Hey all,
Just a quick reminder that Don MClaren will be talking at four today ay
B020.
Hope to see you all there,
--
Jonathan Smallwood
Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
University of York, England.
FYI
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On behalf of the course organizers, I am very pleased to announce that the
Eighth Annual UCLA/Semel Advanced Neuroimaging Summer Program
will be streamed *live beginning at:*
*08:30 PDT (15:30 GMT) July 21, 2014 through July 31, 2014*
The complete schedule can be found on the *program web site*
<http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/Summer2014.php>, together with slides,
exercises and other didactic materials as they become available. There
you will also find links to the streaming video, and to our lecture
archive, so that you can watch in the comfort of your own time zone.
The UCLA Neuroimaging Training Program Summer Course is designed for
advanced users, from graduate students to tenured faculty, who have
significant experience in research using functional imaging, especially
functional MRI. This year's program will cover a broad range of topics
including data acquisition, experimental design, fMRI data processing,
anatomical imaging, machine learning and others. The course schedule is
available now at http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/Summer2014.php.
Each year, the emphasis of the course differs. For the 2014 program we
will be paying special attention to ways in which cutting-edge
applications of functional MRI, and its related methods, can help answer
big questions in neuroscience. Our goal in so doing is to help gain
perspective on fMRI's role.
As always, we will include extraordinary international faculty, who will
present didactics in slides and talks, and who will interact one-on-one
with the course attendees. Attendees will design, run and analyze
experimental studies directed at unresolved questions in neuroimaging,
using the extraordinary research facilities available to the UCLA
NeuroImaging Training Program.
We hope that you will take advantage of the program. Please share this
announcement with your colleagues.
--/Mark Cohen/
The UCLA Neuroimaging Training Program is funded by generous awards from
the National Institutes of Health, grant numbers R90 DA022768 and T90
DA023422
Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology
Multiple Sclerosis Imaging Research Program
Postdoctoral Fellowship – Advanced in Vivo and Ex Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Studies in MS and Other Neuro-inflammatory Diseases
We seek a highly motivated individual who can join our laboratory as a postdoctoral research fellow or as a research assistant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The position involves clinical and experimental research using MRI in studying cortical and white matter lesions, as well as overall tissue loss and mechanisms of tissue damage in MS. Our research activities are aimed at determining the relationship of cortical and white matter lesions, the MRI and MRS characteristics of different lesion types, their role in the pathogenesis of MS, and their relationship with clinically relevant functional outcome measures as well as measures of overall tissue loss. Our growing and externally funded research program, which involves a combination of in vivo and ex vivo imaging with currently existing and newly developed or locally customized imaging techniques, has proven to be a valuable tool to understand the pathology of CNS dysfunction in MS and related conditions. With access to unique and extensively characterized patient cohorts, and an infrastructure of 28 human MRI and 2 narrow-bore experimental MRI systems on campus, access to several core facilities and multiple collaborators, Mayo Clinic represents an ideal environment for cutting edge MRI and MRS research of neuro-inflammatory diseases.
The successful applicant will be expected to lead and collaborate on experiments in MRI and MRS analysis, but will also be involved in all aspects of our studies, as well as project-related data management.
Specific responsibilities will include:
• Developing, modifying, executing image analysis protocols and scripted processing pipelines in order to analyze MRI scans from 3 Tesla Siemens and GE systems, as well as 7 and 16.4 Tesla narrow-bore Bruker systems.
• Participating in all aspects of MRI data analysis and data management.
• Develop and execute standalone projects using existing data, being in charge of all aspects of such projects, with appropriate supervision.
• Participate in the development and optimization of new scanning protocols, including the development of novel or customized pulse sequences.
• Preparing reports and documentation for review.
• Disseminating results as articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and at major national and international conferences and workshops.
• Mentoring junior staff associated with our research program.
Qualifications and skills required:
• A recent PhD in neuroscience, MRI physics, biochemistry, biomedical engineering or related field.
• Strong publication record and excellent academic credentials.
• Interest and expertise in aspects of proton MRI and MRS, and in advanced image analysis techniques.
• At least basic knowledge of brain anatomy and neuroscience.
• Substantial experience with scientific computing, including a strong working knowledge of Linux, BASH scripting, programming in Python or other high-level C++ based languages.
• Expertise in advanced image analysis software packages such as FSL, FreeSurfer, Analyze, etc.
