the hippocampus.

Candidates should have an excellent Master degree, or equivalent, in
neuroscience, physics, mathematics, engineering or a related field.
Excellent programming skills and experience with computer simulations
are mandatory. Familiarity with computational neuroscience would be a
further asset.

The Ruhr University Bochum is home to a vibrant research community in
neuroscience. Students will be able to join the International Graduate
School of Neuroscience and interact with the Institute of
Neuroinformatics. MRG1 is funded by the Stiftung Mercator and
investigates episodic and semantic memory processes and their relation
to other cognitive functions. MRG1 comprises a diverse and
interdisciplinary team of philosophers and experimental as well as
theoretical neuroscientists. The main language of communication in the
group is English. For further information see www.rub.de/cns.

To apply please send a letter stating your motivation and your
research interests, a complete CV, academic transcripts, and at least
two academic letters of recommendation to mrg1+jobs@rub.de as PDF
files by August 19th, 2012.

The Ruhr University Bochum is committed to equal opportunity. We
strongly encourage applications from qualified women and persons with
disabilities.


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Prof. Dr. Sen Cheng
Ruhr-University Bochum
Mercator Research Group "Structure of Memory"
Universitaetsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Germany

office: GA 04/48    |    +49-234- 32 27136    |    FAX:  +49-234- 32 07136
sen.cheng@rub.de    |    http://www.rub.de/cns

Post-doctoral Researcher in Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Psychosis. School of Medicine, TCD.

Post-doctoral Researcher in Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Psychosis.

School of Medicine, TCD.

Duration: Three years.
Salary Range: €37,750
Closing date for applications: July 27^th 2012

The Dept. of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is home to a multidisciplinary research group comprised of psychiatrists, psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and research nurses with affiliations to the TCD Institute of Neuroscience. The Cognitive Genetics and Remediation group (CGR group), where this post will be based, is a constituent lab of the neuropsychiatric genetics research group.

Project description:

Working with a group of investigators with strong interests in cognitive rehabilitation, neuro-imaging, and psychosis, the successful applicant will take responsibility for a study examining the effects of cognitive remediation training on brain structure and function in schizophrenia. Funded by the health Research Board (Ireland), patients are being recruited from early intervention and rehabilitation settings around south central Dublin and the study benefits from research dedicated MRI facilities at TCD.

The candidate will be expected to:

- Play a lead role in the collection, quality control, and analysis of clinical, neuropsychological, structural MRI, and functional MRI.

- Liaise between principal investigators, clinical frontline staff, and patients to oversee recruitment and assessment.

- Operate independently with weekly or biweekly mentoring.

- Prepare and present data both at local, national, and international meetings and for  publication.

- Contribute to the on-going teaching commitments of the department at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The candidate will be:

- An honours graduate of psychology or neuroscience, with a PhD in cognitive neuroscience.

- Familiar with MRI theory and analysis, and experienced with one or more imaging analysis packages (e.g. SPM, AFNI, FSL). 

- Someone who has experience preparing and presenting data for both oral and written presentation.

- Someone who has demonstrated a strong interest in clinical research

- Someone who enjoys working as part of a dynamic and social environment.

For further details about this exciting opportunity or to submit a CV please contact:

Prof. Gary Donohoe, Dept of Psychiatry, TCD. Tel: +353 1 822 3835.

Email: gary.donohoe@tcd.ie

Post-doctoral Researcher in Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Psychosis. School of Medicine, TCD.

Post-doctoral Researcher in Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Psychosis.

School of Medicine, TCD.

Duration: Three years.
Salary Range: €37,750
Closing date for applications: July 27^th 2012

The Dept. of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is home to a multidisciplinary research group comprised of psychiatrists, psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and research nurses with affiliations to the TCD Institute of Neuroscience. The Cognitive Genetics and Remediation group (CGR group), where this post will be based, is a constituent lab of the neuropsychiatric genetics research group.

Project description:

Working with a group of investigators with strong interests in cognitive rehabilitation, neuro-imaging, and psychosis, the successful applicant will take responsibility for a study examining the effects of cognitive remediation training on brain structure and function in schizophrenia. Funded by the health Research Board (Ireland), patients are being recruited from early intervention and rehabilitation settings around south central Dublin and the study benefits from research dedicated MRI facilities at TCD.

The candidate will be expected to:

- Play a lead role in the collection, quality control, and analysis of clinical, neuropsychological, structural MRI, and functional MRI.

- Liaise between principal investigators, clinical frontline staff, and patients to oversee recruitment and assessment.

- Operate independently with weekly or biweekly mentoring.

- Prepare and present data both at local, national, and international meetings and for  publication.

