- ynic-users

by rem

Dear Users This afternoon (from 4.15 pm in B020), there will be two internal project proposal presentations: * * 1) "A neural predictor of movie popularity" Keise Izuma 2) "Assessing the Status of Visual Cortex in Patients with Macular Disease" Holly Brown 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 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 Brain atrophy technology in Amsterdam

by Gary Green

Dear FSL community members, We are looking for a highly talented, enthusiastic researcher for a post-doctoral position in an innovative project on brain atrophy measurement technology for multiple sclerosis. More information can be found through the link below. Please pass on to any candidates you may know. Best regards, Hugo Vrenken Associate professor VU University Medical Center Amsterdam http://www.werkenbijvumc.nl/vacatures/D5.2015.00026RF/?PostDoc+researcher+'Innovative+technology+to+standardize+brain+atrophy+measurement+in+multiple+sclerosis'

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Fwd: EEG/MEG Support Officer

by Gary Green

*MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit – Cambridge* *EEG/MEG Support Officer* ** The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU) <http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/> is an internationally renowned research institute with state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience facilities. ** Applicants are invited for a Research Assistant position to take on the role of EEG and MEG Support Officer at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBU). He or she will be responsible for maintaining the EEG/MEG labs at highest standards, day-to-day management of the EEG and MEG labs, operating an agreed amount of MEG slots, training new MEG researchers and operators, carrying out lab-related administrative tasks, and supporting EEG and MEG research where appropriate. You will have a degree in psychology or other related discipline. Experience working in an EEG or MEG lab with human participants is essential, as are excellent time management and organisational skills. The starting salary will be in the range of £21,517 - £23,979 per annum, depending upon qualifications and experience. We offer a flexible pay and reward policy, 30 days annual leave entitlement, and an MRC final salary Pension Scheme. On site car and bicycle parking is available. Applications are handled by the UK Shared Business Services; to apply please visit our job board at http://www.topcareer.jobsand upload your CV along with a covering letter stating why you are applying for this role (when saving your documents please include the IRC number in the file name). Applicants who would like to receive this advert in an alternative format (e.g. large print, Braille, audio or hard copy), or who are unable to apply online should contact us by telephone on 01793 867003 and quote reference number IRC181294. Closing date: 25^th February 2015 /This position is subject to pre-employment screening/ /The Medical Research Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer/ Olaf Hauk, PhD MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Phone: +44(0)1223 273702 Fax: +44(0)1223 359062 Web: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/olaf.hauk/

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Fwd: fMRI post-doctoral position in Barcelona

by Gary Green

The translational neuroimaging team at FIDMAG Research Foundation, located in Barcelona (Spain) is looking for a functional MRI researcher. Description of the job: The FIDMAG Research Foundation is offering a position for a post-doc researcher with solid experience in the field of brain functional imaging. The candidate is expected to bring his/her expertise to give support to the current fMRI studies being run in the foundation and also to propose and lead new fMRI projects. The researcher will work in joint collaboration with the imaging team of the FIDMAG foundation, which has a long experience in resting and task related fMRI, diffusion MRI, structural MRI and MRI meta-analyses (see list of researchers in http://www.fidmag.com/fidmag/sidebar-menu2f.php and see http://www.fidmag.com/fidmag/publicacions.php for a list of recent scientific publications of the group). Essential functions: - The proper design and development (programming) of fMRI paradigms (tasks) evaluating different aspects of cognition and brain function, and their pilot implementation in the MRI scanner. - The design of linear models to carry out statistical analyses on individual and group fMRI data, and their execution on acquired fMRI datasets. - The autonomous writing of scientific projects and of findings in scientific manuscripts intended for publication in international Journals. Other requirements for the position: - A PhD in functional imaging or related field. - Good knowledge in one or more of the main fMRI processing software (e.g. FSL, SPM, AFNI ...). - Experience in the development of paradigms for fMRI. - Basic knowledge of Linux. Knowledge of a common programming language (e.g. Python, Matlab, R) is highly valuable. Contract: Full time contract scheduled initially for three years but open to renewal. Salary depending on experience. Those interestested please send an email to rrhh(a)fidmag.com <mailto:rrhh@fidmag.com>. Raymond Salvador and Erick J. Canales-Rodríguez FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries CIBERSAM Telf.: 93 652 99 99 ext. 1493 *www.fidmag.org <http://www.fidmag.org/>*

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Fwd: 2nd announcement: Images of the mind workshop. Early birds registration ends on 28th of February.

