Job 1: PhD Positions in Neuroimaging and Neuroscience, Beijing, China Brainnetome Center
Applications Deadline: March 15 , 2015.
Brainnetome Center
Brainnetome Center ( www.brainnetome.org)
at Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences (CASIA) is one part of CAS Center for
Excellence in Brain Science. Researchers at the
Brainnetome Center work on a wide topics in
neuroimaging and brainnetome, such as, neuroimaging,
brain networks, new neurotechnique development,
simulating and modelling, and their applications in
neurological and psychiatric diseases, to discover the
molecular, cellular, and brain network mechanisms that
underlie the ability of the brain to function.
Neuroscience is entering an era of accelerated
discovery driven by the application of new molecular,
genetic and imaging technologies, which will provide a
deeper understanding of the regulation and function of
the nervous system. Significant advances in
determining the molecular regulation of nerve cell
function and development will have a major impact on
our understanding of more complex areas such as
behaviour, cognition, ageing, neurological disease and
mental illness. The researchers of Brainnetome Center
is to promote excellence in neuroscience by fostering
the exchange of ideas, establishing new collaborations
and augmenting partnerships that already exist within
the wider Chinese brain science and information
technology communities.
The role
Convergent evidence has shown that most psychiatric
disorders are associated with faulty brain networks.
In order to understand how the brain works and the
pathophysiological mechanism of psychiatric disorders,
it is necessary to integrate the multi-level network
features obtained with various functional and
anatomical brain imaging technologies on different
scales. We have proposed a new concept of
"Brainnetome" to represent such integration framework.
Our Center here closely collaborates with researchers
at Queensland Brain Institute of University of
Queensland in Australia, INSERM Lyon in France, and
Research Center Juelich in Germany to study basic
theory, methodologies, algorithms and platform of the
Brainnetome at multiple scales, and their applications
in neurological and psychiatric diseases. It envisions
that the brainnetome will become an emerging
co-frontier of brain imaging, information technology,
neurology and psychiatry. Some long-standing issues in
neuropsychiatry may be solved by combining Brainnetome
with genome.
Several PhD positions are available at Brainnetome
Center of CASIA to utilise neuroimaging technologies
to discover mechanisms of brain networks. These
positions will be supported by CAS-TWAS President's
Fellowship Programme for PhD Candidates (http://twas.org/opportunity/cas-twas-presidents-phd-fellowship-programme).
They involve developing neuroimage analysis methods
and tools and applying them to neuroscience and
clinical problems. In this role the students will
develop skills in developing computational algorithms
and computer programming in neuroimage analysis that
could be utilised in both basic research and clinical
areas.
The person
Applicants should meet the requirements of "CAS-TWAS
President's Fellowship Programme for PhD Candidates"
and have MSc degree in one of the following fields:
neuroimaging, neuroscience, neurobiology, psychology,
cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, neurology,
computer science, electronic engineering, mathematics,
and physics. Outstanding C/C++ programming skills in
Linux are highly desired.
Enquiries
Please first read the Application
Guide for your eligibility and then contact
Professor Tianzi Jiang at jiangtz@nlpr.ia.ac.cn.
In order to complete the formal application process,
please find an Application
Package.
Applications Deadline: March 15 , 2015.
Further Information
Application Guide at http://www.brainnetome.org/images/job/Application%20Guide.doc
Application Package at http://www.brainnetome.org/images/job/APPLICATION_PACKAGE.zip
Applications
Deadline: March
15 , 2015.
Job
2: Postdoctoral Fellow in Imaging Genetics at
Queensland Brain Institute
The Neuroimaging and Brainnetome Laboratory of Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) at the University of Queensland, Australia, solicits applications for postdoctoral fellow positions in imaging genetics of the human and mice. We are looking for an excellent and highly motivated candidate with a PhD degree in neurobiology, genetics, experimental psychology, and neuroimaging or comparable background. Interest and/or previous experience in/with neuroscience, animal MRI, design and image analysis as well as wet lab experience are a plus. The successful candidate will participate in the multidisciplinary project involves developing transgenic mice model of psychiatric and neurological diseases. The main focus of this project is to address how risky genes of schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease affect brain networks in the human and mice. The postdoctoral fellows will
be jointly supervised by Professor Tianzi Jiang and other Professors (QBI) who are experts in neuroscience. As at 30 June 2014, an applicant must not have had more than five years full-time equivalent professional research experience since the award of a PhD. The current salary range for the award is on a four-level scale from A$71,528.60 – A$79,708.50 per annum. Commencing salaries are based strictly on the number of full years’ experience since receiving a doctorate. Salary scales are reviewed from time to time.
Please contact Professor Tianzi Jiang on tianzi.jiang@uq.edu.au for research plan. To submit an application for these positions, please refer to
http://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-management/uq-postdoctoral-research-fellowships.