Dear Users
This afternoon (YNiC open plan from 4.30 pm) there will be an internal
project proposal presentation by Amie Hayes on "How is viewpoint
represented in face-selective regions of the human brain?".
Abstract: The perception of faces is a simple and effortless process for
most human observers. However, the apparent ease with which recognition
takes place belies its inherent complexities. For example, when the head
moves, the image on the retina also changes. To be useful, the visual
system must take into account these sources of variation to facilitate
recognition, but at the same time be able to detect changeable aspects
of faces that are important in social communication. The aim of this
study is to ask how information about the viewpoint of the face is
represented in different face-selective regions of the human brain.
Using MVPA, I will investigate the reliability of patterns of response
to faces with different viewpoints.
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
I am sure you all know this, but it only dawned on the ynic team today
that Monday the 6th is a Bank Holiday.
YNiC will, therefore, be closed on Monday
Sorry for any inconvenience
Gary
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Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg
tel. Claire Fox : +44 (0) 1904 435329
Claire,Fox(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
Dear Users
This Thursday (YNiC open plan from 4.30 pm) there will be an internal
project proposal presentation by Amie Hayes on "How is viewpoint
represented in face-selective regions of the human brain?".
Abstract: The perception of faces is a simple and effortless process for
most human observers. However, the apparent ease with which recognition
takes place belies its inherent complexities. For example, when the head
moves, the image on the retina also changes. To be useful, the visual
system must take into account these sources of variation to facilitate
recognition, but at the same time be able to detect changeable aspects
of faces that are important in social communication. The aim of this
study is to ask how information about the viewpoint of the face is
represented in different face-selective regions of the human brain.
Using MVPA, I will investigate the reliability of patterns of response
to faces with different viewpoints.
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
Our group conducts a longitudinal study, Growing Up in Singapore Towards
Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO), in children from birth onwards. GUSTO aims 1)
to establish neurodevelopmental assessments that include multi-modal
neuroimaging techniques, electrophysiology, and cognitive-emotional
evaluations at multiple time points from birth onwards; 2) to
investigate normal brain development from birth onwards and its
relationship with cognitive development; 3) genetic and epigenetic
regulation on brain development.
We seek a postdoctoral fellow who is interested in integrating
multi-modal magnetic resonance brain images with genetic and epigenetic
information for the investigation of genetic and epigenetic regulations
on brain development from infancy onwards. We offer high salary with
medical and other benefits.
*_Requirements:_*
·Ph. D or MD
·Research background in the neuroimaging field
·Data mining on high dimensional data
·Good communication and writing skills in English language
If you are interested in the jobs listed above, please send your CV to
Dr. Anqi QIU
Department of Bioengineering
National University of Singapore
Email: bieqa(a)nus.edu.sg <mailto:bieqa@nus.edu.sg>
Phone: +(65) 6516 7002
NEUROIMAGING RESEARCH ASSOCIATE The La Timone MRI centre of the Institut
des Neurosciences de La Timone in Marseille opens a 30-month
Neuroimaging Engineer position in cerebral fMRI analysis. The Centre
operates a 3 Tesla MR system fully dedicated to neuroscience and
psychology research in human and non-human primates and equipped with
high-end stimulation and recording systems. The post holder will have
for mission to assist the user community with basic and advanced
analysis of cerebral MRI data (functional and structural). The
successful candidate will have experience in neuroimaging, strong
programming skills and a desire to help and interact with the community.
Full details in the attachment.
See also: _http://irmfmrs.free.fr/_.
Information requests and applications should be addressed to
_Jean-Luc.Anton(a)univ-amu.fr <mailto:Jean-Luc.Anton@univ-amu.fr>_,
_Patricia.Romaiguere(a)univ-amu.fr
<mailto:Patricia.Romaiguiere@univ-amu.fr>_, _Pascal.Belin(a)univ-amu.fr
<mailto:Pascal.Belin@univ-amu.fr>_.
Application closing date: May 15th, 2013.
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Patricia Romaiguère
Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives
Fédération de Recherche Comportement, Cerveau, Cognition
Université d'Aix-Marseille - Case B
3, Place Victor Hugo
13331 Marseille cedex 3
Tél : 04 13 55 08 40
Fax : 04 13 55 08 44
A postdoctoral position on PET/MRI data analysis is available in IDEA
lab (https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/ideagroup), UNC-Chapel Hill, NC.
The successful candidate should have a strong background on Electrical
or Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis
on sparse learning, super-resolution, and data fusion. Experience on
image feature learning, selection, integration and prediction is highly
desirable. People with machine learning background on sparse
representation and regression are particularly encouraged to apply.
Strong knowledge on programming (good command of LINUX, C and C++,
scripting, and Matlab) are desirable. The research topic will be the
development and validation of image processing methods for integrating
PET and MRI for data enhancement and resolution improvement.
