Dear Users
I am going to postpone tonight's discussion of the YNiC structural
scans. Sorry if this causes any inconvenience.
We have been reviewing the concept of the structural scans, their
content and how they are used for some time.
We have carried out the same type of structural scan for the last seven
years. Whilst we would not wish to just abandon current practice there
is no doubt that we can improve the nature of the structural scans so
that they support a wider range of research activities, are 'better' in
terms of their use in various software packages and provide improved
signal to noise, improved grey/white discrimination....
We have been investigating a wide range of options for the structural. I
believe we need to collate and review more scientific evidence so that
we can present as informed a view as possible as to the best practice
going forward. We will not reach a consensus by simply debating this in
a seminar without everyone having sight of the evidence beforehand.
At the same time we have looked at our policy and procedures for dealing
with anomalies. From the first of January this new policy will be
implemented and of course we will keep you informed as to the new
procedures ahead of that start date. In principle we are going to follow
new guidelines and advise participants if we are sending a set of scans
away for independent reporting. This also requires a careful
consideration of the timing and the nature of the data we collect
regarding possible anomalies.
Therefore, I would like to change from a simple presentation and
discussion this evening to YNiC producing a document that will examine
the options, provide the evidence and suggest a way forward. This will
be circulated and discussion can then take place based on all the
evidence as well as any financial implications.
If you would like to still come to YNiC and start the celebrations for
the 100th paper, you will be very welcome. Cakes will be provided
Gary
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Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre &
Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
tel +44 (0) 1904 435349
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
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PA : Claire Fox
tel +44 (0) 1904 435329
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Claire.Fox(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear Users
This afternoon (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) Gary Green, Mark Hymers and
Andre Gouws will lead a discussion on "A strategic review of YNiC
"standard" scans":
* The current YNiC "standard" structural scan
* Options for enhancing the "standard" structural scan
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
An RA post (50% of full time) is available for a UK Research Council
funded project called /Mobility, Mood and Place: a user-centred approach
to design of built environments to make mobility easy, enjoyable and
meaningful for older people. /The role involves designing, conducting
and interpreting EEG (electroencephalography) data to make inferences
about stress states arising from movement in specific settings. The
project requires expertise in experimental design and statistical
manipulation of data.
Relevant PhD or MSc required. Salary within the range £29,541 - £36,298
per annum, /consummate/ to /experience/, reduced pro-rata. The hours of
work will be 18.5 per week, for a period of up to 3 years, although
other patterns of working will be considered.
See below link.
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_we…
Please contact Dr Jenny Roe to discuss further: jenny.roe(a)york.ac.uk
<mailto:jenny.roe@york.ac.uk>
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Dr Jenny Roe
Senior Research Leader
Stockholm Environment Institute
University of York
YO10 5DD
Tel: 01904 323480
email: jenny.roe(a)york.ac.uk <mailto:jenny.roe@york.ac.uk>
web: http://www.york.ac.uk/sei/staff/jenny-roe/
Many congratulations to Uzma Urooj, Piers Cornelissen, Michael Simpson,
Katie Wheat, Will Woods, Laura Barca and Andy Ellis, who have just had a
paper accepted by the journal Neuroimage.
This is a landmark in the history of YNiC - it is the 100th paper and a
measure of the authors' tremendous patience and persistence as this
reports on work that started in the first few weeks of YNiC's life as a
working imaging Centre. A tremendous achievement.
Look out for the party announcement. It is 100 papers and almost 10
years since Andy Ellis's and Andy Young's vision resulted in the start
of the building of YNiC in January 2004.
The paper is:
Interactions between visual and semantic processing during object
recognition revealed by modulatory effects of age of acquisition.
Urooj, U., Cornelissen, P.L., Simpson, M.I., Wheat, K.L., Woods, W.,
Barca, L. & Ellis, A.W.