by Gary Green

*Dear Friends* * * *Please forgive this little advert.* * * *Enclose please find the 2nd announcement of a two days workshop * * * *Images** of the Mind: new frontiers in brain imaging____* *Advanced (f)MRI statistical methods and their applications____* *Milan, 9-10 April* *Speakers* R. Frackowiak, P. Fox,K.Friston, N. Logothetis, J. Haxby, R. Poldrack, C. Beckmann, M. Berlingeri, I. Castiglioni, M. Cercignani, J. Chumbley, J. Daunizeau, B. Draganski, J. Mumford *All the details and registration form can be found at:* https://sites.google.com/site/imagesofthemind2015/ *Please notice that early bird registrations will close on the 28th of February.* * * * * *Very best wishes to you all* *Eraldo* *Eraldo Paulesu* Medico Chirurgo Specialista in Neurologia Professore Ordinario di Psicologia Fisiologica e Psicobiologia Dipartimento di Psicologia & Milan Center for Neuroscience Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca Piazza dell' Ateneo Nuovo 1 20126 Milano phone + 39 02 6448 3748 fax + 39 02 64483716 https://sites.google.com/site/paulesulab/home http://www.neuromi.it Responsabile Scientifico Unità di Risonanza Magnetica Funzionale IRCCS Galeazzi Milano www.galeazzi-gsd.it/ricerca/iog_unitarisonanzamagnetica.php

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Fwd: PhD position in Zurich

by Gary Green

This link could interest someone looking to do PhD in Zurich on data acquisition methods for diffusion MRI based in-vivo Brodmann mapping.... http://www.biomed.ee.ethz.ch/openpositions/Advertisement_for_PhD_Student_at… Best regards, -John

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Fwd: Position as PhD Research Fellow within the field of PET/MR

by Gary Green

Dear all, A position for masters in physics/biophysics/biomedical engineering is now open as PhD Research Fellow at the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging (ISB), Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. For more information about the Department and the research group, see the following pages: http://www.ntnu.edu/isb & http://www.ntnu.edu/isb/fmri. The PhD Research Fellow will also collaborate closely with several clinical departments at St. Olavs Hospital (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Department of Medical Imaging). The period of employment for the position is three years. The person holding the post will be working joining the project “Simultaneous PET/MR in lymph node staging of lung cancer”. The main aim of this project is to investigate whether integrated PET/MR will improve the accuracy when assessing the extent of disease in lung cancer patients compared to today’s method of choice, PET/CT. Specific aims centre on technical challenges regarding the acquisition and analysis of simultaneous PET/MR examinations for lung cancer and include: an improved MR-based attenuation correction of the PET images, and an MR-based correction technique for respiratory motion in the mediastinum. *More information about the position and application details here:* *http://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/110574* *The application deadline is on 16 March 2015.* For further information about the position, please contact: Researcher Live Eikenes, email: live.eikenes(a)ntnu.no, phone: +47 73551534.

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Fwd: Position as PhD Research Fellow within the field of MRI image analysis

by Gary Green

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Position as PhD Research Fellow within the field of MRI image analysis Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:08:30 +0100 From: Eikenes <live.eikenes(a)NTNU.NO> Reply-To: FSL - FMRIB's Software Library <FSL(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> To: FSL(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Dear all, A position for masters in physics/biophysics/biomedical engineering is now open as PhD Research Fellow at the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging (ISB), Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The PhD Research Fellow will be part of Traumatic Brain Injury group - Trondheim TBI group, which is a multidisciplinary group including clinicians and researchers from many different departments at the Faculty of Medicine (NTNU) and at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital. The candidate will also collaborate with Trondheim fMRI group. For more information about the Department and the different research groups, see the following pages: http://www.ntnu.edu/isb, http://www.ntnu.edu/inm/tbi, http://www.ntnu.edu/isb/fmri. The period of employment for the position is three years. The main goal of the project “Mild and moderate TBI” is to increase our understanding of the pathophysiological processes of traumatic brain injuries and of the complex aetiology of the long-term morbidity commonly seen after moderate and even mild injuries. The PhD project will focus on analyses of the longitudinal evolution of diffusion tensor imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DTI/DKI) metrics and more in-depth studies of susceptibility to injury in different regions within the brain. This will provide new knowledge about the relative strength and spatial distribution of on-going biological processes in the brain as a response to injury; plasticity and chronic degeneration. *More information about the position and application details here:* ** *http://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/110709* ** *The application deadline is on 16 March 2015.* For further information about the positions, please contact: Researcher Live Eikenes, email: live.eikenes(a)ntnu.no, phone: +47 73551534.

