Postdoc Position Available Florida International University, Miami FL

Postdoc Position Available

Florida International University, Miami FL

 

Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida’s anchor institutions, FIU is worlds ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and enrolls 48,000 students in two campus and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. More than 160,000 alumni live and work in South Florida. FIU is a member of the Sun Belt Conference and has 400 student-athletes participating in 17 sports. In 2010 the Panthers won their first bowl game. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.

 

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Jorge Riera, i.e. the Neuronal Mass Dynamics (NMD) Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering at FIU (http://www.bme.fiu.edu). The selected candidate will be part of a multi-disciplinary effort to study the main physiopathological aspects underlying refractory epilepsy in type II Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD). The postdoctoral researcher will combine optogenetic/pharmacological manipulations and four recording techniques to study the neuro- vascular/metabolic coupling mechanisms and microcircuit working principles at the degenerated (i.e. the core) and adjacent “edematous” regions of this type of brain lesion using a rat’s model of type II FCD. The main recording techniques will be intracranial potentials obtained with MEA, large-scale EEG data, laser Doppler flowmetry and O₂/NO amperometric measurements. He/she will investigate pathways for inflammatory signaling, as well as mechanisms for seizure-induced tissue damages and cellular reactivity in this type of lesion. The postdoctoral researcher will interact extensively with biomedical engineers (e.g. Dr. Wei-Chiang Lin @FIU), neuroscientists (e.g. Dr. Tara Stewart at Miami Children Hospital), industrial partners and students.

The candidates must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team. The position is for two years, renewable on a yearly basis. This work will require experimental design for physiological measurements and extensive analysis of data. A PhD or comparable advanced degree in Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Physics or related fields is required. Applicants must have a strong background in neuroscience. Prior experience of working with biophysical models and/or in computational neurosciences is highly desirable. Applicants must be comfortable programming in MATLAB (desirable) or C++.

The NMD lab is focused on: i) developing biophysical models to interpret and fuse different modalities of brain imaging, ii) using them to study complex problems associated with neurological disorders in pre-clinical trials, and iii) finally transferring technologies resulting from these studies to biomedical industry and clinical practice. The Biomedical Engineering Department at Florida International University is leading the state in biomedical engineering education. It is endowed by generous support from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the Ware Foundation and the State of Florida. Many faculty in the department work closely with researchers in the Brain Institute at the Miami Children’s Hospital, CATE Institute for neuroscience research and many biomedical companies in South Florida. Applications must be submitted via email to jrieradi@fiu.edu (deadline, December 1^st) along with the following documents (CV, three references, cover letter).

FIU is a member of the State University System of Florida and is an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access Affirmative Action Employer.

Jorge Riera, PhD

Associate Professor

Director, Neuronal Mass Dynamics Lab.

Dept. Biomedical Engineering

Florida International University

Email: jrieradi@fiu.edu

Phone: 305 348-4948

http://www.bme.fiu.edu/

Six assistant professor positions at cluster of excellence "Hearing4all", Oldenburg, Germany

The Faculties of Mathematics and Sciences and of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Oldenburg are seeking to fill as soon as possible the following positions within the cluster of excellence „Hearing4all“ (www.hearing4all.de)

A)        Assistant professorship (W1) „Neurobiology of Hearing“ (TG 1)

with the research areas auditory neurophysiology and animal psychoacoustics

B)        Assistant professorship (W1) „Analysis and Modelling of the Auditory System“ (TG 1&3)

with the research areas psychoacoustics, functional imaging of the auditory system and auditory modeling

C)        Assistant professorship (W1) „Psychophysiology of Hearing“ (TG 2&7)

with the research areas objective auditory diagnostics and auditory signal processing

D)        Assistant professorship (W1) „Rehabilitative Audio Signal Processing“ (TG 4)

with the research areas audio signal processing, acoustics, audiology, psychoacoustics, hearing aid technology   

E)        Assistant professorship  (W1) „Assistive Audio Technology“ (TG 6)

with the research areas machine listening, audio & speech signal processing, man-machine interaction, evaluation of audio technology