Accepted for publication in Neuroimage
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/publications
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Gary Green
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Dear Users
This week (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) Gary Green, Mark Hymers and Andre
Gouws will lead a discussion on "A strategic review of YNiC "standard"
scans":
* The current YNiC "standard" structural scan
* Options for enhancing the "standard" structural scan
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
2-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship
MEG, Motor Control and Autism
Brain Dynamics and Cognition Lab
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, France
Applications are invited for a 2-year full-time Postdoctoral Position at
the Brain Dynamics and Cognition Lab of the Lyon Neuroscience Research
Center (CRNL) in Lyon to work on an MEG motor control study in adults
and children. The post-doc is part of an exciting new project recently
funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR SAMENTA) which aims
to explore the large-scale brain dynamics of motor control in healthy
subjects and its alteration in autism.
Key requirements
The ideal candidate will have a PhD in neuroscience, cognitive sciences,
neuroimaging or a related field and a strong interest in neuronal
oscillations, cortico-muscular coupling, and large-scale brain dynamics.
The candidate is expected to have a solid background in MEG data
analysis (e.g. time-frequency analysis, source reconstruction techniques
and connectivity measures) and good programming skills primarily in
MATLAB. Additionally, a background in motor control and/or development
studies will be beneficial. Fluency and solid writing skills in English
are expected. French is not a requirement but could be an important
asset.
The Brain Dynamics and Cognition Lab (headed by Olivier Bertrand) is one
of 11 teams that make up the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center which
consists of about 350 researchers whose research covers an extremely
broad range of neuroscience topics ranging from cells to organisms and
from cognition to clinical applications. The imaging facilities and
electrophysiological platforms available include MEG, EEG, MRI, PET, TMS
and intracranial EEG.
Lyon boasts a vibrant and stimulating neuroscience environment and a
culturally rich city life. It is home of the Lumière brothers, the
pioneers of cinema, and of Saint Exupéry (author of the Little Prince).
Lyon is renowned for its traditional and gastronomic cuisine and is
ideally located just an hour away from the Alpes, 2 hours from Paris and
an hour and a half from Marseille and the Mediterranean sea.
How to apply?
Applications in the form of a cover letter with statement of research
interests and a CV with a full list of publications should be sent by
email to Christina Schmitz (christina.schmitz(a)inserm.fr) and to Karim
Jerbi (karim.jerbi(a)inserm.fr). Potential candidates are also encouraged
to send an inquiry email if they wish to find out more about the
position before applying.
Expected starting date: February/March 2014, but applications will be
considered until the position is filled.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues and students
who could be interested in this position.
Best regards,
Christina Schmitz& Karim Jerbi
Brain Dynamics and Cognition Lab
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center
Inserm U1028 - CNRS UMR5292 - University Lyon I
CH Le Vinatier - Bât 452
95 bd Pinel, 69675 Bron, France
http://crnl.univ-lyon1.fr/index.php/en
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Karim Jerbi, PhD
Brain Dynamics and Cognition Lab
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center
Inserm U1028 - CNRS UMR5292 - University Lyon I
CH Le Vinatier - Bât 452
95 bd Pinel, 69675 Bron, France
Email: karim.jerbi(a)inserm.fr
Personal Website: http://www.karimjerbi.com
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karimjerbi
Research Gate Profile: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karim_Jerbi/
Google Scholar Profile:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FvXuJbUAAAAJ&hl=fr
FYI
http://www.cbs.mpg.de/career/jobs/baya-pdp-10-13
The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences invites
applications
for
1 Postdoctoral Position
in the field of emotion/stress and its physiological correlates.
The overall background of the project is the investigation of the role of
psychological factors in the development of risk factors such as
hypertension,
obesity, and smoking. The successful candidate will hold a PhD preferably in
psychology or related disciplines and will ideally have prior experience
with fMRI
and/or ERP/EEG, as well as psychophysiological methodologies and data
analysis. The
candidate will have the chance to supervise PhD and Master students who
use these
methods.
Complete applications include cover letter, CV, letter(s) of
recommendation, and
copies of university degrees and additional certificates. It is a full
time position
and the salary is based on the German salary scale.
In order to increase the proportion of female staff members,
applications from
female scientists are particularly encouraged. Preference will be given
to disabled
persons with the same qualification.
Please send your application as a single PDF-file referring to the
application code
PD 06/2013 to Ms. Anahit Babayan:
Deadline of application: Until position is filled!