• Ability to work effectively unsupervised.
• Ability to work on collaborative projects with multiple investigators.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Position Duration: Full-time, temporary, 1 year initial position, renewable annually, contingent upon performance.
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Application: Candidates should submit a cover letter with a brief statement describing their research experience and interests and goals, a full curriculum vitae, and the names of two individuals who would be willing to provide a letter of recommendation (with their contact information).
Inquiries and applications should be directed to Dr. Istvan Pirko (pirko(a)mayo.edu)
Deadline: Open until filled.
Dear colleagues,
I would be thankful if you could forward this to interested colleagues
and students.
Thanks in advance, Christian Fiebeach
__________________________________________________________________
The /Cognitive Neuroscience Lab/ (Prof. Christian Fiebach) at the
Department of Psychology of Goethe University Frankfurt offers three
research positions as part of an ERC consolidator project that
investigates neurophysiological mechanisms of language processing from a
predictive coding perspective:
*Postdoctoral Researcher (German Salary Level E13, 100%) in Cognitive
and Computational Neuroscience of Language*
We seek a colleague with a strong background in EEG/MEG, fMRI, and/or
neuro-computational modeling, and an interest in brain mechanisms
underlying language processing. You should have skills in signal
processing, data analysis, and/or computational modeling, programming
skills (e.g., Matlab, Python), and willingness to acquire expertise in
all three methods. The successful candidate will be involved in all
aspects of the project and should be motivated to further develop this
topic. The position is offered initially for two years. However, an
extension for up to five years is possible.
*Two PhD positions (German Salary Level E13, 65%) in Cognitive
Neuroscience of Language*
The PhD projects involve fMRI and MEG/EEG experiments in the field of
language processing. We encourage applications from excellent and
enthusiastic candidates with MSc or equivalent degrees from Psychology,
Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Biology, Physics, or related
areas, who share our interest in understanding investigating the neural
bases of language processing. Programming skills (e.g., Matlab, Python)
are appreciated. Tasks involve the design, acquisition, and analysis of
fMRI and MEG/EEG experiments, as well as the publication of research
findings. The PhD positions involve funding for three years.
Our lab is at the Department of Psychology and is part of Frankfurt’s
vibrant neuroscience community (Interdisciplinary Center for
Neurosciences Frankfurt) and the larger Rhein-Main area (Rhein Main
Neuroscience Network Frankfurt/Mainz). We have access to state of the
art facilities involving the Frankfurt Brain Imaging Center with two 3T
MR scanners and a 275 channel MEG, as well as EEG, fNIRS and eye tracking.
The positions are available from September 1, 2014, and available until
filled. Further information can be obtained directly from Christian Fiebach.
Please send your complete application (including CV, certificates, as
well as names of two referees) electronically to Prof. Christian
Fiebach, Department of Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt,
Grüneburgplatz 1, D-60323 Frankfurt am Main
(fiebach(a)psych.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:fiebach@psych.uni-frankfurt.de>).
The Department of Experimental Psychology at the
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is looking to fill the position of a
Post-Doc Research Assistant.
Regular working hours will be (currently 39.8 hours per week) with a
limited contract of 2 years. This position should be filled by
01.10.2014. Salary: Pay grade 13 TV-L.
The lab studies the behavioral and neural mechanisms of processing of
unconscious visual stimuli and masked priming and uses psychophysical
(RT, Eye-Movements), physiological (EEG, fMRI, tDCS), and
phenomenological approaches to better understand these mechanisms.
*Your Duties*
* The successful candidate will have the opportunity to perform basic
research and will be intimately involved in all aspects of data
collection, analyses, and the publication of results.
* Administrative duties including supervising student coworkers,
maintaining protocols, subject recruitment and scheduling, and
record keeping related to active studies will also be required.
* The project focusses on physiological approaches to visual masking.
*Your profile*
* You hold a highly qualified PhD in Psychology.
* Excellent programming experience (e.g., Matlab, Presentation) and
statistical software like R.
* Publications on psychophysiological studies of visual processes
(EEG, fMRI).
* Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. Must have a
demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Proficiency in English.
* Knowledge of and interest in the visual system, visual cognition,
neuroanatomy, and statistics.
The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and
places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women.
Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as they are
underrepresented in this field. Disabled persons with equivalent
aptitude will be favoured.
