ynic-users February 2015

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Fwd: Vacancy for Data Analyst in Cambridge (Department of Psychiatry)

by Gary Green

*Vacancy for Data Analyst in Cambridge*(Department of Psychiatry) Applications are invited for an experienced and enthusiastic neuroimager to join the Drug Addiction Research group led by Dr Karen Ersche. The group focuses on functional and structural brain abnormalities associated with the risk of and resilience to drug addiction, and the effects that chronic drug exposure has on the brain. We use advanced structural (e.g. surface- and connectivity-based cortical parcellation, diffusion … [View More]tractography) and functional (e.g. connectivity metrics) magnetic resonance imaging methods in order to address our research questions. This post operates within a dynamic multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical scientists within the Cambridge University Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Clinical Neurosciences. It provides unparalleled access to translational neuroscience in terms of imaging methods, research facilities and cognitive neuroscience. Applicants should have a PhD with a strong background in neuroimaging data analysis. Proficiency with Python, Matlab, or R languages, and other neuroimaging analysis software (e.g. FSL, AFNI, SPM, etc.) and experience with fMRI and DTI analyses are expected. In order to maximise the research outputs from the data, a demonstrable interest in researching, developing, applying and interpreting novel analysis methods is highly desirable. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the dissemination of results and to the writing of reports, and therefore should demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills. The post holder will also be expected to co-supervise postdoctoral students with their data analyses. The purpose of this role is to support and maintain the University’s national and international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Contribution to excellence in research will be as a member of a research team carrying out research at a similar level to that undertaken by lecturing staff and will provide substantial scope for academic judgement, originality, interpretation and presentation of results. The role holder will participate in the overall contribution of the department/faculty, as appropriate. To submit an application for this vacancy, please click on the link in the ‘Apply online’ section of the advert published on the University’s Job Opportunities pages. This will route you to the University’s Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form. Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a covering letter outlining suitability for the role in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application. The closing date for applications is *15 February 2015*. If you have any informal questions about this vacancy please contact Dr Karen Ersche via email to ke220(a)cam.ac.uk <mailto:ke220@cam.ac.uk>. For information on the application process for this vacancy, please contact Dominic Drane, HR Administrator via email on hradminpsychiatry(a)medschl.cam.ac.uk <mailto:hradminpsychiatry@medschl.cam.ac.uk>. ******************************* Dr Karen Ersche University of Cambridge Department of Psychiatry Brain Mapping Unit Herchel Smith Building Cambridge CB2 0SZ Phone: (+44) 1223 336587 Fax: (+44) 1223 336581 http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?ke220 [View Less]

10 years, 3 months

Fwd: Engineer/Post Doc, Marseille, France

by Gary Green

Dear all, FYI. Two positions are available for the Vibrations project, which is a translational project between Theoretical Neuroscience and signal processing on the one hand and clinical practice on the other hand. The objective of the project is to develop tools based on Virtual Brain simulations in order to improve presurgical evaluation of epilepsy. The project is funded jointly by the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR) and the Direction Générale de l'Offre de Santé (DGOS). It is … [View More]a collaboration between the Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (Marseille), the Signal and image processing laboratory (Rennes) and the INRIA Sophia-Antipolis. Two positions are opened at the Clinical Neurophysiology of Timone hospital and the TNG group of the INS. Both positions will be in collaboration with the Dynamap team of the INS (resp. CG Bénar). *A) ENGINEER (30 month, DGOS). Location: Clinical Neurophysiology dep., Timone Hospital, Marseille, under responsibility of F. Bartolomei* *Task:* The engineer will be in charge of providing tools for clinicians - define needs of clinicians in term of signal processing and signal modeling set up existing tools in a user-friendly environment, feasibility study develop or implement new signal processing tools (in Anywave software) develop TVB epilepsy interface in collaboration with TVB group - write user manuals and tutorials *B) POSTDOC (17 month, ANR). Location: TNG Team, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, under responsibility of V. Jirsa* *Project:* systematic exploration of parameter space under anatomical and functional constraints - use of functional constraints provided by signal processing (topographies, spike count, graph measures, EI...) - explore parameters and define the range of plausible solutions, implement and test model comparison framework - evaluate the feasibility of the inverse problem, in particular the estimation of 'excitability' parameters for delineating the epileptogenic zone Contacts: fabrice.bartolomei(a)ap-hm.fr, viktor.jirsa(a)univ-amu.fr, christian.benar(a)univ-amu.fr useful links: http://ins.univ-amu.fr/; http://www.thevirtualbrain.org/tvb/zwei; http://meg.univ-amu.fr/wiki/AnyWavehttp://meg.univ-amu.fr/wiki/AnyWave Best, Haiteng Haiteng Jiang PhD candidate Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Neuronal Oscillations Group Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab https://sites.google.com/site/haitengjiang/ <https://sites.google.com/site/haitengjiang/> [View Less]

