Dear all,
A Data Manager position is available in the Language group at the
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, under the supervision of
Professor Cathy Price.
If you need more details, please see below or click on the following link:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIA093/data-manager/
Thank you,
Mohamed
Data Manager
*Institute of Neurology* -Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
*Queen Square*
Applications are invited for a Data Manager in the Language group at the
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology,
under the supervision of Professor Cathy Price. The overall aim of the
group is to create a clinical tool that will predict language outcome
and recovery after stroke [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ploras], and involves
the integration of four types of data: structural MRI, functional MRI,
demographic information and behavioural (primarily language) assessments.
The successful applicant will be responsible for overseeing data
collection and its management. Initially, this will involve managing the
completion of a bespoke relational database holding core participant and
behavioural data. The post holder will also be responsible for advising
on formats for initial data collection, organizing and maintaining data,
extracting data for analysis and prediction purposes and supervising all
those using the database.
Applicants should have a BSc in Neuroscience or a related topic with a
good understanding of statistics. Experience setting up and managing
large complex datasets with multiple users is essential, as are
excellent IT skills and exceptionally good oral and written
communication skills in English. Experience with neuroimaging data is
desirable.
The post is funded by the Wellcome Trust, and is available immediately
for one year in the first instance.
*Starting salary on UCL Grade 6b in the range £32,699 - £39,523 pa
including London Allowance.*
You should apply for this post through UCL’s online recruitment,
www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs>, where you can
download a full job description and person specification using *ref:
1394958*.
For queries relating to the application process, please contact Samantha
Robinson, Personnel Officer, UCL Institute of Neurology, 23 Queen
Square, London WC1N 3BG (email: ion.hradmin(a)ucl.ac.uk
<mailto:ion.hradmin@ucl.ac.uk> )
Informal enquiries welcome to Professor Cathy Price (email:
c.j.price(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:c.j.price@ucl.ac.uk>).**
*Closing date: 16 February 2014*
/UCL Taking Action for Equality
/
might be of interest for some of you
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Gary Green
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
** apologies for cross posting **
4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in NeuroImaging (PRNI
2014)
June 4-6 2014, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen,
Germany
Website: http://www.prni.org
Multivariate analysis of neuroimaging data has gained ground very
rapidly in the community over the past few years, leading to impressive
results in cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Pattern recognition and
machine learning conferences regularly feature a neuroimaging workshop,
while neuroscientific meetings dedicate sessions to new approaches to
neural data analysis. Thus, a rich two-way flow has been established
between disciplines. It is the goal of the 4th International Workshop on
Pattern Recognition in NeuroImaging to continue facilitating exchange of
ideas between scientific communities, with a particular interest in new
approaches to the interpretation of neural data driven by new
developments in pattern recognition and machine learning.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline: 7th of March, 2014 **submission website is
now open**
Acceptance notification: 4th of April, 2014
Workshop: June 4-6, 2014
TOPICS OF INTEREST
PRNI welcomes original papers on multivariate analysis of neuroimaging
data, using invasive and non-invasive imaging modalities, including but
not limited to the following topics:
* Learning from neuroimaging data
- Classification algorithms for brain-state decoding
- Optimisation and regularisation
- Bayesian analysis of neuroimaging data
- Connectivity and causal inference
- Combination of different data modalities
- Efficient algorithms for large-scale data analysis
* Interpretability of models and results
- High-dimensional data visualisation
- Multivariate and multiple hypothesis testing
- Summarisation/presentation of inference results
* Applications
- Disease diagnosis and prognosis
- Real-time decoding of brain states
- Analysis of resting-state and task-based data
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
John-Dylan Haynes
Klaus-Robert Müller
Russ Poldrack
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors should prepare full papers with a maximum length of 4 pages
(double-column, IEEE style, PDF) for review. Reviews will be
double-blind, i.e. submissions have to be anonymized.
PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings will be published by Conference Publishing Services in
electronic format. They will be submitted for inclusion in IEEExplore
and IEEE CS Digital Library online repositories, and submitted for
indexing in IET INSPEC, EI Compendex (Elsevier), Thomson ISI, and others.
BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
A small number of papers will be selected for the Best Student Paper
Award. To be eligible the paper’s first author must be a student,and
the student must agree to present the paper at the workshop. Awardees
will receive a travel allowance.
VENUE
The workshop will be held on the campus of the Max Planck Institute in
Tübingen, Germany. Tübingen is a picturesque medieval university town,
and can easily be reached by public transportation from Stuttgart
airport (STR). Accommodation is available on or close to campus. A
pre-conference barbecue will be held on June 3, 2014.
ORGANIZATION
General Chair:
Moritz Grosse-Wentrup (MPI for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany)
Program Chairs:
Marcel van Gerven (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour,
Netherlands) & Nikolaos Koutsouleris (LMU Munich, Germany)
Steering committee:
Jonas Richiardi, Dimitri Van De Ville, Seong-Whan Lee, Yuki Kamitani,
Janaina Mourao-
Miranda, Christos Davatsikos, Gaël Varoquaux
ENDORSEMENTS
PRNI 2014 is an official satellite meeting of the Organization for Human
Brain Mapping and an endorsed event of the Medical Image Computing and
Computer Assisted Intervention Society.
--
Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
Group leader (W2)
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Dept. Schölkopf
Spemannstraße 38
72076 Tübingen
Telephone: +49-7071-601-547
moritzgw(a)tuebingen.mpg.de
http://brain-computer-interfaces.net
The Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), in collaboration with
The Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV) at
Linköping University (Sweden) are offering a fully funded PhD student
position in medical image analysis.
*** Research Environment
IMT and CMIV at Linköping University (Sweden) have a long tradition in
the development of image analysis tools for medical images and their
validation through clinical studies. IMT and CMIV are renowned for their
state-of-the-art methods for CT image reconstruction, multidimensional
image filtering, multimodal registration, and advanced scientific
visualization of medical images. CMIV has its own premises with
state-of-the-art medical imaging and visualization equipment at
Linköping University Hospital. http://www.liu.se/cmiv?l=en&sc=true
<http://www.liu.se/cmiv?l=en&sc=true,> http://www.imt.liu.se/en/
*** Project
The PhD student will develop new tensorial techniques that can be
applied to analysis of images acquired through different Magnetic
Resonance and Computed Tomography imaging protocols with applications to
the human circulatory, skeletal and nervous systems.
*** Profile
Applicants must hold a higher education degree at Master’s level, or
having completed course requirements of at least 240 ECTS credits,
including a minimum of 60 ECTS credits at Master’s level, or having
acquired the equivalent skills and knowledge, abroad or domestically. A
strong background in mathematics is required for this position. Highly
motivated individuals with degrees in mathematics, physics, computer
science or engineering are especially encouraged to apply.
*** Position
The funds will cover the salary of the PhD student for 4 years. The
starting salary will be based on locally agreed salary scales.
*** More information and application
More information and the application procedure can be found in the
following link:
http://www.liu.se/en/job/show.html?5402
Applications must be submitted no later than the 28th of February 2014.
For more information, please contact Rodrigo Moreno
rodrigo.moreno(a)liu.se (+46-(0)10-10 38986)
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Rodrigo Moreno, Ph.D.
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at CMIV / IMH
Linköping University,
Campus US, CMIV
SE-581 85, Linköping, Sweden
Tel.: +46-(0)10-10 38986
E-mail: rodrigo.moreno(a)liu.se
Web:
http://www.imh.liu.se/radiologiska-vetenskaper/medarbetarna/rodrigo-moreno?…
Dear colleagues,
I am forwarding the following information about open job opportunities
in Giessen and Marburg on behalf of Karl Gegenfurtner. The P.I.s on
projects that involve fMRI are marked by an X in the list.