Prof. Dr. Arno Villringer
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences,
Department of Neurology
Stephanstr. 1A,
04103 Leipzig, Germany
One PhD position is available, for each of the following research
directions, in the IDEA lab of UNC-Chapel Hill, NC
(https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/ideagroup).
Brain Image Segmentation and Surface Labeling: The successful candidate
should have a strong background on Electrical or Biomedical Engineering,
or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on image processing and
pattern recognition. Experience on medical image segmentation and
analysis is highly desirable. People with machine learning background
are particularly encouraged to apply. Knowledge on neuroscience and
programming background (good command of LINUX, C and C++, scripting, and
Matlab) are desirable. The research topic will be the development and
validation of methods for atlas-based tissue segmentation (of neonatal
brain images) and cortical surface labeling of brain images.
Deformable Segmentation: The successful candidate should have a strong
background on Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science,
preferably with emphasis on image feature extraction, shape
representation, and shape statistics. Experience on medical image
segmentation using deformable surface, level sets, and graph cut is
highly desirable. People with machine learning background on image
features and shape statistics are particularly encouraged to apply.
Strong knowledge on programming (good command of LINUX, C and C++,
scripting, and Matlab) are desirable. The research topic will be the
development and validation of statistical deformable segmentation
methods for lung, liver, prostate, and brain.
Neuroimage Classification: The successful candidate should have a
strong background on Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering,
Statistics, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on machine
learning, pattern classification, multivariate image analysis, or
computer vision. Experience on neuroimage analysis is highly desirable.
People with machine learning background are particularly encouraged to
apply.
The successful candidates will be part of a diverse group including
radiologists, psychologists, physicists, biostatistician, and computer
scientists, and will build upon the group's previous work on medical
image analysis. If interested, please email resume to Dr. Dinggang Shen
(dgshen(a)med.unc.edu <mailto:dgshen@med.unc.edu>).
PhD Position on the neural correlates of verbally instructed fear (Ghent
University, Belgium)
In the context of a research project of the Research Foundation –
Flanders on the neural correlates of verbally instructed fear
conditioning we are seeking a PhD student with an interest in functional
MRI and fear conditioning. The goal of the PhD project supervised by
Prof. Marcel Brass and Prof. Jan De Houwer is to investigate the brain
circuits that are involved in the implementation of verbally instructed
fear. The position is available for 2+2 years. Candidates should have a
master degree in psychology, neuroscience, neuropsychology or a related
field. Basic computer programming skills (preferably Matlab) and
experience with fMRI is helpful. Furthermore, experience with
psychological experiments is required.
The department provides excellent brain imaging facilities with access
to a research-dedicated fMRI scanner. Candidates should send their
applications including CV, a brief statement of research interests and
two letters of recommendation as one PDF document to Prof. Marcel Brass
(marcel.brass(a)ugent.be).
Deadline for application: November 15th, 2013
Dear colleagues,
We have an open position for a Research Assistant at the Translational
Neuromodeling Unit (TNU) in Zurich, with a focus on EEG. For those
interested, please see the following link:
http://www.translationalneuromodeling.org/open-position-for-research-assist…
Best wishes,
Klaas
stephan(a)BIOMED.EE.ETHZ.CH
Hi,
Just a reminder to all users that Open Plan will be very busy at the
following times:
Friday 25th October 1000-1200 and 1300-1500:
MSc Cognitive Neuroscience / 1st Year PhD Induction Part 2
Priority will be given to those attending the sessions and any machines
which have been left logged in will be logged out.
There should be some spare capacity at the back of open plan as the
group is divided into two but please remember that teaching will be
occurring.
Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Hymers, York Neuroimaging Centre
Please note that my email address is: mark.hymers(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
Responses to messages sent to other addresses may be delayed
Dear Users
This week (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be another talk on the
outcome of an MSc Cognitive Neuroscience 2012/2013 empirical research
project.
The talk on "Consistent connectivity" will be given by Ioannis
Papanikolaou and Andrew Quinn (supervised by Gary Green).