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YNiC seminar 26th February

by rem

Dear Users This Thursday (from 4.15 pm in B020), there will be two internal project proposal presentations: * * 1) "A neural predictor of movie popularity" Keise Izuma 2) "Assessing the Status of Visual Cortex in Patients with Macular Disease" Holly Brown 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 Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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Fwd: SUNY Brain Network of Excellence Post-doctoral Fellows program

by Gary Green

==================================================================== The State University of New York (SUNY) Brain Network of Excellence Post-doctoral Fellows program SUNY and the Research Foundation for SUNY (RF) have created the SUNY Networks of Excellence to facilitate system-wide collaboration and partnerships to share expertise and assets for innovative advances in research. In neuroscience, the SUNY Brain Network of Excellence (BNE) is designed to maximize diverse strengths in interdisciplinary research across the SUNY campuses and facilitate partnerships with academia, industry, and the community. The BNE is launching a competitive call for 4 Postdoctoral positions. The call is open for highly motivated individuals interested in carrying out their postgraduate training in neuroscience in laboratories across the SUNY campuses. The work is collaborative and multidisciplinary, and will occur in two or more participating laboratories. Positions are for 2-3 years, starting as early as June 1, 2015 but no later than December 1, 2015. HOW TO APPLY:  Applications must be submitted online no later than March 13, 2015. http://www.rfsuny.org/media/RFSUNY/Documents/Networks-of-Excellence/RFP/Pos… There are 8 possible projects. The relevant project for this list is: Exploring the Role of Structural and Functional Connectivity in Vivo; Dwyer, Radulescu, Zivadinov; SUNY Buffalo, SUNY New Paltz. -- Michael G. Dwyer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Informatics Director of Technical Imaging Development Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center University at Buffalo 100 High St. Buffalo NY 14203 mgdwyer(a)bnac.net <mailto:mgdwyer@bnac.net> (716) 859-7065

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Fwd: postdoc position at MIT

by Gary Green

POSITION OPENING: We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for a 1-year position (possibly extendable by another year), to work in an interdisciplinary project investigating the representation of semantic information in the brain and how it is used during sentence comprehension. The project is a collaborative effort across the labs of Ev Fedorenko (MGH/MIT) and Nancy Kanwisher (MIT), within a team in the IARPA Knowledge Representation in Neural Systems program, led by Francisco Pereira (Siemens). The ultimate goal of the team is to build a computational model of the process of language comprehension at the sentence and/or text level, and validate it with behavioral and brain imaging data. Target start date is as soon as possible. RESPONSIBILITIES: Leading one or more components of the project, including designing experiments, collecting and analyzing data (plus overseeing data collection / analyses carried out by graduate students / lab tech working on this project), presenting the results at conferences, and writing up the results for publication. The interdisciplinary nature of the project means that we will be carrying out experiments to inform the building of models of semantic representation of words and sentences from text corpora and curated resources. These will, in turn, be used to help design more informative experiments or carry out other analyses. This presents a unique opportunity for a postdoc to acquire new skills; for example, if the postdoc has a cognitive neuroscience background s/he will be expected to interact closely with the model developers in the team and learn about and leverage the techniques that they use. REQUIREMENTS: We are looking for individuals with a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Computer Science, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or related fields. Strong quantitative skills are a must. Other desirable knowledge / skills include: i) machine learning, ii) natural language processing, and iii) collection, preprocessing and analysis of brain imaging data (using SPM, FSL or AFNI). SEND APPLICATIONS TO: Ev Fedorenko (evelina9(a)mit.edu). Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.

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YNiC seminar today

by rem

Dear Users This afternoon (from 4.15 pm in B020), Milena Kaestner will give an internal project proposal presentation on "Neural pathways underlying human 3D motion perception". 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 Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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Fwd: Three postdoc and one PhD position at CIMeC, University of Trento. (fMRI/MEG).

by Gary Green

I’m building a collaborative team of motivated researchers to study the cortical representation of conceptual, person and factual knowledge at the systems level. This dedicated, 5-year, ERC funded (€1.5 million) project will determine the core organisational factors that drive representation across the semantic system, then build a model of how the system functions as a whole to represent our complex factual knowledge. The project will use fMRI and MEG and take place at the Center for Mind Brain Sciences of the University of Trento in Italy. I’m looking for 3 postdocs (starting after May 1^st , 2015), one PhD (starting November, 2015; application deadline: 13/05/2015) as well as a research assistant (starting May). Candidates should have experience in fMRI, MEG or EEG, competence in programming (Matlab) and experience/interest in the research topic. Starting postdoc salaries will range between ~€24,000-30,000/annum (net), commensurate with experience. The PhD scholarship is ~€12600/annum (net). For more information, go to theFairLab.org <http://theFairLab.org>. For informal inquiries about any of these positions (including the RA), email me at scott.fairhall(a)unitn.it <mailto:scott.fairhall@unitn.it>.

