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Fwd: Postdoctoral positions available at UNC-Chapel Hill
by Gary Green 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

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

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Fwd: University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Fellow Position
by Gary Green 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

*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. ************************************************* 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

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Fwd: research assistant opportunity (UCLA/ThinkNow)
by Gary Green 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Re: PRNI 2nd call for papers
by Gary Green 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

* SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS * * * ** apologies for cross posting ** * 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. * * * 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 * 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. *

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Fwd: Postdoc position in Houston Texas
by Gary Green 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

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

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

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 -- ************************************************************************ 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

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Reminder: MEG research group meeting
by Markus van Ackeren 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

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 ----------------------------------------- Markus J. van Ackeren PhD Student Department of Psychology University of York YO10 5DD, UK Email: mjva500(a)york.ac.uk

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Fwd: Marie Curie Post-doc, Aston Brain Centre
by Gary Green 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

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*

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YNiC seminar 6th February
by rem 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

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

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Fwd: Postdoc position in Houston Texas
by Gary Green 02 Feb '14

02 Feb '14

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

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