- Contribute to the on-going teaching commitments of the department at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The candidate will be:

- An honours graduate of psychology or neuroscience, with a PhD in cognitive neuroscience.

- Familiar with MRI theory and analysis, and experienced with one or more imaging analysis packages (e.g. SPM, AFNI, FSL). 

- Someone who has experience preparing and presenting data for both oral and written presentation.

- Someone who has demonstrated a strong interest in clinical research

- Someone who enjoys working as part of a dynamic and social environment.

For further details about this exciting opportunity or to submit a CV please contact:

Prof. Gary Donohoe, Dept of Psychiatry, TCD. Tel: +353 1 822 3835.

Email: gary.donohoe@tcd.ie

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN EXPERIMENTAL/ THEORETICAL NEUROSCIENCE

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN EXPERIMENTAL/
THEORETICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Α postdoctoral (or senior researcher) position with very competitive salary (€2,400-
2,600 net/month), is available immediately at IMBB-FORTH (www.imbb.forth.gr) in
Crete, in the lab of Dr. Panayiota Poirazi.

The position is available for 2 years as part of the EC-FP7 Marie Curie Initial
Training Network (ITN) NAMASEN offering research training in Neuroelectronics
and Nanotechnology: towards a Multidisciplinary Approach for the Science and
Engineering of Neuronal Networks (http://www.namasen.net). The position offers
travel money and the possibility of extended visits to the participating groups.

IMBB-FORTH

FORTH is one of the top
European Research Centers. It has
ranked 1st in terms of high impact
publications in Greece and 12th in
the number of FP7 grants in
Europe. IMBB is the top
Biological Institute in Greece,
in terms of high quality
personnel, publications, infrastructure and competitive grants. IMBB-FORTH is
located in Heraklion, one of the most ancient and historical Greek cities, on the picturesque

island of Crete. Crete, the homeland of major artists, such as El Greco and Nikos
Kazantzakis, impressively combines the outstanding geophysical variety (forests, mountains,
gorges, and beaches) with its rich history of thousands of years, resulting in the well-known
Cretan culture and cuisine.

The Poirazi lab
The Computational Biology Laboratory (http://www.imbb.forth.gr/people/poirazi/
) at IMBB-FORTH performs research that is at the forefront of Computational
Neuroscience and Bioinformatics. The work of Dr. Poirazi led to several high impact
publications, some of which have shaped the field of dendritic computations. This
work received prestigious awards, including the EMBO Young Investigator Award in
2005, 2 Marie Curie Fellowships and the European Research Council (ERC) starting
grant in 2012.

The title of the individual research project at CBL is:
"Clustered plasticity and network emergent states"

The fellow will focus on the mathematical investigation and machine-learning
classification of collective electrical properties, emerging in neuronal networks
coupled to multielectrode arrays and neuroelectronic hybrids. Specifically, he/she will
use electrophysiology techniques to study the passive and active electrophysiological
properties of neurons in in vitro neuronal networks as well as the presence of
synaptic currents following electrical stimulation. In addition, different stimulation
protocols will be applied to study whether neuronal networks express specific
types of plasticity. We are mostly interested in identifying stimuli that are predicted
theoretically to give rise to highly interconnected neuronal sub-networks.

He/she will also/alternatively explore the consequences of clustered plasticity
rules in conductance-based model neurons. Modeling studies will be performed
using the NEURON simulation environment in order to build a network of
detailed compartmental models of neurons, where synapses capable of exhibiting
plasticity properties like the ones recorded in the physiological experiments will be
incorporated. Models will be used to generate predictions about how specific stimuli
delivered either to randomly selected neurons in a distributed manner throughout the
model system or to nearby neurons in a specific location (clustered) of the model
system could alter the electrical and/or structural properties of the network.

The methodologies to be used in this project include electrophysiological recordings
and computational modelling, therefore the fellow should ideally have previous
training in both or either of these techniques. Training in electrophysiology can
also be offered as part of NAMASEN.

According to the eligibility criteria, the fellow MUST NOT
1. be a Greek citizen,
2. have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Greece
for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.
3. have worked in a research position / received research training for more than 5
years of his/her Master’s degree (this can be relaxed).

Start date: Immediately

Candidates that match the required profile will be continuously interviewed until the
position is filled. Candidates should send a resume and two (2) reference letters to
poirazi[at]imbb.forth.gr. If possible, recommendations should be send by the referees
directly by email at poirazi[at]imbb.forth.gr.