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Fwd: Announcing the 2015 HCP Course: “Exploring the Human Connectome"

by Gary Green

This 5-day intensive course will provide training in the acquisition, analysis and visualization of imaging and behavioral data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) using methods and informatics tools developed by the WU-Minn HCP consortium <http://humanconnectome.org/> plus data made freely available to the neuroscience community. The course is designed for investigators who are interested in: ·using data being collected and distributed by HCP ·acquiring and analyzing HCP-style imaging and behavioral data at your own institution ·processing your own non-HCP imaging data using HCP pipelines and methods ·learning to use Connectome Workbench <http://humanconnectome.org/software/connectome-workbench.html> tools and the CIFTI <http://www.nitrc.org/projects/cifti/> connectivity data format ·learning HCP multi-modal neuroimaging analysis methods, including those that combine MEG and MRI data ·positioning yourself to capitalize on HCP-style data from forthcoming large-scale projects (e.g., Lifespan HCP and Connectomes Related to Human Disease) Participants will learn how to acquire, analyze, visualize, and interpret data from four major MR modalities (structural MR, resting-state fMRI, diffusion imaging, task-evoked fMRI) plus magnetoencephalography (MEG) and extensive behavioral data.Lectures and labs will provide grounding in neurobiological as well as methodological issues involved in interpreting multimodal data, and will span the range from single-voxel/vertex to brain network analysis approaches. The course is open to graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and industry participants.The course is aimed at both new and existing users of HCP data, methods, and tools, and will cover both basic and advanced topics. Prior experience in human neuroimaging or in computational analysis of brain networks is desirable, preferably including familiarity with FSL and Freesurfer software. For more info and to register visit the HCP Course website <http://humanconnectome.org/course-registration/2015/exploring-the-human-con…>. Contact us for a flyer PDF for posting to interested colleagues. We hope to see you in Hawaii! Best, 2015 HCP Course Organizers Jennifer Elam, Ph.D. Outreach Coordinator, Human Connectome Project Washington University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Box 8108 660 South Euclid Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110 314-362-9387<tel:314-362-9387> elamj(a)pcg.wustl.edu<mailto:elamj@pcg.wustl.edu> www.humanconnectome.org<http://www.humanconnectome.org>

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YNiC seminar 19th February

by rem

Dear Users This Thursday (from 4.15 pm in B020), Milena Kaestner will give an internal project proposal presentations on "Neural pathways underlying human 3D motion perception". 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 Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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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 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

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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 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/>

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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 Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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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, incorporates simultaneously acquired multi-modal MRI images with concurrent clinical characterisation. Further details can be found via the following links: _http://www.abdn.ac.uk/clsm/graduate/research/fatigue-873.php_ _http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=54348&LID=15_ Applications should be submitted electronically via the University of Aberdeen's Graduate School, _http://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply.php_ . Applications must be received by *March 6**th 2015*. Informal inquiries can be sent via email to Gordon Waiter, g.waiter(a)abdn.ac.uk. Gordon D. Waiter PhD CSci MIPEM CPhys MInstP Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre Division of Applied Medicine University of Aberdeen Lilian Sutton Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD Tel: +44 (0)1224 438356 (University Internal 8356: NHS Internal 768356) Fax: +44 (0)1224 438364 g.waiter(a)abdn.ac.uk www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/profiles/g.waiter <http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/profiles/g.waiter> www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/imaging <http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/imaging> IF YOU LIVE IN SCOTLAND JOIN .SHARE. The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683. Tha Oilthigh Obar Dheathain na charthannas clàraichte ann an Alba, Àir. SC013683.

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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 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

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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, 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

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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 details, including how to apply, can be found here: http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/491071-research-fellow Informal enquiries are encouraged and may be sent to: Kristin.Nicodemus(a)igmm.ed.ac.uk -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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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 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

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Fwd: Water Boiler Remedial Works

by YNiC Reception

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