Several postdoctoral positions are available at the Functional Brain
Imaging Lab (FBIL) led by Dr. Wei Gao located at the Biomedical Imaging
Research Center (BRIC) of UNC-Chapel Hill. Our focuses include better
understanding of the neurophysiological mechanism underlying early brain
development, normal brain functioning, as well as brain diseasess
(including Bipolar, Schizophrenia, MCI/AD, Parkinson’s Diseases, etc)
using resting-state fMRI, task-based fMRI, and diffusion tensor imaging
(DTI). The candidates will be actively involved in one of the research
themes based on his/her research experiences.
Successful candidates should have extensive research experience in at
least one of the three modalities (i.e., resting-state fMRI, task-based
fMRI, and DTI) and have a Ph.D degree in Biomedical Engineering,
Neuroscience, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biostatistics,
or related fields. Good command of programming tools including Matlab,
Linux, and scripting are necessary to carry out the research work in
this group.
Successful candidates will be part of a diverse group including
neuroscientists, biomedical engineers, computer scientists,
psychiatrists, psychologists, radiologists and biostatisticians, and
will build upon the group’s previous work on functional brain imaging study.
If interested, please contact Wei Gao at wgao(a)email.unc.edu
<mailto:wgao@email.unc.edu>.
Wei Gao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology and BRIC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rm 3105, Bioinformatics Bldg
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7513
Phone: 919-843-7672
Fax: 919-843-4456
*Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position at University of Pittsburgh *
The Maternal Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, headed by Drs. Eydie
Moses-Kolko, Alison Hipwell and Mary Phillips at the Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh, seeks a full-time
postdoctoral research fellow supported by funds from the National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The start date is
immediate and the position is for up to 2 years. The study is
investigating the neural underpinnings of affective disorders and
mother-infant caregiving in young postpartum mothers. The fellow will be
responsible for collecting and analyzing neural and behavioral data,
writing scientific papers and giving scientific presentations. Analyses
will focus on fMRI data during maternal processing of emotional faces,
reward, and infant cry as well as structural and neural connectivity
analyses. Because the study is embedded in a larger longitudinal study
of psychopathology which began in childhood, scientific questions about
developmental predictors of maternal affective neural processes can also
be tested.
Position qualifications include a PhD in psychology, neuroscience, or a
related field or an MD psychiatrist at the postdoctoral level;
experience with fMRI acquisition and analysis; strong experimental and
statistical skills; the ability to work independently and in a team
environment on multiple tasks and projects and to share one’s expertise
with others. Experience with neuroimaging software programs (AFNI, FSL,
MATLAB, SPM, or other relevant programs), programming for fMRI tasks
(E-prime, Presentation), and statistical analysis (SPM, SPSS, SAS) is
highly desired. Strong interest in the development and pathophysiology
of depression is valuable. Excellent scientific writing skills are also
desired.
Located in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute
and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC) is considered one of the nation's foremost
university-based psychiatric care facilities, housing the Department of
Psychiatry of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. For more
than 60 years, WPIC has been a national leader in providing
research-based care and treatment of mental health and addictive
disorders. WPIC has a large community of post-doctoral scholars and
associates and a longstanding history of success in developing
post-doctoral researchers toward independent research careers. The
Department of Psychiatry has a total research portfolio of over $ 70
million annually, including nine T32 post-doctoral training grants.
During the current fiscal year, these grants support a community of more
than 68 post-doctoral researchers whose research career development is
supported by structured and informal mentoring activities. Our faculty
has a strong commitment to excellence in mentorship.
Please send a letter of inquiry and your CV to Eydie Moses-Kolko
(mosesEL(a)upmc.edu <mailto:mosesEL@upmc.edu>). Applications will be
considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
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Eydie Moses-Kolko, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic University of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine
office: 412-624-9152
fax: 412-383-8336
Dear Colleagues,
We have a Research Assistant position at UCLA for a motivated
individual, starting ~April 2014 and going through summer of 2015. The
position requires someone who is able to work independently, problem
solve and preferably has experience with EEG data and Matlab (other
programming may suffice, Linux skills invaluable). Interests in signal
processing and data analysis as well as in translational (ADHD) science
and cognitive training are considerable assets.