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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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
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
AT THE MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER
We are seeking applicants interested in negative symptoms and
motivational deficits in schizophrenia. This work is supported by a 5
year RO1 that involves an extensive collaboration with Michael Frank, a
computational neuroscientist at Brown University, JamesWaltz, who does
related work using fMRI at MPRC, and Steve Silverstein at Rutgers.The
basic approach of the project is to use experimental paradigmsand
computational modelingframeworks from the basic neuroscience literature
in order to specify the processes that result in alterations of volition
and decision-makingThe grant involves both behavioral and
electrophysiological methods, thus prior EEG and signal processing
experience would be ideal as are good statistical skills. Applications
from candidates without prior EEG experience who have strengths in other
areas that could be brought to bear in this area of work are also
welcome. There will be ample opportunities to take the lead on writing
papers as many unpublished data sets available as well as the ability to
rapidly implement new experiments with great access to patients who are
willing to participate in research.Funding is available for two years,
with possible extension.Start date is open as funds are currently
available.The lab has a strong track record of helping post-docs go on
to achieve independent funding.For more information, please contact
James Gold@ jgold(a)mprc.umaryland.edu <mailto:jgold@mprc.umaryland.edu>.
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Director, Center for Mind & Brain
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Room 109
267 Cousteau Place
Davis, CA 95618
(530) 297-4424
E-Mail: sjluck(a)ucdavis.edu <mailto:sjluck@ucdavis.edu>
Web: http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/people/sjluck
Calendar:
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Postdoctoral Position in Neuroimaging -- Pasqual Maragall Foundation,
Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center, Barcelona, Spain.
*Job Summary: *
Pasqual Maragall Foundation invites applications for a full-time
postdoctoral position to conduct post-processing and analyzing of MRI
neuroimaging data (e.g. structural, fMRI, DWI), as part of a clinical
research program on Alzheimer's disease.
*Principal Responsibilities: *
The primary responsibility of this position includes post-processing and
analyzing brain MRI data within the Foundation's Alzheimer's disease
clinical research and its flagship project, the Alzheimer and Families
(ALFA). The ALFA study is a large longitudinal cohort of sons and
daughters of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, to explore the
preclinical stage of this condition with the aim of identifying novel
risk factors and biomarkers. This study will enhance our knowledge of
the processes involved before the onset of AD to develop interventions
aimed to prevent or delay the disease. Within this study we are
collecting a comprehensive amount of data, including blood samples,
mental health, quality of life and risk factors, as well as,
neuroimaging procedures to assess brain function.
The Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center (Barcelonabeta) is a new
research infrastructure, constituted by the Pasqual Maragall Foundation
and with the participation of the Pompeu Fabra University, dedicated to
research on Alzheimer's disease. The new building will be completed by
summer 2014, and will contain excellent technical facilities including a
research-dedicated 3T MR scanner, dedicated to clinical research on
neurodegenerative diseases.
Barcelonabeta is a research institute affiliated to Pompeu Fabra
University and is also part of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park
(PRBB), a large research facility that hosts seven different research
institutions related to biomedical research, including the Hospital del
Mar Research Institute (IMIM), the Experimental and Health Sciences
Department (CEXS) of the UPF, the Regenerative Medicine Centre of
Barcelona (CMRB), and the Centre for Research in Environmental
Epidemiology (CREAL), among others, in a multidisciplinary,
collaborative and stimulating international environment in close contact
with a clinical setting, thus conducive to translational research.
*Required Qualifications: *
·PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics, Neuroscience or related
disciplines.
·Strong background in MRI analysis and related statistical methods for
research (SPM, Freesurfer, FSL or similar).
·Experience with image processing and data analysis.
·Ability to think independently and work collaboratively.
*Benefits *
·Starting date: April 2014.
·The postdoctoral position is scheduled initially for three years (open
to renewal).
·Salary will depend on experience.
*Additional Information: *
To apply, please submit a single PDF file containing the following: 1)
Cover letter describing research interests and relevant background; 2)
CV with list of publications; 3) The names of three individuals who
could provide reference letters. All files or inquiries should be
submitted electronically to: rh(a)fpmaragall.org
*Joan D. Gispert*
Responsable de Recerca en Neuroimatge**
*Fundació**Pasqual Maragall*
T. 93 316 09 90
Dr. Aiguader, 88 (Edifici PRBB) - 08003 Barcelona
www.fpmaragall.org <http://www.fpmaragall.org/>
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The Affective & Translational Neuroscience Laboratory has openings for
graduate students and a post-doc.
