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Fwd: PhD Position Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
by Andy Ellis 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Professor Andy Ellis Department of Psychology University of York York YO10 5DD UK http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/faculty/awe1/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian Robertson <iroberts(a)tcd.ie> Date: 28 November 2013 10:35 Subject: PhD Position Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience To: COGNEURO(a)jiscmail.ac.uk *************************************************************** Message sent via COGNEURO listserve. N.B. Replies to this e-mail will be directed to ALL members of the list. *************************************************************** [image: page1image384] Trinity College Dublin Institute of Neuroscience and School of Psychology 3-year PhD Studentship Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in cognitive neuroscience to be held in Trinity College Dublin Institute of Neuroscience and School of Psychology. This is funded under the EU Marie Curie Initial Training Network ‘INDIREA’ which is co- ordinated by Prof Glyn Humphries of University of Oxford. This project, to be run in collaboration with a range of European partners, involves the development of a new and fully integrated approach to understanding and rehabilitating attentional disorders in human volunteers and patients – going from the measurement and modelling of basic brain processes through to the creation of linked, clinically applicable, neuropsychological assessments and attentional training. The studentship will focus on dissociating components of attention using novel paradigms combined with EEG/ERP investigations. Protocols employing non- invasive brain stimulation and biofeedback will be used in an attempt to enhance different facets of attention in elderly people with memory difficulties. Candidates should ideally have undergraduate or Master’s-level experience with cognitive neuroscience. They should have experience with human EEG/ERP testing, data analysis, preferably including Matlab skills. Candidates should also have excellent statistical and presentation skills and should not have been resident in the Republic of Ireland for more than one out of three of the previous three years. Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (www.tcd.ie/neuroscience) is Ireland’s only dedicated neuroscience institute, with over 220 staff and students, 40 Principal Investigators and world class brain imaging (3T and small bore 7T research only MRI, with scan-compatible eye-tracking and pupillometry), EEG/ERP (multiple rigs), and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (TMS, TDCS, TACS). Its NIEL (www.tcd.ie/neuroscience/neil) programme on aging includes a Memory Research Unit with over one thousand volunteers and which will provide the participants for the current study. [image: page1image16480] The positions are tenable from March 2014. For further information contact Professor Ian Robertson email iroberts(a)tcd.ie or Professor Paul Dockree, email dockreep(a)tcd.ie The closing date for applications is December 15th 2013 Recent publications from the TCIN cognitive neuroscience group include the following: - O’Connell, RG, Dockree PM, Kelly SP (2012) A supramodal accumulation-to- bound signal that determines perceptual decisions in humans. Nature Neuroscience 15, 1729–1735 (2012) - Balsters, J. H., R. G. O'Connell, A. Galli, H. Nolan, E. Greco, S. M. Kilcullen, A. L. W. Bokde, R. Lai, N. Upton and I. H. Robertson (in press) "Changes in resting connectivity with age: a simultaneous electroencephalogram and functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation." Neurobiology of Aging - Balsters JH, O’Connell RG, Galli A, Nolan H, Greco E, Kilcullen SM, Bokde AW, Upton N and Robertson IH (in press) Changes in resting connectivity with age: A simultaneous EEG/fMRI Investigation. Neurobiology of Aging. - Hoerold D, Pender, N and Robertson IH (2013) Metacognitive and Online Error Awareness Deficits after Prefrontal Cortex Lesions. Neuropsychologia 51, 385-391. - Balsters, J., O’Connell, R. G., Martin, M., Galli, A., Cassidy, S. M., Kilcullen, S. M ... Robertson IH (2011). Donepezil Impairs Memory in Healthy Older Subjects: Behavioural, EEG and simultaneous EEG/fMRI biomarkers. Plos One 6, 9, e24126 - Finnigan S, Robertson IH (2011) Resting EEG theta power correlates with cognitive performance in healthy older adults. Psychophysiology, 48, 1083– 1087 - Finnigan S, O’Connell RG, Cummins TDR, Broughton M and Robertson IH (2011) ERP measures indicate both attention and working memory encoding decrements in aging. Psychophysiology 48, 601-611. - O'Connell, R. G., Dockree, P. M., Robertson, I H., Bellgrove, M. A., Foxe, J. J., & Kelly, S. P. (2009). Uncovering the Neural Signature of Lapsing Attention: Electrophysiological Signals Predict Errors up to 20 s before They Occur. Journal of Neuroscience 29 8604-8611. [image: page2image17360] [image: page2image17520] --------------------------------------------- COGNEURO archives and subscription manager can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COGNEURO.HTML------------------------------… List owner's email address: COGNEURO-request(a)jiscmail.ac.uk

