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Dear All,
A Ph.D. student position funded by the Canadian Institute of Health
Research (CIHR) is available at the Biomedical Engineering
Department at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal in Canada,
with a nominal duration of 3 years.
This research project is about gaining a dynamic understanding of the
pathways by which the brain is connected, based on data acquired
in patients suffering from epilepsy. Prior to surgery, these patients
go through an intense series of diagnostic tests to better identify
the epileptic focus. This includes recording the
electrical activity directly inside the brain as well as diverse
methods of noninvasive imaging.
This project requires a good formation in mathematics, good aptitude
for computer programming (to be done in the SPM environment)
and a keen interest in biophysical modelling and analysing a lot of data;
French language skills can help but are not mandatory.
The project will be supervised by myself and Profs F. Lesage at
Polytechnique and DK Nguyen, a medical doctor specialised in epilepsy.
Please send a letter of interest and a CV to ph.pouliot(a)gmail.com
<mailto:ph.pouliot@gmail.com>.
Philippe Pouliot, Ph.D.
Researcher
Ecole Polytechnique Montreal
http://www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/details.php?NoProf=541&sh…
<http://www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/details.php?NoProf=541&sh…>
Hi,
We've just made some changes to the YNiC wikis. Most users access the
documentation via either https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/doc or
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docwiki
This is about to change to:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/wiki/doc
The existing URLs will redirect to the new one for the foreseeable
future, so no bookmarks or links should be broken.
One other change is that for the new wiki, login will be required both
on-site and off-site. This may change in the near future to allow more
public access to most of the wiki.
Finally, some research groups had expressed interest in having their own
areas on the wiki to work in - we have now made this possible and will
be documenting it in the next couple of days. Another announcement will
follow regarding this.
Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Hymers
York Neuroimaging Centre
The lamp in the projector in MRI failed yesterday and had to be
replaced. Any users who have luminance sensitive paradigms (i.e. who
have calibrated their stimuli for luminance in the past) should consider
repeating these measures and making any necessary changes as the lamp
brightness may now be different.
Thanks,
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Andre'
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Andre Gouws
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435328
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
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*Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellow - NeuroSpin MEG group.*
*Research* *Topics . *Time awareness is a fundamental component of how
we experience the world. Neural dynamics actively shape and organize
events in time implicitly (“temporal event-structuring”) leading to our
conscious awareness of time proper (incl. simultaneity, temporal order,
and duration of events but also magnitudes and “mental time travel”).
Part of our work aim at understanding which aspects of sensory events
and which properties of temporal cognition are fundamental to our
awareness of time: how is time encoded in the brain? How does time
awareness emerge? Our research group is funded by an ERC and a French
ANR. The experimental work will essentially make use of
magnetoencephalography (MEG); other techniques can be considered pending
the research questions.
* *
*Tags*: temporal expectation, attention to time, predictive coding,
multisensory integration, magnitude system, mental time travel, MEG,
EEG, cross-frequency coupling, brain reading /decoding.
*PI*: https://sites.google.com/site/virginievanwassenhove/
*NeuroSpin MEG lab: *http://www.unicog.org/pm/pmwiki.php/MEG/HomePage
The MEG lab uses Fieldtrip, Brainstorm, MNE and MNE-python as its
primary MEG analysis tools but is open to many others.
*Ref: *http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/364/1525/1815.short* *
Ongoing and submitted work* *relevant* *to this project will be
presented at Biomag (cf. Symposium: Brain rhythms, temporal expectations
and the awareness of time) and SFN 2012 (Nanosymposium: Human timing).**
* *
Our group is located in a state-of-the-art neuroimaging facility near
Paris (Gif s/ Yvette, France) and is part of the Cognitive Neuroimaging
Unit (http://www.unicog.org/). The infrastructure is equipped with MEG
(Neuromag, Elekta), EEG (64 or 256 sensors, combined with MEG
recordings), MRI (3T and 7T), eyetrackers (SR Eyelink 1000 that is
combined with Neuroimaging techniques) and soundproof psychophysical
rooms. The greater Parisian scientific community is very diverse and active!
* *
* *
*POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW position*
* *
Applications are invited from talented, enthusiastic and committed
researchers. The ideal applicant will have a significant experience with
analyzing MEG and/or EEG data and a strong research record in cognitive
neurosciences. The selected postdoctoral fellow will lead MEG studies as
part of the ERC funded project “Mind Time”. Research topics encompass
time awareness and temporal event structure, cross-sensory attributes,
magnitude system and mentalizing about time in relation to cortical
oscillations. The researcher will be expected to work closely with and
supervise (master, phd) students involved in the project. Some
involvement in organizational and managerial aspects specific to these
projects can be expected.