Best wishes,
Bianca
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The German Research Council (DFG) has established a Collaborative
Research Center (SFB/TRR 135) at the universities of Giessen and
Marburg. The scientific goal is to investigate the cardinal mechanisms
that underlie perception: prediction, valuation and categorization.
Scientists within the research center come from different disciplines
ranging from experimental psychology and human movement science to
neurophysics and psycholinguistics. We use a vast range of methods
including psychophysics, neuroimaging and single unit electrophysiology.
The positions are available starting on April 1, 2014 or soon
thereafter, and can potentially be held until the end of 2017.
If you are interested in a PhD studentship or a PostDoc position, you
should contact one of the principal investigators of the grant directly:
Jutta Billino (Giessen, Experimental Psychology, Aging)
X Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky (Marburg, Experimental Linguistics, Embodiment)
Doris Braun (Giessen, Experimental Psychology, Eye movements)
X Frank Bremmer (Marburg, Neurophysics, Oculomotor Physiology, Self Motion)
Knut Drewing (Giessen, Experimental Psychology, Active Touch)
X Wolfgang Einhäuser-Treyer (Marburg, Neurophysics, Ocuolomotor salience)
X Katja Fiehler (Giessen, Experimental Psychology, Hand and Eye Movements)
X Karl Gegenfurtner (Giessen, Experimental Psychology, Color Vision, Eye
Movements)
X Mathias Hegele (Giessen, Human Movement Science, Animacy)
Bianca Jovanovic (Giessen, Developmental Psychology, Infant Motor
Experience)
Christina Kauschke (Marburg, Clinical and Developmental Linguistics,
Emotion Words)
X Tilo Kircher (Marburg, Psychiatry, Inter-modal Perception)
Harald Lachnit (Marburg, Experimental Psychology, Associative Learning)
Anna Schubö (Marburg, Cognitive Psychophysiology, Attention, Visual
Selection)
Alexander Schütz (Giessen, Experimental Psychology, Eye Movements and Value)
Gudrun Schwarzer (Giessen, Developmental Psychology, Child Face Perception)
X Benjamin Straube (Marburg, Psychiatry, Perception of One's Own Actions)
X Bianca Wittmann (Giessen, Biological Psychology, Motivational salience)
A list of all projects, including links to the P.I.'s web pages can be
found at
http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/sfb
Applicants should have a strong academic training, including a Master's
degree in a relevant discipline.
Please send a CV and a brief cover letter explaining why you are
interested in applying for a position either directly to one of the
P.I.s listed above, or to the grant coordinator Karl Gegenfurtner
(gegenfurtner(a)uni-giessen.de).
Applications should be received by February 14, 2014, but we will
consider late applications until all the positions are filled.
Karl Gegenfurtner
--
Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen
phone: +49 641 9926100 mailto:gegenfurtner@uni-giessen.de
fax: +49 641 9926119 http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl
Dear Users
This afternoon (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be talks on
1) "Update on Participant Consent at YNiC" given by Mark Hymers
2) "Feedback from the MEG UK meeting" given 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
Dear Users
As some of you may already know, Garreth Prendergast is leaving YNiC at
the end of this month to become a post-doc at the University of Manchester.
Please put *Wednesday 29th January 4-5 pm* in your diaries if you would
like to be part of the organised farewell to Garreth.
Garreth will be giving his "farewell seminar" on 29th January from 4-5
pm in YNiC. After the seminar we will be taking Garreth out for drinks
and dinner to thank him for all his contributions to the department.
Please let me know if you would like to join us for dinner.
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 Users
This Thursday (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be 1) a talk on
"Update on Participant Consent at YNiC" given by Mark Hymers and 2) a
talk on "Feedback from the MEG UK meeting" given 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
We are pleased to announce two PhD studentships in medical imaging:
Experimental neuroimaging with Focal MEG
Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 4 years if full-time studies
Extent: 100 %
Location: Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg
First day of employment: As agreed
Reference number: UR 2014/16
http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/announcements-in-the-job-appl…
This project targets stress-induced heart disease (SIHD) with an
experimental neuroimaging technique: Focal MEG. The PhD student will be
involved in the planning and execution of medical research studies that
explore the neurophysiological signaling pathways responsible for the
spectrum of responses to arousal we have observed in the general
population.
