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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.
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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
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.
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
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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’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>.
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>
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
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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
*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>.
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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
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/>
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
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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
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.
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)
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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
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
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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
Please find enclose a 2 years post-doctoral position in Bordeaux - France
*
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*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
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
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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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.
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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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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 will be for a few
seconds only but maybe more than once between 9am and 10am on Friday
6^th February.*
If the fire alarm rings continuously then please treat as an emergency
and follow the normal evacuation procedure.
If you have any questions please contact a member of the facilities team
at facilities(a)yorksciencepark.co.uk
<mailto:facilities@yorksciencepark.co.uk>.
Kind regards
The Facilities team.
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York Science Park Ltd
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Fax: 01904 435135
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Dear All,
I am pleased to announce that the next official SPM course covering
fMRI/MRI/VBM will take place in London: *Thursday 14^th May to Saturday
16^th May 2015.*
The course is organised by the Methods Group at the Wellcome Trust
Centre for Neuroimaging ("the FIL"), where SPM is developed. The
three-day course will be divided into theoretical sessions covering
experimental design and statistical inference and practical sessions in
which SPM12 will be used to analyse exemplar data sets. This course is
suitable for both beginners and more advanced users, with topics
including image pre-processing, the general linear model (GLM),
voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and Dynamic Causal Modelling (DCM). The
course is held directly after the SPM for MEG/EEG course, which will be
11^th -13^th May at the same venue.
*Registration opens 9^th March*and places are strictly limited. If you
would like an email reminder when registration opens, please add your
email address here - https://spmcourses.typeform.com/to/W3VGTK .
The programme for the course is below.
Best,
Peter.
Peter Zeidman, PhD
Methods Group
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
12 Queen Square
London WC1N 3BG
peter.zeidman(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:peter.zeidman@ucl.ac.uk>
*Programme (provisional):*
*Thursday 14^th May*
**
08:45 -- 09:15
Registration and Coffee
09:15 -- 09:30
Introduction to the Course
09:30 -- 10:00
Overview of SPM
10:00 -- 10:30
Pre-processing for fMRI -- Theory
10:30 -- 11:00
Pre-processing for fMRI -- Demo
/Coffee/
11:30 -- 12:00
The General Linear Model
12:00 -- 12:45
Contrasts and Classical Inference
/Lunch/
13:45 -- 14:15
Group Analysis
14:15 -- 15:00
Random Field Theory & Alternatives
/Tea/
15:30 -- 16:15
Segmentation and VBM -- Theory
16:15 -- 17:00
Segmentation and VBM -- Demo
17:00 -- 18:00
"Questions and Answers" Clinic
**
*Friday 15^th May*
**
09:30 -- 10:15
Experimental Design
10:15 -- 11:00
Event-related fMRI -- Theory
/Coffee/
11:30 -- 12:15
Event-related fMRI -- Demo
12:15 -- 13:00
Bayesian Inference
/Lunch/
14:00 -- 15:00
Dynamic Causal Modelling for fMRI
/Tea/
15:30 -- 16:30
DCM for fMRI -- Advanced Topics
16:30 -- 17:15
DCM for fMRI -- Demo
17:15 -- 18:00
"Questions and Answers" Clinic
/18:30 --/
/Social Event/
//
*Saturday 16^th May*
*PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS*
9:30 -- 10:00
Introduction; Allocation of Groups
10:00 -- 15:30
Parallel session in small groups covering: fMRI analyses (several groups
depending on attendees' level of knowledge), Voxel-Based Morphometry
(VBM) and Dynamic causal modelling (DCM).
/Coffee /
16:00 -- 17:00
Workshop feedback presentations
Dear all,
Due to unforeseen circumstances tomorrow's seminar has been cancelled.
Best wishes,
Jill
--
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
Researcher position (PhD student / Post-Doc level):
The Centre for Early Psychosis Studies (Head: Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Chair: Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai), under the EUFP-7 project PRONIA (http://www.pronia.eu), seeks an outstanding individual for the development of multivariate biomarkers of major psychiatric diseases, including schizophrenic and affective psychoses, borderline personality and anxiety disorders. The project's aim is to construct reliable diagnostic and predictive methods that integrate neuroimaging, neurocognitive, genetic, metabolomic and clinical biomarkers using state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. The salary is according the German TV-L E13 and depends on academic level of the applicant. The position is initially limited to one year, with the possibility to further extend it for another two years.