*Requirements for the candidates: *
- should hold a PhD in cognitive neurosciences, neurosciences,
psychology, and/or related fields
- a strong record of published / submitted work
- prior experience with M/EEG techniques (e.g. time-frequency analysis,
phase-locking-values, cross-frequency-coupling and source localization
techniques)
- signal processing and programming skills (matlab, python a plus)
Applicants from outside the European Union are welcome but they must
qualify for a valid visa. French speaking is not a requirement as long
as the English language is mastered.
*Starting date*: asap and negotiable
*Salary*: commensurate with experience. The position will be initially
funded for one year (renewable up to three or four years).**
* *
*Application package***
*CV* (incl. a list of publications)
*Two letters of recommendation* (or contacts from which those could be
obtained)
*A letter of intent with a statement of research interests*
Please put *POSTDOC* in the email subject and send your application
package to Virginie.van.Wassenhove(a)gmail.com
<mailto:Virginie.van.Wassenhove@gmail.com>
Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Dear all
We have received a complaint about washing-up left in the kitchen by YNiC users.
The kitchen is there to be enjoyed by everyone so please could you wash and dry
the pots you use and put them away?
There is a crockery cupboard for general use and YNiC milk (marked as so) in the fridge which you are welcome to use.
However, if you are in need of a teabag or coffee I have some in my office -
please don't use the stuff in the kitchen as this belongs to York Science Park staff.
Thanks
Jill
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Jill Hurst
PA to Gary Green MA DPhil BM BCh FRSA FSB
Director - York Neuroimaging Centre
Professor of Neuroimaging and Human Neuroscience
Telephone: 01904 43 5329
Fax: 01904 43 5356
Dear Users
This weekend we have to turn off the power to YNiC as the Biocentre is
carrying out some essential maintenance to the main electrical
distribution board.
Although Psychmail will hopefully remain running (a UPS should provide
power), other services will be affected.
There will be no remote access.
Any cluster jobs running will be lost and will have to be resubmitted.
We believe that cluster jobs in the queue to be run will remain in the
queue. Please check and be prepared to resubmit the jobs.
Please log out of all machines in the open plan area by Friday afternoon
- please do not leave any analysis jobs running on these machines as the
jobs will be terminated and we cannot say in what state this will leave
any files. In any case we will be closing down all machines early Friday
evening.
The website and help facilities will not be available.
Apologies for the inconvenience caused
Gary
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Gary Green
Director
York Neuroimaging Centre & YNI Ltd
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. +44 (0) 1904 435349
PA - Jill Hurst : +44 (0) 1904 435329
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
Dear all,
There will be tours of YNiC between 12.00 and 15.00 on July 4th, as part
of the University Open Day. As a result, Open Plan will be particularly
busy during this period. Should you be planning to work on the machines
in Open Plan during this time, could you gravitate towards the TMS end
of Open Plan, rather than the projector end of Open Plan please? Thanks.
Apologies in advance for the increased background noise during this time,
Michael
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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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Looking to hire a full time (40 hrs/week) research assistant to work on
stroke fMRI and MEG data. Projects include examining language recovery
after stroke and temporal and spatial measures of treatment induced
plasticity. The ideal candidate should have experience with SPM/FSL, MEG
MNE analysis, freesurfer and proficiency in Matlab and/or C++. Need
someone looking to learn and innovate novel data analysis techniques.
Research Assistant will be involved in fMRI and MEG data collection,
pre-processing, data analsysis, data interpretation. Responsibilities
also include participant recruitment, coordinating the research study
and data management. Salary and benefits commensurate with experience
and background. The position will mostly be at the Aphasia Research
Laboratory at Boston University with additional projects at the Martinos
Imaging Center and at MGH. Please send resume to Dr. Swathi Kiran
kirans(a)nmr.mgh.harvard.edu.
Swathi Kiran,
Associate Professor
Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Boston University
635 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Assistant in Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Phone: (617)-358-5478
Fax: (617)-353-5074
Email: kirans(a)nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
http://www.bu.edu/aphasiaresearch/
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Within the newly established Collaborative Research Center
(„Sonderforschungsbereich“ SFB 940) „Volition and Cognitive Control“ the
Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Mathematics und Natural
Sciences seeks to appoint a
Ph.D. student (salary 65%) or post-doctoral fellow (salary 100%)
The position is initially limited to 3 years.
The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) “Volition and Cognitive Control”
(http://tu-d
dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/fakultaet_mathematik_und_naturwissenschaften/fachrichtung_psychologie/sfbo)
comprises 20 sub-projects and is funded by the German Science Foundation
(DFG) for an initial period of four years with a budget of over 10 Mill.