Details at http://shackmanlab.org/positions/.
Ph.D students can be admitted through the Department of Psychology or
Neuroscience Training Program ('NACS'). Feel free to email me with
follow-up questions.
Cheers,
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University of Maryland
Affective and Translational Neuroscience Laboratory
Department of Psychology | Maryland Neuroimaging Center | Neuroscience
Program (NACS)
Biology/Psychology Building
College Park, MD 20742-4411
Telephone: +1 (608) 358-5025
Email: shackman(a)umd.edu <mailto:shackman@wisc.edu>
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PENN STATE, PSYCHOLOGY,
NEUROSCIENCE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN MRI Facility
The Department of Psychology at Penn State (http://psych.la.psu.edu/) is recruiting a neuroscientist with expertise in functional and structural brain imaging for the position of Director of the Human MRI Facility at the Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center, SLEIC (http://www.imaging.psu.edu); rank is at the associate of full professor level. The Director will support and develop our neuroimaging community. The substantive focus of research is open, and the Director will affiliate with one or more of the Department’s graduate program areas (cognitive, developmental, social, clinical, and industrial/organizational psychology). Rich opportunities exist for collaboration across the department and across the campus, including a range of centers such as the Center for Language Science (http://cls.psu.edu/), the Child Study Center (http://csc.psych.psu.edu/), and the Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition (http://www.huck.psu.edu/center/brain-behavior-cognition). The Director position is co-funded by the Social Science Research Institute (http://www.ssri.psu.edu/). Candidates are expected to have a record of excellence in research and teaching, and a history of external funding. Review of applications for the position begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates should submit a letter of application including concise statements of research and teaching interests, a CV, and selected (p)reprints. Letters of recommendation will be requested from applicants selected as finalists. Electronic submission is strongly preferred; please submit materials at www.la.psu.edu/facultysearch/. If unable to submit electronically, mail materials to the Neuroscience Faculty Search Committee – Box A, Department of Psychology, Penn State, University Park, PA 16802. Questions regarding the application process and the position can be emailed to Judy Bowman, jak8(a)psu.edu, and questions regarding the position can be sent to Sheri Berenbaum (Chair), sab31(a)psu.edu. We especially encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds. Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.
FYI
*Postdoctoral fellow, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada*
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellow at the Hospital for
Sick Children, affiliated with the University of Toronto.The role of the
successful applicant will be to develop novel MEG analysis techniques
and apply them to data collected from children with focal epilepsy.The
goals of this research will be to determine if mapping MEG connectivity
dynamics can localize epileptogenic cortex (brain areas that start
seizures), and to investigate how functional networks are altered in
childhood epilepsy and related to cognitive difficulties in this group.
Candidates should hold a PhD in neuroscience, physics, engineering,
psychology or a related field. Prior neuroimaging experience using MEG
and/or MRI is required.Strong data analysis skills, and/or prior
neuroimaging experience with clinical or child populations would be an
asset.
The Hospital for Sick Children offers an excellent training environment
with strong expertise in clinical neuroscience, developmental cognitive
neuroscience, and neuroimaging.MEG studies have been completed in over
1000 children with epilepsy at our institution, and include interictal
recordings and data from numerous functional localization paradigms
(auditory, visual, language). Neuropsychological, clinical,
electrocortocographic and MRI data are also available, presenting an
excellent training opportunity in clinical neuroimaging.This
Postdoctoral position is available for a two-year period, with the
possibility of extension for a third year.The successful applicant will
conduct research primarily under the supervision of Dr. Sam M Doesburg.