Many many thanks!
Agatha
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Agatha Lenartowicz, Ph.D.
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Fellow
http://alenarto.bol.ucla.edu/
Laboratory of Integrative NeuroImaging Technology
http://www.brainmapping.org/MarkCohen/lab.html
Assistant Research Neuroscientist
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
760 Westwood Plaza, Suite 17-369
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310.794.5641 (x45641)
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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
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** apologies for cross posting **
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4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in NeuroImaging
(PRNI 2014)
June 4-6 2014, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems,
Tübingen, Germany
Website: http://www.prni.org <http://www.prni.org/>
<http://www.prni.org/>
Multivariate analysis of neuroimaging data has gained ground very
rapidly in the community over the past few years, leading to
impressive results in cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Pattern
recognition and machine learning conferences regularly feature a
neuroimaging workshop, while neuroscientific meetings dedicate
sessions to new approaches to neural data analysis. Thus, a rich
two-way flow has been established between disciplines. It is the
goal of the 4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in
NeuroImaging to continue facilitating exchange of ideas between
scientific communities, with a particular interest in new approaches
to the interpretation of neural data driven by new developments in
pattern recognition and machine learning.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline: 7th of March, 2014 **submission website
is now open <https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/PRNI2014>**
Acceptance notification: 4th of April, 2014
Workshop: June 4-6, 2014
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TOPICS OF INTEREST
PRNI welcomes original papers on multivariate analysis of
neuroimaging data, using invasive and non-invasive imaging
modalities, including but not limited to the following topics:
* Learning from neuroimaging data
- Classification algorithms for brain-state decoding
- Optimisation and regularisation
- Bayesian analysis of neuroimaging data
- Connectivity and causal inference
- Combination of different data modalities
- Efficient algorithms for large-scale data analysis
* Interpretability of models and results
- High-dimensional data visualisation
- Multivariate and multiple hypothesis testing
- Summarisation/presentation of inference results
* Applications
- Disease diagnosis and prognosis
- Real-time decoding of brain states
- Analysis of resting-state and task-based data
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
John-Dylan Haynes
Klaus-Robert Müller
Russ Poldrack
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors should prepare full papers with a maximum length of 4 pages
(double-column, IEEE style, PDF) for review. Reviews will be
double-blind, i.e. submissions have to be anonymized.
PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings will be published by Conference Publishing Services in
electronic format. They will be submitted for inclusion in
IEEExplore and IEEE CS Digital Library online repositories, and
submitted for indexing in IET INSPEC, EI Compendex (Elsevier),
Thomson ISI, and others.
BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
A small number of papers will be selected for the Best Student Paper
Award. To be eligible the paper’s first author must be a student,
and the student must agree to present the paper at the workshop.
Awardees will receive a travel allowance.
VENUE
The workshop will be held on the campus of the Max Planck Institute
in Tübingen, Germany. Tübingen is a picturesque medieval university
town, and can easily be reached by public transportation from
Stuttgart airport (STR). Accommodation is available on or close to
campus. A pre-conference barbecue will be held on June 3, 2014.
ORGANIZATION
General Chair:
Moritz Grosse-Wentrup (MPI for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany)
Program Chairs:
Marcel van Gerven (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and
Behaviour, Netherlands) & Nikolaos Koutsouleris (LMU Munich, Germany)
Steering committee:
Jonas Richiardi, Dimitri Van De Ville, Seong-Whan Lee, Yuki
Kamitani, Janaina Mourao-
Miranda, Christos Davatsikos, Gaël Varoquaux
ENDORSEMENTS
PRNI 2014 is an official satellite meeting of the Organization for
Human Brain Mapping and an endorsed event of the Medical Image
Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society.
*
The Menninger Clinic and the McNair Medical Institute is offering a
one-year postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric neuroimaging and
genomics research to begin July 1, 2014. The successful candidate may
have the option of extending to a second-year. Data from the McNair
Initiative for Neuroscience Discovery-Menninger Baylor (MIND-MB) project
utilizes state-of-the-art psychiatric assessment, neuroimaging, and
genomics to study of adolescent and adult populations with serious
mental illness. Candidates with a background in social-cognitive and/or
affective neuroscience are strongly encouraged to apply, but content
areas such as RDoC negative valence systems will also be considered.