€. The overarching aim of the CRC is to combine expertise from
experimental psychology, cognitive-affective neuroscience, clinical
psychology, and psychiatry to investigate cognitive and neural
mechanisms of volitional control as well as volitional dysfunctions in
selected mental disorders.
Tasks: The sub-project „Neurocognitive processes supporting flexible
voluntary action“ examines the ability to adopt novel behaviors from
symbolic instruction enabling behavior that it is directed towards
desired (instructed) goals instead of being triggered by the currently
most salient environmental cues or habitual action tendencies. The
candidate is expected to participate in the design and implementation of
behavioral and fMRI experiments, analyzing the data (both univariate as
well as multivariate connectivity) as well as authoring scientific
publications. Language for daily research communication will be English.
Profile: We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a strong
interest in Cognitive Neuroscience with a Master or equivalent degree in
Psychology or related fields. We expect the ability to work
independently, excellent statistics knowledge, the willingness to learn
programming languages (Matlab, etc.), and proficient English.
Programming skills and previous experience with fMRI are an advantage.
Candidates on the post-doctoral level should be familiar with
neuroscientific research (own publications are an advantage) and should
be skilled in programming.
For further information please contact one of the project leaders, Dr.
Uta Wolfensteller (phone: +49-351-463-32582, email
uta.wolfensteller(a)tu-dresden.de) or Dr. Hannes Ruge (phone:
+49-351-463-33824, email: ruge(a)psychologie.tu-dresden.de). Applications
from women are especially welcomed, same holds for persons with
disabilities. Please provide your application, including CV, summary of
previous research activities, and letters of recommendation (one for
Ph.D., two for Post-Doc) until July, 31st 2012 via email
(uta.wolfensteller(a)tu-dresden.de) or via mail to: TU Dresden, Fakultät
Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Fachrichtung Psychologie, Professur
für Allgemeine Psychologie, Frau Dr. Wolfensteller, 01062 Dresden.
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Within the newly established Collaborative Research Center
(„Sonderforschungsbereich“ SFB 940) „Volition and Cognitive Control“ the
Neuroimaging Center at the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of
Mathematics und Natural Sciences seeks to appoint a
Data Analyst/ Research Scientist, Ph.D. (salary E13 TV-L, 100%)
with a strong background in advanced neuroimaging methods (especially
functional connectivity)
The position is initially limited for 4 years.
Tasks: The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) “Volition and Cognitive
Control”
(http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/fakultaet_mathematik_und_na…)
comprises 20 sub-projects and is funded by the German Science Foundation
(DFG) for an initial period of four years with a budget of over 10 Mill.
€. The overarching aim of the CRC is to combine expertise from
experimental psychology, cognitive-affective neuroscience, clinical
psychology, and psychiatry to investigate cognitive and neural
mechanisms of volitional control as well as volitional dysfunctions in
selected mental disorders. As a central component of SFB 940 a „Core
Imaging Facility” (CIF) will be established which serves to support and
inspire fMRI-based projects within the SFB 940. As part of the CIF team,
we seek to appoint a specialist for the analysis of large-scale
functional brain networks. This position is expected to be involved in a
wide range of co-operations related to both implementing established
functional connectivity methods as well as developing novel analytic
methods. The Department of Psychology houses a neuroimaging center with
a 3T Siemens Trio scanner exclusively dedicated to research. Besides an
engagement in research projects we also expect the candidate to take an
active role in training Ph.D. students on fMRI methods. Language for
daily research communication will be English.
Profile: We seek to appoint a person with a strong background in
computational neuroscience with profound mathematical knowledge who is
highly experienced and skilled in the multivariate analysis of
large-scale functional brain connectivity with in-depth expertise
ideally in more than one analytical technique applied to fMRI data (DCM,
ICA, SEM, GA, etc.).
For further information please contact the project leader Dr. Hannes
Ruge (phone: +49-351-463-33824, email: ruge(a)psychologie.tu-dresden.de)
or for general information regarding SFB 940 the SFB spokesman Prof. Dr.
Thomas Goschke (phone 0351-46334695; email:
goschke(a)psychologie.tu-dresden.de). Applications from women are
especially welcomed, same holds for persons with disabilities. Please
provide your application, including CV, summary of previous research
activities, and two letters of recommendation until July, 31st 2012 via
email (ruge(a)psychologie.tu-dresden.de) or via mail to: TU Dresden,
Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Fachrichtung Psychologie,
Professur für Allgemeine Psychologie, Herrn Dr. Ruge, 01062 Dresden.