F)        Assistant professorship (W1) „Methods in Neurocognitive Psychology“ (TG 7)

with the research areas brain-computer interfaces, neurocognition, cognitive psychophysiology,

The successful candidates are expected to actively contribute to the cluster of excellence “Hearing4all” and to the further structured research programmes within the Centre of Excellence for Hearing Research, i.e., the collaborative research centre “The Active Auditory System” (SFB/TRR31), the Research Unit “Individualized Hearing Acoustics”, the national centre of competence for hearing technology (HörTech) and the PhD Program “Function and Pathophysiology of the Auditory System”. They are also expected to contribute to the core teaching program of the respective contributing disciplines (Medical Physics and Acoustics, Psychology, Neuroscience).

A successful candidate is expected to have an academic university degree, possess pedagogic skills, be able to independently perform excellent scientific work usually demonstrated by international publications, and should be experienced in at least one of the respective research areas listed above. She/he should be qualified for heading a junior research group and assuming an important research function within the task groups (TG) of the cluster of excellence (c.f., www.hearing4all.de). Please indicate in your application for which position(s) you apply. Additional conditions for employment according to law (NHG §30) apply.

The position is available from 1 November 2012, for initially 3 years, with prospect for continuation for 3 more years after successful evaluation. At the end of the total 6-year period a competitive tenure-track option for a W2 Professorship within the framework of the German regulations is provided. The tenure decision is based on an external evaluation and tenure can be given to 50% of the junior research group leaders.

The University of Oldenburg strives to increase the proportion of women in science, so we especially encourage female candidates to apply. Handicapped applicants will be given preference if equally qualified.

Please send your application at the latest by August 31st, 2012 to Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Fakultät V, Exzellenzcluster „Hearing4all“, 26111 Oldenburg (e-mail: Karin.Klink@uni-oldenburg.de). The application should include a CV, a list of publications, and copies of certificates for academic grades. It is planned to interview candidates in the beginning of October.

Full Professorship (W3) in Optophysiology and Neurophysiology at the University of Freiburg

The Faculty of Biology and the newly established Research Cluster "BrainLinks-BrainTools" (BLBT), funded by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments, at the University of Freiburg invite applications for a

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The applicant’s research should be in the area of systemic neurosciences and should focus on questions of neural networks and their activity dynamics in relation to neurotechnology and its applications. The application of modern neurobiological experimental techniques, in particular optogenetics and methods derived from it, is desired.
The tasks associated with the position include teaching biology students in the field of optophysiology and neurophysiology. Close interactions and cooperations with the neuroscience research centers and institutions of the university are expected.
For further information please visit the homepage of the Faculty of Biology at www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de and of the Cluster of Excellence „BrainLinks-BrainTools“ www.brainlinks-braintools.de.

The position requires a completed university education, including PhD and German habilitation or equivalent scientific accomplishments, and teaching experience.

The deadline for application is October 15, 2012. Complete applications along with all pertinent documents (exclusively in electronic form; e-mail: dekanat@biologie.uni-freiburg.de) should be addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg.

The University of Freiburg is an equal opportunity employer. Applications of women are strongly encouraged. Handicapped candidates with equivalent qualifications will be given preference.

Early stage Researcher Position available - University of Antwerp

Early Stage Researcher: NAMASEN is the acronym for an Initial Training Network (http://www.namasen.net), funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Marie-Curie PEOPLE programme. Its ultimate mission is to lay the foundation of a virtual scientific institute for the multi-disciplinary study of Neuroengineering and Network-Neurosciences that will train a new generation of scientists and professionals and that will contribute to Europe’s leading role in scientific innovation.