Eligible candidates must have their PhD or MD, demonstrate a proven
track record of scholarship and publications, have experience with
advanced statistical methods (SEM, LPA, multivariate association
statistics), with Matlab programming and neuroimaging software (SPM,
AFNI, FSL), and be able to work as a member of a team comprised of
clinical neuroscientists, clinicians, and geneticists.
Baylor College of Medicine’s Menninger Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences is dedicated to innovative and relevant
translational research into psychiatric disorders. The Menninger Clinic
is ranked in the top 5 Psychiatric hospitals in the country and Forbes
ranked Houston as one of the coolest cities to live.
To apply send CV and names of 2 references to: cfowler(a)menninger.edu
For further information feel free to call Dr. Fowler at 713-275-5508
Dear Users
This afternoon (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be an internal
project proposal presentation given by Emma Holmes. The title of Emma's
talk is "Auditory attention during multi-talker listening".
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served 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 all,
This is just to remind you about our MEG research group meeting today, at 12.00 pm in B204 (Department of Psychology).
Giovanna Mollo will talk about: 'Identifying objects at different levels of specificity: Effects on cortical dynamics in hub and spokes'.
Best,
Markus
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Markus J. van Ackeren
PhD Student
Department of Psychology
University of York
YO10 5DD, UK
Email: mjva500(a)york.ac.uk
EU MARIE CURIE POST DOCTORAL POSITION, ASTON BRAIN CENTRE, UK.
Mapping receptive and expressive language using MEG.
We are seeking to recruit an experienced post-doctoral researcher with
expertise in MEG data recording and analysis for this project which is
part of an EU Initial Training Network (ITN). There are good
opportunities for travel and collaboration within our European network.
Applicants must be able to fulfil the Marie Curie requirements which can
also be found on the vacancy website below.
Salary: £53,765 per annum, 2 years, fixed-term.
For full details, please see the following website.
http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=R130435
We welcome informal enquiries – please contact Caroline Witton
(c.witton(a)aston.ac.uk <mailto:c.witton@aston.ac.uk>) or Joel Talcott
(j.b.talcott(a)aston.ac.uk <mailto:j.b.talcott@aston.ac.uk>)
*Dr Caroline Witton**
Director, Wellcome Trust Lab for MEG Studies*
*Aston Brain Centre*
0121 204 4087 .
c.witton(a)aston.ac.uk <mailto:c.witton@aston.ac.uk>
Students can make an appointment to see me here:
https://wass.aston.ac.uk/wass
*P****Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail*
Dear Users
This Thursday (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be an internal
project proposal presentation given by Emma Holmes. The title of Emma's
talk is "Auditory attention during multi-talker listening".
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
--
************************************************************************
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
The Menninger Clinic and the McNair Medical Institute is offering a
one-year postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric neuroimaging and
genomics research to begin July 1, 2014. The successful candidate may
have the option of extending to a second-year. Data from the McNair
Initiative for Neuroscience Discovery-Menninger Baylor (MIND-MB) project
utilizes state-of-the-art psychiatric assessment, neuroimaging, and
genomics to study of adolescent and adult populations with serious
mental illness. Candidates with a background in social-cognitive and/or
affective neuroscience are strongly encouraged to apply, but content
areas such as RDoC negative valence systems will also be considered.
Eligible candidates must have their PhD or MD, demonstrate a proven
track record of scholarship and publications, have experience with
advanced statistical methods (SEM, LPA, multivariate association
statistics), with Matlab programming and neuroimaging software (SPM,
AFNI, FSL), and be able to work as a member of a team comprised of
clinical neuroscientists, clinicians, and geneticists.
Baylor College of Medicine's Menninger Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences is dedicated to innovative and relevant
translational research into psychiatric disorders. The Menninger Clinic
is ranked in the top 5 Psychiatric hospitals in the country and Forbes
ranked Houston as one of the coolest cities to live.
To apply send CV and names of 2 references to: cfowler(a)menninger.edu
For further information feel free to call Dr. Fowler at 713-275-5508