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No seminar in YNiC today
by Gary Green 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Sorry -- --------------- Gary Green

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Fwd: Post-doc opportunity at IoP, King's College London
by Gary Green 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

Post-doctoral Research Opportunity: the STRATEGIC Study The STRATEGIC Study will investigate the role of white matter connections and brain connectivity in human memory, mostly by studying perturbations of memory caused by focal stroke. The project will apply techniques including diffusion tensor MRI, tractography, functional MRI of networks at rest and during memory tasks, and novel neuropsychological paradigms. The post will be located at the Denmark Hill campus of King's College London and utilise the new £30M Wellcome Trust NIHR King’s Clinical Research Facility, which houses a 3T research-dedicated MR scanner, facilities for investigation of patients at all levels of clinical care (including critical care) and ample facilities for cognitive assessments including a virtual reality suite. The post-holder will also have full access to the facilities of the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences (with co-investigators Prof Steve Williams, Dr Flavio Dell'Acqua and Dr Andre Marquand). Clinical aspects of the project will take place within stroke services at King’s College Hospital, including the Hyperacute Stroke Unit. STRATEGIC is funded for 3 years by a grant from the Medical Research Council. The postholder will play a central role in the core studies to be performed at King’s. The broader project includes collaborations with CUBRIC in Cardiff and the internationally-renowned Rotterdam Study and there will be opportunities to develop collaborative themes. Contact Dr Mike O'Sullivan for an informal chat, mike.osullivan(a)kcl.ac.uk Job particulars and applications: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/apply.php?id=16843920

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Fwd: PhD Opportunity in Neuroimaging, Ageing, and Brain Vascular Disease, Edinburgh, UK
by Gary Green 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

Applications are now OPEN for autumn 2014 PhD studentships within the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE) at The University of Edinburgh. The full advertisement is at http://www.ccace.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Advert%20Sept%202014%20-%2020… and a brief description of potential projects/applicants are below: Are you interested in the mechanisms of cognitive ageing in humans or in model systems? Are you interested in how cerebral small vessel disease affects cognitive ageing? Do you want to use neuroimaging to investigate age-related changes in the brain, study the genetics of cognitive ageing, or translate between experimental mechanisms and human ageing diseases? Then one of our PhD studentships could be for you! Applicants should have a good undergraduate and/or masters degree, as appropriate to the chosen research topic. For example, a neuroscience, biomedical sciences, genetics, molecular biology/medicine, neuroimaging, statistics, physics, mathematics, or engineering related discipline. If you are interested in pursuing one of these studentships, please send an informal email enquiry to David Alexander Dickie, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, ddickie1(a)staffmail.ed.ac.uk The closing date for applications is 31st January 2014. Thank you and best of luck!