NAMASEN targets both technological and scientific priorities, such as the development of novel multi-electrode arrays and advanced interfaces that functionally interact with neurons and networks. NAMASEN investigates neuro-electronic hybrids as devices able to undergo a functional and anatomical reconfiguration, on the basis of the activity-dependent plasticity and rewiring properties of neurons, under some control by the experimenter.
Description

Within the NAMASEN ITN Network, a 2-years position is available at the Laboratory of Theoretical Neurobiology and Neuroengineering of the University of Antwerp (Belgium), at the level of Early Stage Researchers (prospective PhD researchers). As a part of the training experience, the researcher will be based in Antwerp but will spend exchanges abroad, during secondment periods within the european ITN network.

This position largely focuses on conducting mathematical modeling as well as experimental electrophysological studies on in vitro neuronal networks, growing and developing ex vivo on substrate arrays of microelectrodes (MEAs), investigating their spontaneous collective activity, their excitability dynamics over long-time scales, and their active reconfiguration by optogenetic tools.

The NAMASEN ITN Network offers a unique research environment where leading academics will integrate accepted applicants into their research teams, providing a top-notch structured training programme in Neuroelectronics, Neuroengineering, and Nanotechnologies. More information on the NAMASEN ITN Network and this job opening can be found at: http://www.namasen.net

Nr of positions available : 1
Research Fields: Neurosciences - Neurophysiology
Career Stage: Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Research Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)

Benefits:
The Researchers will be appointed on a full-time temporary contacts, for a period of up to two years (ESRs) including a possible secondments at a different NAMASEN partner.
The Researcher will be a Marie Curie fellow and will profit from all Marie Curie benefits, including living, mobility, travel, and career exploratory allowances according to the Marie Curie Framework 7 requirements (http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions).

Application procedure:

Applications MUST include an extended CV, a motivation letter, and names and addresses of three references. Material should be addressed electronically to Prof. Michele Giugliano, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerpen, Born-Bunge Foundation, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium, michele_AT_tnb.ua.ac.b, until November 15th, 2012 (mass-emails will be trashed). For informal inquiries please contact Michele Giugliano or visit the website http://www.tnb.ua.ac.be.

Two PhD positions in spike train analysis and neuronal network dynamics in Firenze

Two PhD positions at Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi -- Firenze (Italy)

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The Phd positions are offered within the Marie Curie Initial Training Network -
‘Neural Engineering Transformative Technologies’ (NETT) to work at the
Institute of Complex Systems (ISC), CNR, Florence, Italy

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 two positions are on nonlinear dynamics/complex systems with
application to neuroscience, the research lines will be

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

2. Measures of spike train synchrony    (ESR15)


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
obtained between 1 september 2008 -- 1 september 2012

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

http://neuro.fi.isc.cnr.it/index.php?page=how-to-apply

Closing date for both positions: 14 September 2012

Both full-time posts are available from 01 January 2013 and
will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 36 months.

Contact:  Dr Thomas Kreuz (thomas.kreuz@cnr.it) or Dr Alessandro Torcini
(alessandro.torcini@cnr.it)

More details here:   http://neuro.fi.isc.cnr.it/index.php?page=marie-curie-itn
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[Comp-neuro] PhD position on "Bidirectional and multimodal feedback in robotic rehabilitation for brain injured patients" at IIT

Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) together with the University of Genova has opened the call for the Doctoral Course on Life and Humanoid Technologies.

http://www.iit.it/en/openings/

phd-calls/1595-phd-school-in-life-and-humanoid-technologies.html

Ph.D. positions are available at the Robotics Brain and Cognitive sciences department <http://www.iit.it/en/

research/departments/robotics-brain-and-cognitive-sciences.html>

where neuroscience and robotics research is being merged to seek answers towards some of the long standing open problems in both fields. The research team at RBCS is composed of neuroscientists, engineers, psychologists, physicists working together to investigate brain functions, realize intelligent machines and advanced prosthesis.

In the robotic rehabilitation field, we invite applications/enquiries from PhD candidates interested in investigating how to enhance/augment the feedback for both human patient and the robotic system aiding rehabilitation of the patient.