Psychologist/Ph.D. Student (Doctorate position) in Hannover

Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
(Prof. Dr. S. Bleich)


Position immediately available for

Psychologist/Ph.D. Student
(Doctorate position) in Hannover, Germany

for a cooperation in a project called “Botulinum Neurotoxin, Facial Feedback and Clinical Application in Major Depression”. The position offers an employment for 3 years as a research assistant combined with the official status of a doctoral student at the Hannover Medical School (MHH). The project is part of a research cooperation that aims in elucidating the role of Botulinum Neurotoxin in the treatment of affective disorders as well as concomitant physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms. The position involves the organisation, planning and evaluation of diagnostic, neuropsychological and neuroradiological tests (functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging) in close cooperation with colleagues and the alliance in Hannover, Hamburg & Basel. There are excellent opportunities for professional scientific development. Additionally, the clinic has a laboratory for molecular neuroscience, with all relevant chemical and molecular procedures. The interdisciplinary base is established in cooperation with other institutes in the MHH.

The clinic has 166 in-patient beds, 2 out-patient care institutes and 42 day clinic locations. The clinical care areas offer expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of geriatrics, addiction, affective disorders, psychosis, ADHS, Tourette Syndrome, and sexual medicine. Within the clinic are 2 advanced training institutes for cognitive behaviour therapy (AVVM) and psychoanalysis (IPAW). This position also offers the possibility to complete advanced training to become a psychological psychotherapist. A large choice of additional training is offered e.g. Forensic Psychiatry (MD) or Sexual Therapy (PPs).

Applicants should have experience, or an interest, in neuroscientific research methods, with experience in neuroradiology. Diagnostic-clinical experience in psychiatry, in particular affective disorders, is beneficial.

The MHH supports the employment of females and women are encouraged to apply. Disabled persons with similar qualifications will also be favourably considered.

Have we caught your interest?
Please contact us

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Professor Dr. med. Tillmann Krüger
Zentrum für Seelische Gesundheit • OE 7180
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1 • 30625 Hannover
e-mail: krueger.tillmann@mh-hannover.de

Post-doctoral positions available at Kyoto University

Integrated Systems Biology Lab at Kyoto University
invites applications for research position in the field of
image analysis, or bioinformatics for neuroscience.

Applicants should have a strong background in one or more of these areas:

-Image processing
-Bioinformatics
-Statistical science
-Machine learning

We look forward to your applications and recommendations.
The full advertisement is available below.

Shin Ishii
Integrated Systems Biology Laboratory, Department of Systems Science,
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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We are conducting a new research project which aims to reveal the neural
control of the emotional system by constructing a computational model that
integrates transdisciplinary studies over molecular-cellular-circuit
level with our tenure track and post-doc researchers of various
backgrounds including systems biology, bioinformatics, computational
biology, mathematical engineering, and machine learning. Our laboratory
also has a strong collaboration with other laboratories in Advanced
Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), RIKEN,
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and NYU, Langone
Medical Center. The successful candidates will work on analysis for
microscopic images of neurons and neural circuits or bioinformatics for
neural proteomic data with our collaborators.

Candidates should have a strong background in one or more of these areas:
-Image processing: image super-resolution, segmentation, object identification
-Bioinformatics: omics analysis, proteomics analysis, pathway analysis
-Statistical learning: large-scale data-driven learning, data mining

= Requirements =
Applicants must:
- have a Ph.D. (or be near completion).
- have strong motivations and ambitions to take part in the research above.

= Employment conditions =
Position: Full-time Researcher / Full-time Research Engineer
The position is open after September 1st 2012 (negotiable)
Tenure: Single year based contract, renewable based on evaluation
Treatment: Based on individual performance
Work Location: Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan

= Number of openings =
One

= Application materials =
Please submit the following five materials to the contact address below,
either in printed or electronic form:
1. CV
2. List of publications
3. Reprints of 1 to 3 major publications
4. Document (one or two pages in A4 or letter size) describing:
- Summary of your previous research
- Interests and proposal for research
5. Recommendation letters from two researchers
* Original documents you submit will not be returned.

= Deadline for application =
August 31 2012 (will remain open if positions are not filled)

= Contact =
Shin Ishii
Integrated Systems Biology Laboratory,
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Email: Shin Ishii <ishii@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
http://hawaii.sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/home/index_html


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HONDA Naoki
Kyoto University
n-honda@sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Lecturers/Senior Lecturers/Readers (open call) Imperial College London - Department of Bioengineering

Lecturers/Senior Lecturers/Readers (open call)

Imperial College London - Department of Bioengineering

Lecturer salary range £43,350 to £48,400 per annum

Senior Lecturer/Reader minimum £53,450 per annum

Due to rapid growth and the strategic importance of the discipline of bioengineering at Imperial College, the Department of Bioengineering wishes to appoint a number of individuals at Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Reader grade.  This is an open call in which we are looking for outstanding candidates in any field of Bioengineering.  As the department is making multiple appointments for strategic reasons, applications from individuals working in one of the areas listed below are particularly welcomed:

• Bioengineering of cancer detection, diagnosis, pathogenesis and/or treatment
• Mechanobiology/biomechanics
• Molecular imaging
• Neurotechnology

The appointees will be expected to interact effectively with one or more research teams in the Department of Bioengineering (see http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/bioengineering/research.) They will also be expected to interact with groups outside the department across Imperial College and advance the reputation of the department through their work and that of their research staff and students.