Please send all applications, including and CV and covering letter to
seetha.sriharan(a)sickkids.ca
Start date: as soon as possible; applications will be reviewed on an
ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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Subject: [rseminars] Upcoming Research Seminars - Week 4
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:31:06 +0100
From: Helen Fagan <helen.fagan(a)york.ac.uk>
To: rseminars-l(a)ohm.york.ac.uk
Point-process analysis of neural signals: from frequency coding to
temporal coding
Monday 21st October, 1pm
Speaker: Dr Luca Citi (University of Essex)
Location: PL002
Synopsis:
The first part of the talk will show an application of neural decoding
for the purpose of controlling a robotic hand prosthesis. In this case
the so-called "frequency coding" paradigm was used, which assumes that
the neural information is encoded in the firing rate of individual
neurons. In the second part, a powerful statistical framework, point
processes, will be introduced. Among other applications, point
processes have successfully been used for neural decoding, giving
access to the so-called "temporal coding" which assumes that the actual
time of the spikes carries valuable information in addition to that
carried by the rate alone. An application of this method to a functional
neuro-muscolar stimulation system will be presented.
*Biography:*
Dr Luca Citi received a degree in Electronic Engineering in 2004 from
the University of Florence, Italy. He did his master's thesis as a
visiting student under Riccardo Poli's supervision at the Essex
Brain-Computer Interfaces group. In 2005, he enrolled in a PhD program
at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy) with a thesis about the decoding
of neural signals for the control of robotic arm prostheses. He then
spent three years as post-doc at Harvard Medical School and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on statistical analysis of
point processes (stochastic processes representing discrete events in
time) applied to heartbeat series and neural spike trains. He is
currently a Lecturer in Computational Intelligence at the University of
Essex.
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POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST (REF: IRC 112493) - MRC Institute of Hearing
Research. Nottingham. UK.
Neural mechanisms of auditory perception and computation
We investigate neural processing in the auditory system, and how it
contributes to auditory perception. This post will likely involve
performing neurophysiological and behavioural experiments, and
computational modeling.
This post will involve contributing to the current MRC funded research
programme in the group. Potential research projects will include
studying neural correlates of perceptual frequency selectivity in the
central auditory system, and population coding of sound location in
auditory cortex using microstimulation techniques. The exact choice of
project will depend on the interests and expertise of the applicant.
Other current topics of study in the group include temporal coding in
the auditory brainstem, the neural representation of degraded speech,
dynamic models of signal detection, and cortical adaptation.
The work will also be closely related to other Institute of Hearing
Research projects which study the neurophysiology and anatomy of the
auditory system. The Institute of Hearing Research boasts world leading
experts in auditory cognition, neuroimaging, evoked potentials, speech
and hearing science, binaural psychoacoustics, auditory perceptual
learning, and auditory neurophysiology. In the wider environment we have
strong links with the NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit,
and other university departments such as Psychology and Mathematics.
This wide range of expertise provides a highly dynamic and stimulating
working environment where collaboration is positively encouraged.
The position is for 3, or possibly 4, years. The appointment, according
to qualifications and experience, will be to a starting salary in the
range £26,545 to £28,364. Where appropriate, relocation will be payable.
The post has an entitlement of 30 days annual leave and 10.5 public
holidays, and the post holder will be eligible for membership of the MRC
Pension Scheme.
For further details please visit www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/vacancies.
For an informal discussion about this vacancy please contact Dr Chris
Sumner (Chris(a)ihr.mrc.ac.uk ,tel: +44 (0) 115 9223431).
See www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk for more publications and information about our
research.
Just to let everyone know
Today's seminar is starting in 15 minutes at 4.15
Do come
Gary
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Dear all,
Just a reminder about the M/EEG group meeting today.
See you there!
Emma
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Emma Holmes
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University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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On 10 October 2013 12:51, Emma Holmes <eh776(a)york.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The next M/EEG group meeting will take place in a week's time - on *Thursday
> 17th October* at *12:00* in the *Venables room*. (Note the change of time
> to usual due to the new timetabling)
> Becky Gilbert will be giving a talk entitled 'EEG Correlates of Subvocal
> Rehearsal in Auditory-Verbal Short-Term Memory'.
>
> Hope to see lots of you who do EEG and/or MEG there!
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> Best wishes,
> Emma
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Dear Users
This afternoon (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be two talks on
the outcomes of MSc Cognitive Neuroscience 2012/2013 empirical research
projects:
1) Silke Goebel
"Parietal networks for multiplication and subtraction in adults with
dyslexia"
2) Alexandra Levine (supervised by Heidi Baseler)
"The neural basis of visual performance advantages in the deaf"
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
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