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Early Career Research Assistantship/Phd studentship in Brain Plasticity
(two posts)
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital,
Oxford
EC Marie Curie Fellowship: €38,095
Two fellowship positions are available for a period of 3 years, tenable
at Oxford University, on a project entitled “Adaptive Brain
Computations” (ABC) which is a multi-disciplinary research and training
programme which aims to integrate the study of learning and brain
plasticity to promote wellbeing and advance healthcare interventions.
Candidates will be employed by the University on an EC Marie Curie
Initial Training Network award and, if suitable, registered for a DPhil.
Candidates will work within the Plasticity Group at the FMRIB Centre,
under the supervision of Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg. Our research
aims to understand how learning, recovery of function and changes in the
environment, result in plastic changes in the human brain. The work will
combine brain imaging, brain stimulation and behavioural techniques to
study healthy volunteers, stroke sufferers and people with sensory loss
or limb amputation. Involvement in the MC ITN network provides exciting
opportunities for high-level research training, international travel and
exchange between labs.
The EC funding for this position starts from £35,400 (depending on
employer deductions, personal circumstances and the exchange rate to be
notified by the EC), which includes an annual living allowance and a
mobility allowance (to cover the expenses associated with working in a
different country). Under the terms of the EC funding, which aims to
promote mobility within the research community, to be eligible for the
post you must not have been resident in the UK for more than 12 months
in the past three years.
The closing date for applications is Monday 2 April 2012 and interviews
will be held on Monday 16 April 2012.
Contact Person : Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg
Vacancy ID : 102318
Closing Date : 02-Apr-2012
Contact Email : heidi.johansen-berg(a)ndcn.ox.ac.uk
<mailto:heidi.johansen-berg@ndcn.ox.ac.uk?subject=Early%20Career%20Research%20Assistant%20in%20Brain%20Plasticity%20%28two%20posts%29>
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Prof Heidi Johansen-Berg
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
FMRIB Centre
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 222548
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 222717
heidi-johansen-berg(a)ndcn.ox.ac.uk
http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~heidi