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by rem

Dear Users This *Wednesday* (29th January, 4-5 pm in YNiC) Garreth Prendergast will be giving his "farewell seminar". Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available in YNiC after the talk. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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Fwd:Data Manager, at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging (UCL)...

by Gary Green

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 /

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Fwd: PRNI second call for papers

by Gary Green

might be of interest for some of you --------------- 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

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Fwd:PhD student position in Medical Image Analysis - Linköping University

by Gary Green

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) ----------------------------------------- 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?…

11 years, 5 months

Fwd:20 positions for PhD students and postdocs at Giessen and Marburg

by Gary Green

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 -- 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

11 years, 5 months

YNiC seminar today

by rem

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 -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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Garreth Prendergast's farewell seminar 29th January

by rem

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 -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC seminar 23rd January

by rem

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 -- ************************************************************************ 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

11 years, 5 months

Fwd: Two PhD positions at Gothenburg University, Sweden

by Gary Green

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. -- / 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

11 years, 5 months

YNiC seminar today

by rem

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 -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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