The successful candidates will be part of a diverse group including
radiologists, psychologists, physicists, biostatistician, and computer
scientists, and will build upon the group's previous work on medical
image analysis. If interested, please email resume to Dr. Dinggang Shen
(dgshen(a)med.unc.edu <mailto:dgshen@med.unc.edu>).
Applications are invited for a Ph.D. student position at the Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS) and Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany.
Research in the lab is centred on the neural mechanisms of adaptive, goal-directed behaviour with a particular focus on reward-guided learning and decision making. We will use various neuroimaging methods (fMRI, MEG, EEG, TMS) in combination with pharmacological challenges and computational modelling approaches.
A candidate is sought that is highly motivated, reliable and able to work independently. The successful applicant will have an MSc or equivalent degree (or be currently working towards one) in neuroscience or a related field (biology, psychology, physics, computer science, engineering). Experience in acquisition and analysis of MEG or EEG data (in particular time frequency analyses) and good knowledge of MATLAB, as well as good communication skills (written and orally) are essential. Additional skills in fMRI would be desirable. Applicants should have an interest in formal models of neural activity and behaviour.
Application deadline is 10th May 2013, but applications will be considered until the position is filled.
For more details on the position and application procedure, please follow this link:
http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/unimagdeburg_media/Stellenausschreibungen/2013/…
Seeking postdoctoral fellow or assistant professor to play lead role in
funded high-impact study to identify the neuro-circuitry underlying
differential abilities in pattern-recognition in humans. This study
investigates why some people are optimal pattern detectors (good at
detecting signal within chaotic environments), while others are
suboptimal, either because they don't see patterns that do exist, or
because they do see patterns that don't exist. This work has widespread
applications, from understanding what makes for a good intelligence
officer or emergency room physician, to gaining insight into the process
by which individuals become susceptible to delusions or conspiracy
theories.
The study will move beyond conventional statistical (GLM) methods,
toward control systems engineering models that combine clinical (human)
neuroimaging (fMRI, MEG, EEG, NIRS) and computational modeling.
Therefore, candidates should have strong quantitative skills.
Study will be conducted at Stony Brook University Department of
Biomedical Engineering (Stony Brook NY) and/or the Harvard University
Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Charlestown, MA). Hire at either
the Postdoctoral, Senior Postdoctoral, or Assistant Professor level;
title and salary commensurate with experience. Minimum two-year
contract, with start date July 1, 2013.
Candidates should have a strong background in fMRI, cognitive
neuroscience, control systems, and programming (MatLab or python).
In order to be considered, candidates should have a doctorate and a
demonstrated record of productivity, the latter of which includes
high-quality first-author neuroimaging publications in peer-reviewed
journals.
Please send letter explaining why you are interested in the position, cv
and contact information for three references, to: Dr. LR Mujica-Parodi
(lilianne.strey(a)stonybrook.edu <mailto:lilianne.strey@stonybrook.edu>)
Information about the laboratory can be obtained from our website:
www.lcneuro.org <http://www.lcneuro.org/>
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The team of “brain development imaging” (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) offers
a 2-year post-doctoral position from September 2013, on the study of
cortical and white matter maturation in infants using complementary
multi-modal imaging methods. The team research is focused on the
cerebral bases of cognitive functions in healthy babies and on the
relationships between functional development and the anatomical
maturation of cerebral networks with emphasis on language and vision.
The team has performed pioneer works on language perception with
functional MRI (Dehaene-Lambertz et al, Science 2002), on correlations
between white matter development and its functional efficiency
(respectively assessed by diffusion tensor imaging DTI and event-related
potentials; Dubois et al, J. Neuroscience 2008), and on cortical
maturation (Leroy el al, J. Neuroscience 2011).
The post-doctoral candidate will integrate this research topic,
combining anatomical MRI, DTI, mappings of T1 and T2 relaxation times
and EEG in healthy infants to assess the structural and functional
organization of the developing brain. Applicants should possess solid
technical background in imaging techniques (MRI, EEG, MEG) and in
post-processing tools or in signal processing and computational science.
Knowledge (or at least a strong interest) in human cognition and brain
development would be appreciated. Applications should be sent to Jessica
Dubois (_jessica.dubois(a)cea.fr <mailto:jessica.dubois@cea.fr>_) and
Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz (_ghislaine.dehaene(a)cea.fr
<mailto:ghislaine.dehaene@cea.fr>_).
The Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit (INSERM-CEA U992) is implemented in the
NeuroSpin centre, localized in the suburb of Paris. This centre gathers
varied research laboratories on cognitive neuroscience, biophysics,
imaging and post-processing methodologies, etc. The platform is
organized around non-invasive techniques which are particularly suitable
for imaging infants and children (3T MRI, “mock MRI scanner”, EEG and
MEG installations).
Lab website: _www.unicog.org <http://www.unicog.org/>_ tab “Kid’s lab”
NeuroSpin website:
_http://www-dsv.cea.fr/en/institutes/institute-of-biomedical-imaging-i2bm/departments/neurospin-neurospin_