Applicants should have an advanced degree (PhD or equivalent) in an appropriate science or engineering discipline.  They should also possess a demonstrable ability to generate and execute independent collaborative research programmes at an internationally-leading level and to attract high levels of research funding.  Experience in teaching at all levels is also required.

For an informal discussion please contact the incoming Head of Department, Professor Anthony Bull: emaila.bull@imperial.ac.uk or telephone 020 7594 5186.

Our preferred method of application is online via our website at the following link:http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (select "Job Search" and enter the job reference no. EN20120189FH).  Please complete and upload the application form as directed.

The closing date for this post is 31 October 2012

Simon R Schultz

Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research)

Royal Society Industry Fellow and Senior Lecturer

Department of Bioengineering

Imperial College London

Phone: +44-207 594 1533

Email: s.schultz@imperial.ac.uk

http://www.schultzlab.org

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/neurotechnology

Member of National Committee, British Neuroscience Association

http://www.bna.org.uk

Postdoc in Computational Neuroscience, the Shouval lab

A Postdoc Position in the Computational/Theoretical Neuroscience
The Shouval lab has an openings for a Postdoc in Theoretical/Computational  Neuroscience. This Postdoc will work on a collaborative project with the lab of Todd Sacktor to uncover the basis for the maintenance of long-term memory.
Learning and memory can last a lifetime, yet the molecular substrates that underlie this memory last for periods of time shorter by several orders of magnitude. This is a fundamental problem in Neuroscience,which was first explored by Francis Crick in 1984, and various solutions have been offered through the years. However, there is no commonly accepted theory, with significant experimental support, which can account for the persistence of memory. Our lab has been studying this question for several years, in collaboration with experimental groups. This Postdoc position is part of this ongoing effort.
The Postdoc hired will be involved in a collaborative project with the lab of Todd Sacktor in SUNY Downstate in NY. This Postdoc is funded by NIH grant: CRCNS: PKMzeta-dependent protein synthesis can account for the maintenance of synaptic plasticity.   The aim of this project is to explain how memories are maintained despite the molecular turnover and diffusion of their substrates. Work on this project will include detailed modeling at the molecular level of the biochemical networks that ensure the stability of memory. To carry out this project, mass action and stochastic models will be simulated as well as bifurcation analysis and analytical approximate solutions of the fixed points and the dynamics. Additionally more abstract aspects ofsuch a process will be examined, including its impact on memory storage andlearning at the cellular and circuit level.

We are seeking a Postdocs with a strong analytical and computational abilities and a background in Computational Neuroscience, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science or Engineering. Applicants with a background in dynamical systems, or chemical engineering are especially welcome. The salary will follow the NIH scale.

The Shouval lab focuses on modeling synaptic plasticity, and its impact on learning memory and cortical dynamics. The lab is located in the department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. Houston has an excellent environment for conducting research inComputational Neuroscience (see the Gulf Coast Consortium in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience,http://gulfcoastconsortia.org/Research/Gulf_Coast_Consortium_for_Theoretical_and_Computational_Neuroscience.aspx).
If you are interested in one of this position please contact me directly by email (harel.shouval@uth.tmc.edu<

mailto:harel.shouval@uth.tmc.edu>), and attach your CV. I will attend the CNS conference in Atlanta from 7/22-7/25, and this will be happy to interview applicants during the conference.

PhD position in computational neuroscience (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD position to work with Dr. Peter Jedlicka at Goethe-University Frankfurt in an NSF & BMBF funded US-Germany project aimed at understanding how chloride dynamics affect cerebellar computation. This project is in collaboration with Dr. Fidel Santamaria at The University of Texas at San Antonio and Dr. Thomas Kuner at Heidelberg University. The PhD student will be involved in the generation and implementation of computational models focusing on chloride-dependent changes in cerebellar inhibition. The student will be using computer simulations to reproduce/predict data from electrophysiology experiments on neurons expressing diverse fluorescent molecules that report chloride concentrations. Visits to US for short-term and long-term periods of time to learn techniques and exchange information are part of the activities of this grant. The successful candidate should have a background in physics, mathematics, engineering or computational neuroscience. Experience in scientific programming is highly desirable. The appointment will be starting in November/December 2012.