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YNiC seminar today

by rem

Dear Users This Thursday (from 3-5 pm in B020), the MSc CN students will give project proposal presentations for their empirical research projects. Please check here for the schedule of talks: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available after the seminar. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging … [View More]

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Fwd: PhD position in Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Fatigue in Inflammatory Disease

by Gary Green

Dear all, Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position (3 years UK/EU) hosted by the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre (ABIC) at the University of Aberdeen. The successful applicant will work with Neil Basu, Gordon Waiter and other researchers within ABIC on the neural processes underlying fatigue. The studentship will adapt and apply cutting edge computational methodologies within the Aberdeen Rheumatoid Arthritis Brain Cohort. This rich data set, the largest of its kind, … [View More]

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YNiC "Project Presentations" - why we do them

by Andre Gouws

Before any research group starts a new project at YNiC, or when existing projects make significant changes and additions to their study, a ‘YNiC project presentation’ has to be made. Recently, David Coggan gave an excellent presentation that (more importantly) gave rise to constructive debate and discussion about the methods he is using and his recent research findings. His presentation and the following discussions are the essence of what these project presentations should be about. We … [View More]have however received feedback that the reason for these presentations, and in some instances the ‘value of’ these presentations, is unclear to many. A few even perceive them to be a hurdle. We will take a few minutes to clarify why we encourage these presentations. What these presentations shouldn’t be seen as: • Practice job talks where you’re going to get difficult questions • A ‘rite of passage’ to use the facilities • A chance to steal ideas What these presentations should be seen as: • An opportunity for you to gain feedback on your research plan: Do not underestimate the wealth of experience in the wider YNiC community. Just think how many of our colleagues are currently running experiments, writing manuscripts and dealing with reviews; Colleagues who have tried to do similar things on the hardware you’re using and already have code to do most of it (.. this has happened ..); Colleagues who can lend you a better monitor to make your measurements on; Colleagues who have just come back from a conference and seen a poster on something very similar (.. this happens often ..); Colleagues who know that the ‘simple tweak’ you think you are making to your attention task actually has significantly higher processing demands on the brain; And what about the colleague who knows that you’ve missed a paper that has already published the result you’re after back in the 50’s (.. even this has happened ..)? Remember also that the presentations are often attended by colleagues from outside the Psychology department who may be able to give you insight into an application for your research, or a twist on your research that could lead to translational impact (.. this has happened and has lead to several grants ..). • An opportunity to assess your needs: Often, things that are trivial to do in a psychophysics lab do not translate trivially into a scanning environment. There may even be hardware or software changes on the horizon that may have an impact on your research plan: these are unlikely to be negative but can often be positive. Until we know what you are planning to do it is impossible to assess your needs. • (Counter-intuitively) An opportunity to get things moving faster: You will know that the project presentation is undertaken before the submission of the formal research ethics application. Although the detail in the ethics application is scrutinised and technical issues are raised, this process is typically slower as it has to be a ‘formal’ review of your research plan. When you receive this feedback, you may then have to make amendments and resubmit for trivial reasons that you have not taken into account in advance of the submission. Presenting your plan informally to an audience which (more than likely) includes the people who are going to review your formal ethics application can really help to speed the application process up. In short, project presentations are not meant to be a mechanism that is supposed to put another hurdle in your path; this process is intended to help you sail over many of the potential hurdles ahead that you may not even have thought about yet. So, who actually needs to do a project presentation? • All new projects (i.e. those that do not already have a project number at YNiC); • All projects with significant amendments to their current research ethics application (e.g. studies that are applying to the ethics committee to use a different set of stimuli or studies that want to tag on extra scans to tell them about structure in the brain). This excludes studies making small technical changes (e.g. making the scan a bit longer, showing a few more stimuli, changing the TR of the scanner, scanning 5 extra subjects to ramp up the power of their results). Do note that when any amendments are made to your protocol, the research ethics committee has to be notified even if a new presentation is not required. We look forward to hearing many more of your presentations in the future and very much look forward to being able to help you where we can (or just leaving you to it if you’ve got everything in hand). Please feel free to reply with any suggestions or comments. Andre’ (on behalf of the REC and YNiC team) ************************************************************************ Andre Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre University of York The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5NY Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356 [View Less]

