Postdoctoral Researcher in Affective Neuroscience at the Donders Institute (0,7 - 1,0 fte)

Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging Maximum salary: € 4,551 gross/month Vacancy number: 30.04.15 Application deadline: 12 April 2015

Responsibilities We seek a highly talented and motivated postdoctoral researcher to join a unique large-scale fMRI project on neuroendocrine mechanisms in fight/flight decisions of police officers. The project is part of a larger longitudinal project funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-VICI-project: “Police In Action”). The overarching aim of the project is to investigate stress resilience and stress vulnerability factors, including automatic fight-or-flight tendencies that may differentially prime for anxious versus aggressive stress symptoms. In collaboration with the National Dutch Police Force, 300 police recruits will be tested before and after exposure to their first armed service during emergency response, one of the most stressful phases during their training. Besides functional neuroimaging the testing involves creating genetic and endocrine profiles of each subject. Your duties will be supervising the data collection, conducting advanced fMRI analyses (including brain connectivity analyses), machine learning and reporting on the results. There will be ample opportunity to develop your own research questions and focus within this large-scale multidisciplinary project. In addition, you will have the opportunity to supervise two PhD students and one RA, who will conduct the data collection. You will be joining the ‘Affective Neuroscience’ PI group led by Prof. Karin Roelofs at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands). Our group investigates brain systems that support the cognitive control of emotions and emotional actions. In addition we seek to understand how these networks interact with hormonal and major neurotransmitter systems in healthy subjects and patients with anxiety and aggression related disorders (see www.roelofs-epan.nl/ http://www.roelofs-epan.nl/). You will be given the opportunity to regularly present your work at international conferences and meetings. Also, in order to develop your own research agenda, we will encourage and support you in applying for competitive career development fellowships towards the end of the project.

Work environment The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour consists of the Centre for Cognition, the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, and the Centre for Neuroscience. The mission of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging - where our group is based - is to conduct cutting-edge fundamental research in cognitive neuroscience. Much of the rapid progress in this field is being driven by the development of complex neuroimaging techniques for measuring activity in the human brain - an area in which the Centre plays a leading role. The research themes cover central cognitive functions, such as perception, action, control, emotion, decision making, attention, memory, language, learning and plasticity. The Centre also aims to establish how the different brain areas coordinate their activity with very high temporal precision to enable human and animal cognition. The internationally renowned centre currently hosts more than 100 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from more than 25 nationalities, offering a stimulating and multidisciplinary research environment. The centre is equipped with four MRI scanners (7T, 2x 3T, 1.5T), a 275-channel MEG system, an EEG-TMS laboratory, several (MR-compatible) EEG systems, and high-performance computational facilities. English is the lingua franca at the centre.

What we expect from you You should have a PhD degree in a field related to cognitive neuroscience (e.g. experimental psychology, cognitive science, biology, or neuroscience). Candidates with a strong background in affective neuroscience and experience with psychophysiological measures and advanced fMRI connectivity analyses, computational modelling and machine learning are particularly encouraged to apply. Selection will be based on records of published research, conceptual expertise in affective neuroscience and familiarity with neuroimaging techniques. You will work in an interdisciplinary environment, sharing technical know-how and ideas

What we have to offer We offer you: - employment: 0,7 - 1,0 fte; - a maximum gross monthly salary of € 4,551 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11); - in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus; - duration of the contract: 4 years; - you will be classified as a Postdoctoral Researcher (Onderzoeker 3) in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO); - the position will be available from May 2015, but the start date of the contract is flexible; - successful candidates from abroad are eligible to apply for the attractive Dutch tax incentive scheme for foreign employees.

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Would you like to know more? Further information on: The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour http://www.ru.nl/donders/ Further information on: Experimental Psychopathalogy and Affective Neuroscience http://www.roelofs-epan.nl/

For more information about this vacancy, please contact: Karin Roelofs, Principal Investigator and Professor of Experimental Psychopathology Telephone: +31 24 3612673 E-mail: k.roelofs@donders.ru.nl mailto:k.roelofs@donders.ru.nl Are you interested? Please include with your application a motivation letter (attn. of Prof. Karin Roelofs), CV and any required attachments. You should upload these documents using the apply button in the following link: (http://www.ru.nl/overons/werken-radboud/details-0/details_vacature_0?recid=5... http://www.ru.nl/overons/werken-radboud/details-0/details_vacature_0?recid=548379).

Applications (consisting of a single PDF file) should include: - a short (one page) application letter; - a one-page summary of your research including future research plans; - your CV including a list of publications (3 pages max.) and the names and contact details of two scientists who can provide references. For more information on your application: +31 24 3611173.