Application Criteria:
The candidate should be experienced in MATLAB programming and should be familiar with current neuroimaging processing techniques (e.g. VBM, cortex reconstruction) and software packages (SPM, FSL, Freesurfer). These skills are needed to further develop and extend in-house machine-learning techniques, including unsupervised and semi-supervised clustering techniques vector-machines and ensemble learning methods. An important focus of the work will be the analysis of genetic data acquired within PsyCourse (http://www.psycourse.de/) using the aforementioned techniques.
The successful candidate will work in the coordinating centre of a multi-centre EU Project's with a young, dynamic and multidisciplinary team. The main roles associated with this position are not restricted to scientific output, they include software production and project coordination as well. Henceforth the candidate should have a flexible and structured profile complemented by a good strategic thinking ability.
Long-standing cooperations exist with the Structural Brain Mapping Group at the University of Jena (Prof. Christian Gaser) and the Section for Biomedical Image Analysis (Prof. Christos Davatzikos).
Please send your application including a CV and a letter of recommendation to Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Nußbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany or by email to nikolaos.koutsouleris(a)med.uni-muenchen.de. For further information concerning this position and our research group, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris and Carlos Cabral (carlos.cabral(a)med.uni-muenchen.de).
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The start date is as soon as possible.
Looking for an exciting opportunity in a research facility
specialising in multi-disciplinary research in Preventive Healthcare?
The PERFORM centre at Concordia University in Montreal Canada is
looking for a Research Associate specialised in Magnetic Resonance.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in learning
the latest MR techniques and to contribute to the creation of a
forward looking research environment in collaboration with the
researchers of the PERFORM Centre.
More information on the job is at this site:
http://www.concordia.ca/research/perform/research/awards.html
Do not hesitate to contact DivyaSequeira at
divya.sequeira(a)concordia.ca with any questions.
To find out more about the PERFORM centre and research at PERFORM,
visit our website http://www.concordia.ca/research/perform.html
Dear all,
Open positions @ Brainntome Center.
http://brainnetome.org/en/recruitment.html
*Job 1: PhD Positions in Neuroimaging and Neuroscience, Beijing, China
Brainnetome Center*
*Applications Deadline: March 15 , 2015. *
*Brainnetome Center*
Brainnetome Center ( www.brainnetome.org <http://www.brainnetome.org/>)
at Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA) is
one part of CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science. Researchers at
the Brainnetome Center work on a wide topics in neuroimaging and
brainnetome, such as, neuroimaging, brain networks, new neurotechnique
development, simulating and modelling, and their applications in
neurological and psychiatric diseases, to discover the molecular,
cellular, and brain network mechanisms that underlie the ability of the
brain to function.
Neuroscience is entering an era of accelerated discovery driven by the
application of new molecular, genetic and imaging technologies, which
will provide a deeper understanding of the regulation and function of
the nervous system. Significant advances in determining the molecular
regulation of nerve cell function and development will have a major
impact on our understanding of more complex areas such as behaviour,
cognition, ageing, neurological disease and mental illness. The
researchers of Brainnetome Center is to promote excellence in
neuroscience by fostering the exchange of ideas, establishing new
collaborations and augmenting partnerships that already exist within the
wider Chinese brain science and information technology communities.
*The role*
Convergent evidence has shown that most psychiatric disorders are
associated with faulty brain networks. In order to understand how the
brain works and the pathophysiological mechanism of psychiatric
disorders, it is necessary to integrate the multi-level network features
obtained with various functional and anatomical brain imaging
technologies on different scales. We have proposed a new concept of
"Brainnetome" to represent such integration framework. Our Center here
closely collaborates with researchers at Queensland Brain Institute of
University of Queensland in Australia, INSERM Lyon in France, and
Research Center Juelich in Germany to study basic theory, methodologies,
algorithms and platform of the Brainnetome at multiple scales, and their
applications in neurological and psychiatric diseases. It envisions that
the brainnetome will become an emerging co-frontier of brain imaging,
information technology, neurology and psychiatry. Some long-standing
issues in neuropsychiatry may be solved by combining Brainnetome with
genome.
Several PhD positions are available at Brainnetome Center of CASIA to
utilise neuroimaging technologies to discover mechanisms of brain
networks. These positions will be supported by CAS-TWAS President's
Fellowship Programme for PhD Candidates
(http://twas.org/opportunity/cas-twas-presidents-phd-fellowship-programme).
They involve developing neuroimage analysis methods and tools and
applying them to neuroscience and clinical problems. In this role the
students will develop skills in developing computational algorithms and
computer programming in neuroimage analysis that could be utilised in
both basic research and clinical areas.
*The person*
Applicants should meet the requirements of "CAS-TWAS President's
Fellowship Programme for PhD Candidates" and have MSc degree in one of
the following fields: neuroimaging, neuroscience, neurobiology,
psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, neurology, computer
science, electronic engineering, mathematics, and physics. Outstanding
C/C++ programming skills in Linux are highly desired.