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YNiC seminar 12th February

by Rebecca E Millman

Dear Users This Thursday (from 3-5 pm in B020), the MSc CN students will give project proposal presentations for their empirical research projects. Please check here for the schedule of talks: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available after the seminar. Best wishes Rebecca -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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Fwd: 2 Years Post Doctoral Position in Bordeaux - France

by Gary Green

Please find enclose a 2 years post-doctoral position in Bordeaux - France * * *2 Years Post Doctoral Position in Bordeaux - France* The Neurofunctional Imaging Group (GIN) is a CNRS-CEA joint research unit of the Bordeaux University (UMR 5296, dir. Bernard Mazoyer) and a core member of the TRAIL <http://trail.labex-univ-bordeaux.fr/> Laboratory of Excellence. The GIN is a multidisciplinary research unit gathering scientists with initial training in mathematics and instrumentation, … [View More]cognitive neurosciences, signal processing and databasing. One objective of the current GIN research project is to develop new tools to characterize and describe the gray matter anatomical connectivity networks. Within this area we have a position for a 2 years Post Doc. *Description of the position* Recent work on brain connectivity modeling revealed that the topographic organization of this connectivity is not limited to large-scale anatomical pathways generally observable in diffusion MRI, thus reinforcing the interest of studies focusing on the characterization of cortical structural connectivity and its variability. Therefore, the estimation of relevant grey matter connectomes strongly relies on the choice of an ad'hoc cerebral parcellisation. We propose a post doc project to first implement a probabilistic cortical atlas derived from cortical parcellisations defined individually to optimally extract cortical thickness and volume of each individual. The second aim of the post doc project is to compute cortical structural connectivity to quantify the inter-individual variability of brain organization together with the effects of specific factors such as gender, manual preference, functional lateralization or cognitive skills. The strength of the present project is that it will benefits from the already acquired BIL&GIN database composed of 453 healthy volunteers balanced for gender and handedness. Hence, the first probabilistic cortical atlas will be operated over a large sample, the 453 participants having been previously pre-processed. *Qualification and experience* The qualified applicant should have a PhD in neuro-image analysis, cognitive neuroscience, computer science or related field and a background in neuroimage processing. Applicants should have experience with existing tools for analysis of neuroimaging data (SPM, FSL, Freesurfer.) and a relevant programming experience (MATLAB). For further information, please contact Dr. Fabrice Crivello (fabrice.crivello(a)u-bordeaux2.fr <mailto:fabrice.crivello@u-bordeaux2.fr>). Employment and payment are determined by Bordeaux University (2 400 € per month, net salary). Job location is in Bordeaux, France. Interested candidates should send their applications including CV with full publication list, the names and contact information and a summary of research interests to fabrice.crivello(a)u-bordeaux2.fr <mailto:fabrice.crivello@u-bordeaux2.fr>. Dr. Fabrice CRIVELLO Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle UMR 5296 - CNRS CEA Université Bordeaux Université de Bordeaux 146, rue Léo Saignat CS 61292 33076 Bordeaux Cedex Mob : +33 681 064 753 Tel : +33 547 304 402 Fax : +33 547 304 394 www.gin.cnrs.fr <http://www.gin.cnrs.fr> See my publications : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fabrice_Crivello [View Less]

