FYI
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Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to point your attention to a research associate (Post Doc)
job opening at the UCL Ear Institute and would be grateful if you could
distribute the advert to relevant members of your institution. Please
note the deadline is this Thursday.
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*Research Associate (Post Doc)- Ref:** 1288813*
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*Closing Date: ** *22/11/2012
A research associate (Post Doc) position (starting salary £32,055 per
annum Inclusive of London allowance) is available to work on a BBSRC
funded project that will use psychophysics, eye tracking and MEG
functional brain imaging to investigate the neural systems that support
listeners ability to detect changes in acoustic scenes. You will be
supervised by Dr Maria Chait. The post holder will be based at UCL Ear
Institute and MEG scanning will be carried out at UCL’s Wellcome Trust
Centre for Neuroimaging. Initial funding for this post is available for
36 months.
The UCL Ear Institute provides state-of-the-art research facilities
across a wide range of disciplines and is one of the foremost centres
for hearing, speech and language-related research within Europe. The
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging is a leading centre for brain
imaging, bringing together clinicians and scientists who study higher
cognitive function using neuroimaging techniques.
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*Key Requirements*
Applicants should hold a PhD degree (or equivalent)^ in an engineering
or Neuroscience-related subject and have substantial experience in
digital signal processing and computer programming. Previous experience
with auditory research and/or functional brain imaging is desirable.
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*Further Details*
You should apply for this post (Ref #: *1288813*) through UCL's online
recruitment website, www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs>, where you can download a job description
and person specifications.
*For an informal discussion please contact Dr. Maria Chait
(m.chait(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:m.chait@ucl.ac.uk>).*
Maria Chait PhD
m.chait(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:m.chait@ucl.ac.uk>
Senior Lecturer
UCL Ear Institute
332 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8EE
Dear Users
This Thursday (starting 4.30 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be 2 talks:
1) 2011/12 MSc project outcome
Tim Andrews
Title "Putting a name to a face - neural correlates of recognition?"
2) Project proposal presentation
Nick Barraclough
Title: "Visual Adaptation in the Mirror Neuron System"
Summary:
Visual adaptation occurs at a high level within the temporal lobe where
social stimuli such as hand actions are coded. fMR-adaptation studies
investigating the existence of a mirror neuron system in humans,
however, has been equivocal. It is therefore not clear whether visual
adaptation occurs within, or influences the representation of human
actions within the mirror neuron system. We propose to use single pulse
TMS over motor cortex and measure motor evoked potentials from the
contralateral hand. Observation of hand actions results in an increase
in MEP magnitude and provides a metric of current mirror neuron system
activity. Participants will visually adapt to hand actions during the
TMS. We will assess both the psychophysical measure of action adaptation
as well as the physiological measure of adaptation in the mirror neuron
system. An effect of visual adaptation on the mirror neuron system will
be reflected by a change in motor evoked potential magnitude following
adaptation.
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
Today (starting 4.30 pm in YNiC open plan) Pat Johnston's former MSc
student, Naz Kokkinakis, will be giving a talk on Pat's MSc CN 2011/2012
project (with Sam Johnhson). The title of the talk is "Neural responses
to /homo-sapiens/ and /solanum tuberosum/: Not just another half-baked
M170 study."
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
This Thursday (starting 4.30 pm in YNiC open plan) Pat Johnston (with
Sam Johnhson) will be giving a talk on his MSc CN 2011/2012 project. The
title of the talk is "Neural responses to /homo-sapiens/ and
/solanum tuberosum/: Not just another half-baked M170 study."
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
Today (starting 4.30 pm in YNiC open plan) Mark Hymers will be giving
two talks:
1) MSc CN 2011/2012 outcome.
"Neural correlates of Deutsch's speech-to-song illusion"
2) YNiC project proposal presentation.
"TMS investigation of the Asymmetric Sampling in Time model"
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
This Thursday (starting 4.30 pm in YNiC open plan) Mark Hymers will be
giving two talks:
1) MSc CN 2011/2012 outcome.
"Neural correlates of Deutsch's speech-to-song illusion"
2) YNiC project proposal presentation.
"TMS investigation of the Asymmetric Sampling in Time model"
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
Today (starting 4.30 pm in YNiC open plan) we will resume the YNiC
Thursday seminars with a talk on the outcome of an MSc CN 2011/2012
empirical research project. Every Thursday in November different project
supervisors will be talking about their MSc research projects from the
previous academic year. We encourage the current cohort of MSc CN
students to attend these seminars which will provide some insight into
previous MSc projects.
This week the talk will be given by David Troy, who was an MSc CN
student, and the project supervisors, Gary Green and Heidi Baseler. The
title of the talk is "Measurements of the signal-to-noise ratio in fMRI".
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