These arousal responses are rapid—occuring in less than a heartbeat—and
strongly correlated with long-term trends in blood pressure and heart
disease. State-of-the-art MEG—like the recently installed NatMEG system
to which the student will have access—adds the time-dimension to
neuroimaging, allowing one to see where, when, and how long brain
activity occurs. Our experimental Focal MEG system improves the
sensitivity of MEG; this project will help develop and validate this
beyond state-of-the-art neurimaging system. Participants in the studies
will be recruited from ongo ing studies that are presently led by the
supervisory team at the SUH Department of Clinical Neurophysiology. By
combining next-gen neuroimaging with groups of subjects that have been
well characterized in ongoing studies, we hope to identify a biomarker
for SIHD.
The PhD student will thus have access to a unique research
infrastructure (NatMEG, Focal MEG, as well as standard fMRI, EEG, ECG,
etc.) and be supervised by leading clinical and experimental
researchers. Not only will the finished PhD be well educated, but he/she
will have a solid foundation for a career in testing clinical issues in
experimental environments. When this project is completed, we hope to
have identified clinically relevant and non-invasive markers that lead
to a better understanding of the underlying physiological mechanisms for
SIHD.
/This PhD position is funded via doctoral grant during the first year
and doctoral studentship during the last three years, and leads to a
doctoral degree./
Automatic lesion detection in brain images
Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 4 years if full-time studies
Extent: 100 %
Location: Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg
First day of employment: As agreed
Reference number: UR 2014/17
http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/announcements-in-the-job-appl…
A well-established and validated approach to anatomical image
segmentation is to use image registration to propagate anatomical labels
from multiple atlases to a target (patient) image. We have developed
MAPER, a tool that implements this approach for the segmentation of
structural magnetic resonance images of the brain. MAPER is currently
the most accurate and robust method for segmenting the whole of the
human brain into its constituent structures. We have shown its
usefulness in particular for measuring markers of neurodegeneration, for
example in Alzheimer's disease.
The drawback of atlas-based segmentation methods is that some injuries
or disease processes lead to the appearance of focal brain lesions
(edema, bleeding, tumours, etc.). These are not normally represented in
the atlases, and are therefore frequently mislabelled. Addressing this
problem will potentially lead to novel applications of automatic image
analysis: decision support in the management of stroke, quantitative
monitoring of recovery after head injury or brain surgery, objective
evaluation of the changes caused by brain tumours and brain cancer
treatment, measurement of disease progression in multiple sclerosis,
seizure focus identification in epilepsy, and many others. The goal of
this project is to develop the capability of automatically detecting and
measuring lesions and to validate it on real-world imaging data that we
will access through collaborations with clinical experts in the relevant
diseases.
/This PhD position is funded via doctoral grant during the first year
and doctoral studentship during the last three years, and leads to a
doctoral degree.
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/
Rolf A Heckemann, MD PhD
Professor of Medical Imaging and Image Analysis
MedTech West <http://www.medtechwest.se> at Sahlgrenska University Hospital
University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Dear Users
This afternoon (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be a project
proposal presentation given by Charlotte Murphy. The title of
Charlotte's talk is "Flexible Retrieval and Representation of Amodal
Concepts".
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
Hi,
For all of this term, YNiC open plan will be very busy on Thursdays,
especially between 11-1 and 2-4. This is because of MSc Cognitive
Neuroscience teaching. Non-MSc students can use open plan but will need
to be aware that teaching is taking place and please use the machines at
the back of the room. MSc students will be given priority on computers.
Please make sure that you do not leave yourself logged into machines in
open plan as we will forcibly log out users as necessary at the start of
the teaching session.
Apologies for the late sending of this email.
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