10 years, 3 months

Fwd: Neuroimaging Genomics Postdoctoral Fellow

by Gary Green

An exciting Neuroimaging Genomics Postdoctoral Fellowship has recently opened in the Nicodemus Group at the University of Edinburgh. The post holder will participate in neuroimaging data collection and analysis of cases with either schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder using a novel neuroimaging task, as well as statistical analysis and methodology development within the Generation Scotland Cohort Study (www.generationscotland.org) including GWAS and exome data. Further … [View More]

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Fwd: Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health

by Gary Green

Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health A postdoctoral fellowship position is available at the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Psychology and Institute for Mental Health Research to conduct research with Drs. Christopher Beevers and David Schnyer. This position is for two years with the possibility of extending the fellowship or transitioning to research faculty by mutual agreement based on job performance and funding availability. Duration and start … [View More]time are negotiable. Salary is commensurate with experience and consistent with NIH guidelines. We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow in cognitive neuroscience with strong expertise in eye tracking and EEG/ERP methods who is interested in translational research involving clinical populations. The postdoctoral fellow will contribute to a program of research that examines the etiology and treatment of depression in adults across multiple levels of analyses (behavioral, genetic, neural, environmental). In addition to SR Research eye- tracking and Brain Products EEG equipment located in Dr. Beevers’ laboratory, the postdoctoral fellow will have access to other cognitive neuroscience resources at the University of Texas at Austin, including fMRI, MR compatible EEG, TMS, and MEG. The postdoctoral fellow will primarily be responsible for designing and implementing EEG/ERP and/or eye tracking experiments, helping to support other ongoing EEG/ERP studies within the laboratory, preparing manuscripts, contributing to grant writing, and conducting analyses following data collection. Opportunities to write manuscripts from extant datasets are plentiful. Some staff supervision will also be expected. The fellow will have advisors with expertise in psychopathology, cognitive neuroscience, and grant writing. Individuals with a PhD in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology or related fields of study are encouraged to apply for this position. Qualifications include a 1) doctoral degree, 2) demonstrated expertise with EEG/ERP and/or eye tracking methods, 3) strong programming skills, and 4) an interest in clinical populations. Excellent scientific writing skills and strong publication records are highly desired. Applicants should be able to work independently but should also demonstrate good interpersonal skills and a desire to work in a highly collaborative environment. Candidates should apply for this position at the following link: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/hr/jobs/nlogon/140425010712 Application materials (curriculum vita, cover letter describing research interests and experience, three letters of recommendation) can be sent electronically to beevers(a)utexas.edu <mailto:beevers@utexas.edu>. Please contact Christopher Beevers (beevers(a)utexas.edu <mailto:beevers@utexas.edu>) or David Schnyer (schnyer(a)utexas.edu <mailto:schnyer@utexas.edu>) with inquires about this position. -- -- David Schnyer, Ph.D. Professor, Cognitive Neuroscience Department Liaison for Medical Affairs Department of Psychology, SEA 5.246 University of Texas, Austin tel: (512) 475-8499, fax: (512) 471-5935 http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/faculty/Schnyer [View Less]

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Fwd: Water Boiler Remedial Works

by YNiC Reception

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Water Boiler Remedial Works Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 17:10:09 +0000 From: Adam Douglas <adam.douglas(a)york.ac.uk> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Dear Bio Centre Occupiers, Works are required on the Bio Centre hot water boilers to link them to the building management system and the fire alarm system. This will be taking place tomorrow, Friday 6^th February. *To do this and test the system the fire alarm will need to be activated. This … [View More]

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