Using a robotic haptic device and an augmented feedback instrumentation (such as a vibration system), the candidate will explore how to provide human patients with extra sources of sensory feedback that is synchronized with the motor intention in such a way as to promote the building of a sensory re-afference. Moreover the candidate will investigate if using subject’s electromyography (EMG) signal as biofeedback provided to the robot, can lead to an increase in the patient-robot interaction and hence can accelerate human motor learning. Merging the two aforementioned techniques, the candidate will also evaluate the combined effects of additional feedback and robot assistance based on biosignals, on restoration of upper limb functions.

Experiments will take place at IIT at Motor Learning and Rehabilitation Laboratory (Professor Pietro Morasso), Gaslini Hospital, the laboratory in INAIL of Volterra and the Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory of the University of Minnesota (Professor Juergen Konczak).

Considering the interdisciplinary nature of the problem, the proposal is open for candidates from different disciplines computer science, control engineering and basic neuroscience. Programming skills such as Matlab/Simulink are required.

For further details concerning this research project, please contact:

Dr. Marianna Semprini (marianna.semprini@iit.it) and Dr. Valentina Squeri (valentina.squeri@iit.it)

For more information on administrative issues, please contact:

Ms. Anastasia Bruzzone (anastasia.bruzzone@iit.it) Tel. +39 010 71781472

To apply, follow the instructions indicated in the links, in short: a detailed CV, a research proposal, reference letters, and any other formal document concerning the degrees earned. Note that these documents are mandatory in order to consider valid the application.

DEADLINE is September 21, 2012 at noon (Italian time zone, strict deadline, no extension).

ONLINE APPLICATIONS only: http://servizionline.unige.it/
studenti/post-laurea/dottorato

Postdoctoral positions open at the Circuit Dynamics and Computation Lab in the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme in Lisbon, Portugal

Applications for highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals are sought for two postdoctoral position openings in the Circuit Dynamics and Computation laboratory led by Alfonso Renart at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, in Lisbon, Portugal. The lab is interested in identifying generic principles governing the dynamics of cortical circuits and the way in which they produce function

The work will take place in the context of a collaborative project "The mechanistic basis of working memory in prefrontal cortical circuits" funded by the Human Frontier Research Project which also involves the labs of Paul Chadderton (Imperial College London, London) and Sebastian Royer (Center for Functional Connectomics, Seoul, Korea). The overall goal of the project is to combine state of the art techniques for recording and manipulating neural activity during behavior and theoretical analysis, in order to establish the dynamical basis of memory traces holding information about external events. One of the positions will be for modeling/data-analysis and the other one for performing population recordings in awake-behaving mice.

The modeling/data-analysis position is targeted to the study of non-stationary memory traces. We would like to understand generic principles for producing time-varying patterns of activity in neuronal circuits, and to quantify the temporal evolution of activity from large populations of simultaneously recorded neurons. Experience in modeling of recurrent neural circuits and in machine learning techniques for extracting structure from high-dimensional data will be highly valued.

The experimental position is targeted to the recording and optical manipulation of population activity in the prefrontal cortex of awake behaving mice. Candidates with experience on in-vivo electrophysiology, ideally in awake behaving rodents, and/or optogenetics are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should send applications (cover letter, CV and contact information of references) to alfonso.renart@neuro.fchampalimaud.org. Openings are available immediately and applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

The Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme (CNP) aims at establishing links between nervous system function of behavior. Our scientific goals are represented by the full intellectual scope of the scientists of the program. The CNP aspires to help scientists to reach their full creative potential and to promote collective achievements beyond those reachable by individual scientists or laboratory groups through cooperation and exchange but without sacrificing independence and diversity of thought. The institute is located at the beautiful waterfront of Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon offers a sunny Atlantic-Mediterranean climate, affordable cost of living, and vibrant culture, with good public transportation, international schools and convenient housing options both within and outside the city center.

English is the official language of the institute.


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Alfonso Renart, PhD

Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown
Av. Brasília s/n (Doca de Pedrouços)
1400-038 Lisboa, Portugal
http://neuro.fchampalimaud.org/