Please submit a CV and statement of research interests to:

Dr. Peter Jedlicka (jedlicka@em.uni-frankfurt.de)
NeuroScience Center
Clinical Neuroanatomy (Anatomy I)
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
Goethe-University
60590 Frankfurt
Germany

The project is related to these recent publications:

Jedlicka P, Deller T, Gutkin BS, Backus KH (2011) Activity-dependent intracellular chloride accumulation and diffusion controls GABA(A) receptor-mediated synaptic transmission. Hippocampus 21:885-98.

Santamaria F, Wils S, De Schutter E, Augustine GJ (2011). The diffusional properties of dendrites depend on the density of dendritic spines. Eur. J. Neurosci. 34:561-8.

Coop AD, Cornelis H, and Santamaria F (2010). Dendritic excitability modulates dendritic information processing in a Purkinje cell model. Front. Comput. Neurosci. 4:6. doi:10.3389/fncom.2010.00006.

Santamaria F, Wils S, De Schutter E, Augustine GJ (2006). Anomalous diffusion in Purkinje cell dendrites caused by spines. Neuron 52:635-648.

Dübel J, Haverkamp S, Schleich W, Augustine GJ, Feng G, Kuner T, Euler T (2006). Two-photon imaging reveals somato-dendritic chloride gradient in retinal ON-type bipolar cells expressing the biosensor Clomeleon. Neuron 49, 81-49.

P.S. If you are interested and will be attending FENS 2012 in Barcelona just send me an email or give me a call so that we can meet and talk.


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Peter Jedlicka, MD, PhD
NeuroScience Center
Clinical Neuroanatomy (Anatomy I)
Goethe-University
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
D-60590 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: ++49 (179) 238 6269
Fax:   ++49 (69) 6301 6425
Email: jedlicka@em.uni-frankfurt.de
http://peterjedlicka.googlepages.com

FMRI Data Analyst Job Announcement

Within the newly established Collaborative Research Center („Sonderforschungsbereich“ SFB 940) „Volition and Cognitive Control“ the Neuroimaging Center at the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Mathematics und Natural Sciences seeks to appoint a

Data Analyst/ Research Scientist, Ph.D. (salary E13 TV-L, 100%)

with a strong background in advanced neuroimaging methods (especially functional connectivity)

The position is initially limited for 4 years.

Tasks: The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) “Volition and Cognitive Control” (http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/fakultaet_mathematik_und_naturwissenschaften/fachrichtung_psychologie/sfbo) comprises 20 sub-projects and is funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) for an initial period of four years with a budget of over 10 Mill. €. The overarching aim of the CRC is to combine expertise from experimental psychology, cognitive-affective neuroscience, clinical psychology, and psychiatry to investigate cognitive and neural mechanisms of volitional control as well as volitional dysfunctions in selected mental disorders. As a central component of SFB 940 a „Core Imaging Facility” (CIF) will be established which serves to support and inspire fMRI-based projects within the SFB 940. As part of the CIF team, we seek to appoint a specialist for the analysis of large-scale functional brain networks. This position is expected to be involved in a wide range of co-operations related to both implementing established functional connectivity methods as well as developing novel analytic methods. The Department of Psychology houses a neuroimaging center with a 3T Siemens Trio scanner exclusively dedicated to research. Besides an engagement in research projects we also expect the candidate to take an active role in training Ph.D. students on fMRI methods. Language for daily research communication will be English.

Profile: We seek to appoint a person with a strong background in computational neuroscience with profound mathematical knowledge who is highly experienced and skilled in the multivariate analysis of large-scale functional brain connectivity with in-depth expertise ideally in more than one analytical technique applied to fMRI data (DCM, ICA, SEM, GA, etc.).

For further information please contact the project leader Dr. Hannes Ruge (phone: +49-351-463-33824, email: ruge@psychologie.tu-dresden.de

) or for general information regarding SFB 940 the SFB spokesman Prof. Dr. Thomas Goschke (phone 0351-46334695; email: goschke@psychologie.tu-dresden.de). Applications from women are especially welcomed, same holds for persons with disabilities. Please provide your application, including CV, summary of previous research activities, and two letters of recommendation until July, 31st 2012 via email (ruge@psychologie.tu-dresden.de) or via mail to: TU Dresden, Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Fachrichtung Psychologie, Professur für Allgemeine Psychologie, Herrn Dr. Ruge, 01062 Dresden.