Please send your application with the usual documents (also in
electronic form) by within three weeks after publication of this
advertisement to Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institute for
Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Gossler-Str. 14,
37073 Göttingen, e-mail: uwe.mattler(a)psych.uni-goettingen.de.
If you have any questions, please contact Uwe Mattler
(e-mail:uwe.mattler@psych.uni-goettingen.de
<mailto:%20uwe.mattler@psych.uni-goettingen.de>).
We request that you send us copies of your application documents, as no
returns will be made. We will destroy the documents after a holding
period of five months. Application documents will only be returned to
you if you provide a self-addressed adequately stamped envelope
--
Dr. Thorsten Albrecht, Dipl.-Psych.
Georg-Elias-Müller Institute for Psychology
- Experimental Psychology -
University Göttingen
Goßlerstr. 14
37073 Göttingen
Phone ++49 551 3933615
Email:Thorsten.Albrecht@biologie.uni-goettingen.de
The Department of Experimental Psychology at the
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is looking to fill the position of a
Research Assistant. Regular working hours will be (currently 39.8 hours
per week) with a limited contract of 2 years. This position should be
filled by 01.10.2014. Salary: Pay grade 50% of 13 TV-L.
The lab studies the behavioral and neural mechanisms of processing of
unconscious visual stimuli and masked priming and uses psychophysical
(RT, Eye-Movements), physiological (EEG, fMRI, tDCS), and
phenomenological approaches to better understand these mechanisms.
*Your duties *
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to perform basic
research and will work on a current project on the processing of rapid
motion (Mattler & Fendrich, 2007; 2010). She/he will be intimately
involved in all aspects of data collection, analyses, and the
publication of results. Programming the stimulation-system in C will be
a substantial part of the work. Teaching duties with bachelor students
will also be required.
*Your profile*
• You hold a highly qualified M.S. in Psychology.
• Programming experience (e.g., C, C++, Matlab, Presentation)
• Experience with statistical software
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. Must have a
demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in English
• Knowledge of and interest in the visual system, visual cognition,
neuroanatomy, and statistics.
This post is designed to serve in fostering young researchers and
scientists and give the successful applicant the opportunity to pursue a
post-doctoral degree.
The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and
places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women.
Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as they are
underrepresented in this field. Disabled persons with equivalent
aptitude will be favoured.
Please send your application with the usual documents (also in
electronic form) by within three weeks after publication of this
advertisement to Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institute for
Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Gossler-Str. 14,
37073 Göttingen, e-mail: uwe.mattler(a)psych.uni-goettingen.de.
If you have any questions, please contact Uwe Mattler (e-mail:
uwe.mattler(a)psych.uni-goettingen.de).
We request that you send us copies of your application documents, as no
returns will be made. We will destroy the documents after a holding
period of five months. Application documents will only be returned to
you if you provide a self-addressed adequately stamped envelope.
The Department of Experimental Psychology at the
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is looking to fill the position of a
Research Assistant. Regular working hours will be (currently 39.8 hours
per week) with a limited contract of 3 years. This position should be
filled by 01.10.2014. Salary: Pay grade 65% of 13 TV-L.
The lab studies the behavioral and neural mechanisms of processing of
unconscious visual stimuli and masked priming and uses psychophysical
(RT, Eye-Movements), physiological (EEG, fMRI, tDCS), and
phenomenological approaches to better understand these mechanisms.
*Your Duties*
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to perform basic
research and will work on a project funded by the DFG on the effects of
various masking procedures on the processing of visual stimuli. She/he
will be intimately involved in all aspects of data collection, analyses,
and the publication of results. The project includes the development of
effective masking procedures and fMRI studies.
*Your profile*
• You hold a highly qualified M.S. in Psychology.
• Some programming experience (e.g., Matlab, Presentation);
• Experience with statistical software like R.
• Experience with psychophysiological methods is a plus.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. Must have a
demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in English,
• Knowledge of and interest in the visual system, visual cognition,
neuroanatomy, and statistics.
This post is designed to serve in fostering young researchers and
scientists and give the successful applicant the opportunity to pursue a
post-doctoral degree.
The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and
places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women.
Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as they are
underrepresented in this field. Disabled persons with equivalent
aptitude will be favoured.
Please send your application with the usual documents (also in
electronic form) by within three weeks after publication of this
advertisement to Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institute for
Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Gossler-Str. 14,
37073 Göttingen, e-mail:uwe.mattler@psych.uni-goettingen.de
<mailto:%20uwe.mattler@psych.uni-goettingen.de>.