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UCAS visit today
by Michael Simpson 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

Dear all, between 1pm and 2pm there will be a UCAS visit to YNiC. During the visit access to the workstations will not be restricted, however as the presentation area is likely to be quite crowded, please could you use workstations towards the back wall of Open Plan during this period. With thanks, Michael -- Dr Michael Simpson Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre Innovation Way York YO10 5DG Tel: 01904 567614 Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk

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Fwd: PhD position in MREIT imaging of the brain
by Gary Green 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

A 3-year PhD position is available at the Danish Research Center for Magnetic Resonance (Copenhagen) and the Technical University of Denmark. The focus of the project will be on applying novel MR methods to significantly improve the sensitivity of MR electrical impedance tomography (MREIT). MREIT allows estimating the ohmic conductivity of tissue in-vivo. As such, MREIT is a potential novel diagnostic technique for tumor detection. In addition, it allows for a direct validation of the volume conductor models used in EEG/MEG source localization and in brain stimulation. The latter is highly needed as inaccurcies in the assumed ohmic conductivities of tissues pose a fundamental limitation on the accuracy of those models. The work will be conducted in collaboration with the MR-Center at the Max-Planck Insitute in Tübingen (Germany). Please refer to the following link for details: http://www.dtu.dk/english/career/68b8dc4f-495a-4496-9f53-cd7560ff805b.aspx

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Fwd: Postdoc positions in the CMRR
by Gary Green 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

The CMRR at the University of Minnesota seeks to recruit two additional postdoctoral associates to join the WashU-UMinn Human Connectome Project (HCP). The postholder will be actively working in the component of the HCP that focuses on optimization of data acquisitions and data analysis for resting state and task induced fMRI (R/T-fMRI), and diffusion imaging for high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI), with different subject populations. Responsibililties include: Data acquisition and optimization at 3T and 7T, testing, debugging and optimization at 3T and 7T, evaluating the performance with the RF coils that will be developed within the HCP project, provide feedback and evaluations on RF coil performance, and provide feedback regarding resting state and diffusion data pre-processing. More information can be found at : https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.js… (requisition number 187166)

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Fwd: Imaging neurodegeneration – 3-year PhD position in Freiburg, Germany
by Gary Green 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

A 3-year PhD-position is available from early 2014 at the Freiburg Brain Imaging Center (http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/fbi/live/index_en.html), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, in Germany. The project focuses on compensatory mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders by combining functional and structural imaging as well as transcranial magnetic stimulation. The candidate can obtain a PhD in the field of Psychology, Medicine or Biology and is welcome to participate in developing MRI-based pattern recognition methods for diagnostics and prognostics (http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/fbi/live/groups/kloppel/Projects/ diagnosing_en.html ). If desired, candidates can be involved in teaching and cognitive testing at the local memory clinic. We offer The FBI combines efforts in neuroimaging research of the departments of Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, Biological and Personality Psychology, Neurology, Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery. We offer a continuous education program (image analyses, SPSS, etc.) and weekly research meetings. Support for MRI sequence development is provided by the Department of MR-Physics. The research group is closely collaborating with the Department for Pattern recognition methods (http://lmb.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/index.en.html) and is part of large research initiatives (www.humanbrainproject.eu/de; http://www.brainlinks-braintools.uni-freiburg.de/ ). We require Applicants must hold a master degree or equivalent in medicine, psychology or a related field. Previous experience with fMRI is desired and basic programming skills (e.g. Matlab, FSL, SPM) are advantageous but not required. Disabled applicants are preferred if qualification is equal. As the University of Freiburg intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. Please send applications until 15/12/13 to PD Dr. Stefan Klöppel Informal enquiries may call +49 761 270 52960 or the email address given above. http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/fbi/live/groups/kloppel/team/kloeppel_en.h…

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Reminder: MEG/EEG research group meeting this Thursday
by Markus Van Ackeren 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Dear all, This is to remind you of our MEG/EEG research group meeting this Thursday (07-11), at 12.00 pm in B204 (Department of Psychology). Piers Cornelissen will talk about: *An analysis path for comparisons of time frequency data using SAS.* My apologies for the short notice this time. Hopefully see you all on Thursday. Best, Markus

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Dear Users This afternoon (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be another talk on the outcome of an MSc Cognitive Neuroscience 2012/2013 empirical research project. The talk on "Consistent connectivity" will be given by Ioannis Papanikolaou and Andrew Quinn (supervised by Gary Green). 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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