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Dr. Hannes Ruge
Technische Universität Dresden
Institut für Allgemeine Psychologie, Biopsychologie und Methoden der Psychologie
Professur für Allgemeine Psychologie
01062 Dresden
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 351 4633 3824
Fax:  +49 (0) 351 4633 3522
homepage: psychologie.tu-dresden.de/ruge

RESEARCH SENIOR, FACULTY and POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS at Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

Hello all,

Sorry for the multiple posting.
Please let me draw your attention for the following call for several positions at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language.


RESEARCH SENIOR FACULTY, RESEARCH FACULTY, POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) offers postdoctoral positions in several areas: language acquisition, production, multilingualism, neurodegeneration of language, language and learning disorders, neurocognition of language and advanced methods for cognitive neuroscience.

The Center promotes a rich research environment without teaching obligations. It provides access to the most advanced behavioral and neuroimaging techniques, including 3 Tesla Siemens Trio MR scanner, a whole-head MEG system, four ERP labs, a NIRS lab, a baby lab including an eyetracker, two eyetracking labs, and several well-equipped behavioral labs.  There are excellent technical support staff and research personnel (PhD and postdoctoral students).

The RESEARCH SENIOR FACULTY POSITIONS are permanent appointments.
The RESEARCH FACULTY POSITIONS have a term of appointment between 3 and 5 years with the possibility of a tenure track.
The POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS have a term of appointment of 2 years with a possible renewal.

We are looking for cognitive neuroscientists or experimental psychologists with a background in psycholinguistics and/or neighboring cognitive neuroscience areas; and MR physicists and/or engineers with expertise in functional MRI, DTI, structural MRI or multimodal imaging (EEG/MEG). Candidates should have a strong publication track record.

Individuals interested in undertaking research in the fields described in www.bcbl.eu (research) should apply through the BCBL web page http://www.bcbl.eu/jobs

Deadline September 30th


For information about the positions, please contact Manuel Carreiras
(info@bcbl.eu).


Cesar Caballero
MRI physicist / sequence developer
www.bcbl.eu

JOB OFFER –SUMMER IN ROME

The Department of Radiology at IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, in Rome, Italy, has one open position for Early Stage Researcher (ESR) and one open position for Experienced Researcher (ER) in the EU Initial Training Network (ITN) Software for the Use of Multi-Modality Images in External Radiotherapy (SUMMER).


SUMMER unifies experts from radiotherapy, radiology, human computer interaction, image registration, segmentation and medical visualization from five European countries with the goal to train a multi-disciplinary team of ten young experts for the development of future radiotherapy applications. Summer schools, workshops and research stays at the other participating institutions will ensure a high level of knowledge transfer and collaborative research.

Fondazione Santa Lucia is a Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) in Rome, Italy, which carries out intensive research work in the fields of neuro-motor rehabilitation and, more generally, of neuroscience. The Department of Radiology studies structural and functional brain maturation in humans throughout life, in health and diseases with the aim of overcoming the segmented approach which is typical of conventional specialization training and scientific programs in order to transfer scientific research to the clinical activity. The Department of Radiology at FSL develops and implements MRI brain scan protocols and processing pipelines. Scans are being acquired for this purpose on the 1.5T and 3T scanners. Processing pipelines exist for volume quantification, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, brain iron-imaging, resting-state fMRI, BOLD fMRI, phase imaging.

Fondazione Santa Lucia is responsible for the fMRI part of the project with strong focus on the development of automatic algorithms to contour target volume using fMRI imaging. by the systematic assessment, exploration and visualization of images that will be used as basis for highly reliable visualizations and delineations of the radiation target volumes.

We are looking for two highly motivated young scientists preferably from European Countries interested in medical visualization and in the development of fMRI techniques development, implementation and analysis. Starting Dates for the position ESR is 1. January 2012 or later, position ER 2 starts 1. June 2013 or later. Duration ESR position is 36 month, and for ER position 18 month.
ESR Applicants should have a MSc in physics, biology, biomedical engineering, psychology, or equivalent, and should fulfil the requirements to register to a PhD.
They will be trained in pulse sequence programming and optimization for fMRI acquisition.

ER Applicants should have a PhD in physics, biomedical engineering or medical image computing (or equivalent research experience), plus knowledge of MRI physics and experience in high-level programming; a background in pulse sequence programming is desirable.

Applicants should have
§ Good programming skills in C++ and GPU programming
§  Basic knowledge in medical visualization and human computer interaction
§ Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing (English is working language of the ITN);
§ Tenacity in problem solving and willingness to learn

The applicants must not have a history of employment in Italy for the past three years.