*Enquiries*
Please first read the Application Guide
<http://brainnetome.org/images/job/Application%20Guide.doc> for your
eligibility and then contact Professor Tianzi Jiang at
jiangtz(a)nlpr.ia.ac.cn <mailto:jiangtz@nlpr.ia.ac.cn>. In order to
complete the formal application process, please find an Application
Package <http://brainnetome.org/images/job/APPLICATION_PACKAGE.zip>.
Applications Deadline: March 15 , 2015.
*Further Information*
Application Guide at
http://www.brainnetome.org/images/job/Application%20Guide.doc
<http://brainnetome.org/images/job/Application%20Guide.doc>
Application Package at
http://www.brainnetome.org/images/job/APPLICATION_PACKAGE.zip
<http://brainnetome.org/images/job/APPLICATION_PACKAGE.zip>
*Applications Deadline: March 15 , 2015.
*
*Job 2: Postdoctoral Fellow in Imaging Genetics at Queensland Brain
Institute*
The Neuroimaging and Brainnetome Laboratory of Queensland Brain
Institute (QBI) and Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) at the University
of Queensland, Australia, solicits applications for postdoctoral fellow
positions in imaging genetics of the human and mice. We are looking for
an excellent and highly motivated candidate with a PhD degree in
neurobiology, genetics, experimental psychology, and neuroimaging or
comparable background. Interest and/or previous experience in/with
neuroscience, animal MRI, design and image analysis as well as wet lab
experience are a plus. The successful candidate will participate in the
multidisciplinary project involves developing transgenic mice model of
psychiatric and neurological diseases. The main focus of this project is
to address how risky genes of schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease
affect brain networks in the human and mice. The postdoctoral fellows will
be jointly supervised by Professor Tianzi Jiang and other Professors
(QBI) who are experts in neuroscience. As at 30 June 2014, an applicant
must not have had more than five years full-time equivalent professional
research experience since the award of a PhD. The current salary range
for the award is on a four-level scale from A$71,528.60 – A$79,708.50
per annum. Commencing salaries are based strictly on the number of full
years’ experience since receiving a doctorate. Salary scales are
reviewed from time to time.
Please contact Professor Tianzi Jiang on tianzi.jiang(a)uq.edu.au
<mailto:tianzi.jiang@uq.edu.au> for research plan. To submit an
application for these positions, please refer to
http://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-management/uq-postdoctoral-research-….
Thank you and very best
Yours
Yong Liu
www.brainnetome.org/yongliu <http://www.brainnetome.org/yongliu>
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: PhD studentship available
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:06:16 +0000
From: Steel, Karen <karen.steel(a)KCL.AC.UK>
Reply-To: Steel, Karen <karen.steel(a)KCL.AC.UK>
To: EAR-MAIL(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK
*PhD Studentship to study the role of peroxisome defects in hearing
impairment, at the Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, Guy’s
Campus, King’s College London*
*Applications are invited for a PhD studentship funded by an award from
Action on Hearing Loss, starting in October 2015. *
**
Applicants should have (or be expected to obtain) a 2:1 or 1st class
honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in a subject relevant to the
proposed project, and should be able to communicate well in English.
The studentship covers course fees (Home/EU rate), a stipend starting at
£17,000 rising each year for three years in total, and a small
contribution towards research costs, training and conference
attendance. Course fees are available only up to the UK/EU rate, so
will not cover the fees level for students outside the EU. Applicants
should send a full CV, covering letter explaining why you are applying
for this studentship, and contact details of at least two academic
referees to Ms Brenda Williams at brenda.williams(a)kcl.ac.uk
<mailto:brenda.williams@kcl.ac.uk>by the closing date: *24^th February
2015*. Interviews will be held during the week beginning 9^th March 2015.**
**
*For further details of the group’s research, see
*http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/wolfson/about/people/staff/steelkaren.aspx**
*or contact Professor Karen P Steel at *karen.steel(a)kcl.ac.uk
<mailto:karen.steel@kcl.ac.uk>*. A summary of the project is given below.*
**
Pex3 protein is required for peroxisome genesis and degradation, and
peroxisomes in turn are needed for metabolic processing of very long
chain fatty acids. /PEX3/ mutations in humans are known to cause severe
diseases that include hearing impairment, but we know nothing about the
pathological basis of this. This project involves analysing a new mouse
mutation of /Pex3/ that has been found by a large-scale screen to show
high frequency hearing impairment. The student will investigate if the
hearing loss is progressive, what underlying pathological processes
occur in the auditory system, and how peroxisomes and lipids are
affected in the mutant. The mutant allele will be manipulated using Flp
and Cre recombinases to establish whether deafness results from a local
(inner ear) effect or a systemic effect of a lack of Pex3 activity, and
to ask if adult onset of reduced Pex3 activity also leads to hearing
impairment. These experiments will guide future development of
therapies for mild peroxisome defects, which may underlie some forms of
progressive hearing loss due to mild genetic variants or due to
environmental challenges.