If you have any questions, please contact Uwe Mattler (e-mail:
uwe.mattler(a)psych.uni-goettingen.de).
We request that you send us copies of your application documents, as no
returns will be made. We will destroy the documents after a holding
period of five months. Application documents will only be returned to
you if you provide a self-addressed adequately stamped envelope.
Mathematica will be unavailable in YNiC *tomorrow* between 0930 and 0945
due to IT Services upgrading the license server. Apologies for the short
notice.
Thanks, Paul.
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Subject: Mathematica downtime: Friday 18 July
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:54:29 +0100
From: Aimee Phillips <aimee.phillips(a)york.ac.uk>
To: dcos <dcos-group(a)york.ac.uk>
Dear colleagues,
Please circulate this information to Mathematica users in your department.
We are carrying out work to update the Mathematica license service
tomorrow morning (Friday 18 July) - this will result in a brief period
of downtime from 9.30am, lasting around 15 minutes.
This downtime will affect all Mathematica users in the University.
The update is required to enable us to deploy the newest version of
Mathematica on a future date (to be announced).
Regards,
Aimee
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Paul Elliott, UNIX Systems Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York
A Research Specialist position is available in Matthew Botvinick's lab
in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, in collaboration with Francisco
Pereira at Siemens Corporate Technology. This is a position within a
team participating in the IARPA Knowledge Representation in Neural
Systems program. The goal of the program is to develop models of how the
brain represents conceptual knowledge, and how that knowledge is used
when carrying out tasks like reading a sentence. These models will be
tested using brain imaging data.
The main role in this position is as a programmer writing the code
needed to build such models, while also being involved in experiment
design and data analysis. Examples of tasks you might be asked to do:
- prepare text corpora for use in developing models
- implement evaluation tasks that the models developed will be
benchmarked with
- collect material from online resources and behavioral experiments
- prepare stimuli for brain imaging experiments or model building
- help in designing and carrying out brain imaging and behavioral
experiments
- analyze behavioral and brain imaging experimental data
It is an unusual position in that you will be gaining experience in both
machine learning and cognitive neuroscience. In addition to the core
research goals, we will also be delivering a concrete system to the
funding agency, and hence this will be a fast-paced project. You will be
working directly with the PIs and also graduate students and research
scientists in the team.
Essential qualifications are experience developing software in MATLAB or
Python (Perl is also useful), as well as an undergraduate degree in
computer science, biomedical engineering, cognitive neuroscience or a
related field. Preferred qualifications are knowledge in natural
language processing, machine learning, and collection, preprocessing and
analysis of brain imaging data (e.g. SPM, FSL or AFNI). The final
candidate will be required to pass a background check successfully.
This is a 1 year position, starting as soon as possible, with an
additional year possible contingent on funding availability and
performance. To apply, please go to
https://jobs.princeton.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp
and use “Search Open Positions” with requisition number 1400452.
Please email francisco.pereira(a)gmail.com
<mailto:francisco.pereira@gmail.com> with any pre-application inquiries.
Applications are invited for an MRC funded research assistant position
at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London.
The candidate will work with Dr Oliver Robinson on an MRC funded project
entitled "Tuning The Neural Circuitry Of Affective Biases In Depression"
Duties and responsibilities of the candidate will be participant
coordination (recruitment and scheduling of participants; booking
testing rooms, scanner time, subject transportation) data collection and
secure data storage. The candidate will also be involved in the analysis
of data (behavioural and functional imaging), programming and devising
neuropsychological tasks and preparing findings for publication. This
position is funded for three years in the first instance.
The successful candidate will have, or will expect to receive, a strong
(1st or upper 2.1) degree in neuroscience, psychology or related subject
or a masters level qualification in Neuroscience, Psychology or Mental
Health (distinction or merit) or both. The candidate should be organized
and have good interpersonal skills as required for interacting with
participants and working as a part of a team. Experience running
psychological experiments, especially those involving pharmacology,
neuroimaging and/or patients with mental illnesses is highly desirable.
Experience with designing experiments (e.g. programming neurocognitive
tasks) and analysing data (e.g. using SPSS/Matlab) is also highly
desirable.
Deadline 23 July. For more information on how to apply please visit:
http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Vacancies/index.html. Pre-application enquiries
can be sent to o.robinson(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:o.robinson@ucl.ac.uk>