We aim at increasing the percentage of female researchers at Fondazione Santa Lucia and especially encourage qualified women to apply.

Your application should include:
• Curriculum vitae
• Publication list, including talks, master thesis, projects that are online available, etc.
• A short personal statement, why you in fact apply for this position
• Names of references

If you are interested in the position, please contact or directly apply via email to Umberto Sabatini (u.sabatini@hsantalucia.it). Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
 See http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/mariecurieactions/itn_en.html for more information on Initial Training Networks.

Research postdoc positions: FMRIB (Oxford MRI), OHBA (Oxford MEG) and Donders, Nijmegen

The FMRIB Analysis Group, OHBA (the Oxford MEG Centre) and the Donders Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands have jointly received from the Wellcome Trust a Strategic Award to develop Integrated Brain Imaging for Neuroscience Research and Clinical Practice. We are looking for excellent researchers with a strong technical background, ideally in developing Neuroimaging Analysis Methods (approaches, algorithms and software) for MRI and MEG, but also with experience in other areas of Engineering/Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science and Physics.  This work will feed into future versions of FSL.

Several positions are to be filled in the areas of functional and structural brain modelling for MRI and MEG data.

Formal adverts have now been placed for two positions at FMRIB, and positions at OHBA and Donders will be advertised shortly.
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=103554
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=103552

Project overview:

We have recently been awarded a 40-person-year Strategic Award by
the Wellcome Trust – “Integrated Multimodal Brain Imaging for Neuroscience Research and
Clinical Practice”. Advances in neuroimaging have given unprecedented access to in vivo
measurements of brain function, structure and connectivity, but the full potential is not being
realized due to a lack of suitable analysis tools to explore relationships between, and
integrate across, modalities. Our overall goal is to bring multimodal imaging to the forefront
of neuroscience and clinical research in order to provide new biomarkers and insights into
disease mechanisms, explore aging and developmental processes, increase the scope for
large neuroimaging studies and improve clinical decision-support for patients. We will
generate new methodology, algorithms and software tools for integrated modelling and
analysis of multimodal neuroimaging data: specifically, structural MRI, diffusion MRI,
resting/task functional MRI and MEG. Key technical goals are: parcellation of the brain into
functional and structural units, and alignment of brain structure and function across multiple
subjects, in both cases utilizing all modalities simultaneously; computational modelling of structural
and functional networks in the brain that mediate information flow; developing machine learning
methods for multivariate classification and probabilistic parametric atlases using structural, functional
and network information, to develop biomarkers and investigate disease mechanisms. To maximize
practical impact we will be translating these methods into user-accessible, well-supported
software tools for both basic and clinical neuroimaging scientists worldwide.

Two-year postdoc vacancy at Uni. South Australia, in Computational Neuroscience

Dear colleagues,

The University of South Australia's Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR) is seeking expressions of interest for an open Postdoctoral Research Fellow position. 

The Research Fellow will conduct theoretical research aimed at understanding the neurobiological communication and information storage mechanisms that exist within mammalian brains. The approach will be to combine mathematical modelling with computational simulations. The project is aligned with an Australian Research Council funded Discovery Grant, and is in collaboration with University of British Columbia, Canada.

The position is for two years full time, as follows:

-Salary range: AU$79,145 - AU$93,986 pa 

-Total remuneration range approximately: AU$87K - AU$103K pa; This includes salary, employer super contributions of 9% salary and annual leave loading.

It is essential that applicants possess (or are soon to submit) a doctorate (or equivalent research experience) in the area of computational and theoretical neuroscience, or closely related areas including electronic engineering, mathematical/statistical physics, applied mathematics, biophysics, biomedical engineering and mathematical biology.

The successful application will also be able to demonstrate expert mathematical knowledge in at least one of the following four areas: nonlinear dynamics; information theory; numerical methods; signal processing. 
For the full position description and selection criteria, please see http://www.itr.unisa.edu.au/news/pd/research-fellow-position-description-m_mcdonnell
The successful applicant will be a member of ITR’s highly interdisciplinary Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience Laboratory, working with Principle Investigator, Dr Mark McDonnell. The Lab has excellent computational facilities, provides a stimulating interdisciplinary research environment and interacts with many international research collaborators.
For more information about the Lab please see: www.itr.unisa.edu.au/CTNL/

At this stage, we are seeking expressions of interest, prior to setting an application closing date.  Please contact Dr Mark McDonnell by email to express interest; send your CV and list of publications to: mark.mcdonnell@unisa.edu.au

Regards

Dr Mark D. McDonnell

Senior Research Fellow

Principal Investigator
Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience Laboratory
http://www.itr.unisa.edu.au/research/ctnl/