Professor Karen P Steel, FMedSci, FRS
Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases,
King's College London, Guy's Campus,
London SE1 1UL
+44 207 848 6203
karen.steel(a)kcl.ac.uk
Researcher position (PhD student / Post-Doc level):
The Centre for Early Psychosis Studies (Head: Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris)
at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Department of Psychiatry
and Psychotherapy (Chair: Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai), under the EUFP-7
project PRONIA (http://www.pronia.eu), seeks an outstanding individual
for the development of multivariate biomarkers of major psychiatric
diseases, including schizophrenic and affective psychoses, borderline
personality and anxiety disorders. The project's aim is to construct
reliable diagnostic and predictive methods that integrate neuroimaging,
neurocognitive, genetic, metabolomic and clinical biomarkers using
state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. The salary is according
the German TV-L E13 and depends on academic level of the applicant. The
position is initially limited to one year, with the possibility to
further extend it for another two years.
Application Criteria:
The candidate should be experienced in MATLAB programming and should be
familiar with current neuroimaging processing techniques (e.g. VBM,
cortex reconstruction) and software packages (SPM, FSL, Freesurfer).
These skills are needed to further develop and extend in-house
machine-learning techniques, including unsupervised and semi-supervised
clustering techniques vector-machines and ensemble learning methods. An
important focus of the work will be the analysis of genetic data
acquired within PsyCourse (http://www.psycourse.de/) using the
aforementioned techniques.
The successful candidate will work in the coordinating centre of a
multi-centre EU Project's with a young, dynamic and multidisciplinary
team. The main roles associated with this position are not restricted to
scientific output, they include software production and project
coordination as well. Henceforth the candidate should have a flexible
and structured profile complemented by a good strategic thinking ability.
Long-standing cooperations exist with the Structural Brain Mapping Group
at the University of Jena (Prof. Christian Gaser) and the Section for
Biomedical Image Analysis (Prof. Christos Davatzikos).
Please send your application including a CV and a letter of
recommendation to Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Department of Psychiatry
and Psychotherapy, Nußbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany or by email to
nikolaos.koutsouleris(a)med.uni-muenchen.de. For further information
concerning this position and our research group, please do not hesitate
to contact Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris and Carlos Cabral
(carlos.cabral(a)med.uni-muenchen.de).
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the
position is filled. The start date is as soon as possible.
Could you please circulate the following Nervous System and Its Disorders Grand Challenge Talk hosted by the School of Psychology at the University of Leeds on February 25, 2015.
Thank you in advance.
All the best,
Katerina
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Nervous System and Its Disorders Grand Challenge Talk, School of Psychology
Date: Wednesday February 25, 2015
Time: 3-4pm
Venue: Electrical Engineering Agilent LT (1.52)
Speaker: Dr Andrew Holmes
Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral & Genomic Neuroscience
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Title: The Traumatized Brain: how modern neuroscience is identifying causes and cures for anxiety
Focus: Anxiety disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder are now the most common of all psychiatric conditions, but remain poorly understood and inadequately treated. Revolutionary advances in modern neuroscience are revealing key pathological brain mechanisms associated with persistent anxiety, and illuminating a path towards effective new therapeutic approaches.
BioSketch: Andy did his PhD with John Rodgers at Leeds 1995-1998, following which he obtained a PostDoc Fellowship with Jacky Crawley at NIH in Bethesda. In 2004, he was appointed Section Chief with the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and, in 2011, became Chief of the Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Research at NIAAA. Andy has lectured the world over, and has received numerous awards and honours for his contributions to neuroscience. At the time of writing, he has published c. 150 research and/or review articles in high impact journals and has a Google Scholar h index of 56 with over 10,500 citations to his work. He is Editor-in-Chief for Genes, Brain and Behavior, serves on the Editorial Boards of Addiction Biology and Acta Neuropsychologia, and is an Associate/Advisory/Review Editor for at least half-a-dozen other major journals. Andy regularly reviews for major research funding agencies in North America and Europe, and has served as ad hoc reviewer for more than 80 scientific journals.
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Dr. Ekaterini Klepousniotou
Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
School of Psychology
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK
Tel: +44 (0)113 3435716
Fax: +44 (0)113 3435749