Institute for Telecommunications Research
University of South Australia
Building W, Mawson Lakes Campus
Mawson Lakes SA 5095 AUSTRALIA

Phone:  +61 8 8302 3341
Fax:  +61 8 8302 3817

URL: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Mark.McDonnell
Email: mark.mcdonnell@unisa.edu.au 

Two fully funded PhD fellowships (Early Stage Researcher) in Computational Neuroscience

Two fully funded PhD fellowships (Early Stage Researcher) in Computational Neuroscience

 

1. Emergence of collective dynamics in scale-free neuronal networks    (ESR14)

 

2. Measures of spike train synchrony    (ESR15)

 

within the Marie Curie Initial Training Network - ‘Neural Engineering Transformative Technologies’ (NETT) at the Institute of Complex Systems (ISC), CNR, Florence, Italy.

 

Gross Salary per annum:  42,028 € (Living Allowance) plus 9,290 - 13,272 € (Mobility Allowance) depending on circumstances

 

Required titles:  MSc in Physics, Mathematics or Engineering

 

Applications: The applications should be prepared and send as detailed on this webpage.

 

Closing date for both positions: 1 September 2012

 

 

Applications are invited for the above posts to work with Dr. Alessandro Torcini and Dr. Thomas Kreuz in the Computational neuroscience group at ISC, Florence. This world leading group combines theoretical investigations (e.g., on nontrivial collective phenomena in neuronal populations) with practical applications (e.g., spike train analysis). The group is one of the main participants in the Center for the Study of Complex Dynamics (CSDC) created with the purpose of coordinating interdisciplinary training and research activities. CSDC researchers include physicists, control engineers, mathematicians, biologists and psychologists. Both full-time posts are available from 1^st of January 2013 and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 36 months.

 

The two successful candidates will register for a 3 year PhD degree at the University of Florence in Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (Course on Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems). Candidates must be in the first 4 years of their research careers and not been awarded a doctorate degree. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in mathematical and computational neuroscience. As part of our commitment to promoting diversity we encourage applications from women. To comply with the Marie Curie Actions rule for mobility applicants must not have resided, worked or studied in Italy for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to Sept 2012. The fellowships will include international internships so the candidates must be able to move between countries as necessary.

 

1. Marie Curie Actions Early Stage Researcher (PhD fellowship)

 

Emergence of collective dynamics in scale-free neuronal networks   (ESR14)

 

The successful candidate will work within the framework of nonlinear dynamics and computational neuroscience. His/her main task will be the study of the macroscopic and microscopic evolution of neural networks with various topologies. In particular, he/she should analyze the robustness of collective solutions in presence of an external feedback. One of the main tasks will be the development of efficient numerical codes to simulate the networks' dynamics and to develop tools to analyze their macroscopic properties. This fellowship includes a three-month secondment working with either Prof. Stephen Coombes at the School of Mathematical Sciences in Nottingham, UK, or Prof. Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain. It also includes a three-month internship with the project industrial partner, bioPmed in Piemonte near Turin, Italy.

 

The candidates should have a strong background in at least one of the following fields: nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics or computational neuroscience as well as solid experience in scientific programming (with languages Fortran and/or C).

 

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Dr. Alessandro Torcini (alessandro.torcini@cnr.it).

 

2. Marie Curie Actions Early Stage Researcher (PhD fellowship)

 

Spike train analysis from neuronal networks   (ESR15)

 

The successful candidate will work within the framework of computational neuroscience and signal processing. His/her main task will be the analysis of electrophysiological data, in particular recordings of single- and multi-unit spike trains as well as local field potentials and EEG all of which will be provided by the international partner institutions. One of the principal objectives will be the improvement of methods to estimate spike train synchrony and in particular the development and extension of a Matlab toolbox for spike train analysis. Furthermore, the candidate will help to adapt other nonlinear time series analysis tools to the specific needs of the collaborating nodes in the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Spain, and the UK. This fellowship includes a three-month secondment to either Dr. Simon Schultz in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London, UK or Prof. Bert Kappen at the Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. It also includes a three-month internship in the third year with the project industrial partner, bioPmed in Piemonte near Turin, Italy.

 

The candidate should have a strong background in computational neuroscience and  data analysis as well as solid experience in programming (Matlab).

 

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Dr. Thomas Kreuz (thomas.kreuz@cnr.it).

Dr. Thomas Kreuz

Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR
Via Madonna del Piano 10
50119 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)
Tel: +39-055-522-6630
Cell: +39-349-0748506
Fax: +39-055-522-6683
Email: thomas.kreuz@cnr.it
Webpage: http://www.fi.isc.cnr.it/users/thomas.kreuz/

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