1. Please see posting for an MEG Clinical Associate position at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada We are currently recruiting a MEG Clinical Associate to join our team. MEG (magnetoencephalography) is the most advanced brain imaging technique for assessing online brain functions and providing information on where and when processing occurs in the brain. As a member of the Diagnostic Imaging department, the MEG Clinical Associate is responsible for neuroimaging assessments and the development of new applications with MEG that will be clinically relevant in broadening the scope of prognostic and diagnostic measures. Working collaboratively in an inter-professional team, this role will support clinical paediatric functional brain imaging and MEG applications in clinical areas. Here’s What You’ll Get To Do: Clinical Stay updated in advanced scientific knowledge of MEG principles, theories and concepts. Apply knowledge to both design and interpretation to promote MEG studies. Facilitate and aid ongoing clinical applications utilizing MEG. Facilitate with ongoing functional neuroimaging techniques such as MRI & TMS. Design, conduct and analyse own MEG studies, and obtain external funding for studies within two years of recruitment. Analyze the complex MEG data that require evaluation of multiple variables and alternative, novel analytic tools, including source localization and reconstruction, oscillatory brain activity, functional connectivity, and techniques for investigation of resting-state and task-dependent network connectivity and related functional neuroimaging. Data Management Maintain high international standards for studies that enhance applications of MEG. Maintain high standards for patient care and contribute to the long-term strategic clinical goals of Department and Hospital. Remain current on relevant scientific developments and liaises with clinical staff to keep them abreast of the latest innovations for MEG. Education and Research: Teach MEG applications and interpretation in-house and functional neuroimaging techniques. Provide supervision and mentoring to students, fellows and MEG lab personnel. Publication of techniques and technique development as well as publications on more focused clinical and psychological applications. Facilitate new collaborative MEG research within the clinical community at SickKids, the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Hospitals. Here’s What You’ll Need: PhD in Neurosciences, Psychology or related field is required. Advanced technical skills for MEG programming skills for modifying analysis software, familiarity with computational and statistical methods for neuroimaging, knowledge of MEG analyses of neural oscillations, source localization/reconstruction and functional connectivity in task-depended and resting state networks. Previous experience with MEG recording and analyses (3-5yrs) is required. Experience with clinical population, in particular TBI patients. Experience in statistical analyses and signal processing. Psychophysics of cognitive/systems neuroscience is expected, with a strong interest and competence in the psychological aspects of TBI and other disorders. Other functional neuroimaging experience would be an asset. Excellent analytical and problem recognition skills. Excellent decision making and communication skills. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team. Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time (Preferred start date mid to late August 2015) To Apply: https://career.sickkids.ca/uniquesig6f48ebcb0541aebf96298f20840453ff78ad6bc… and please apply to Job ID 4699 =================================== 2. Two PhD positions are available within a novel UCL doctoral program in Sensory Systems, Technologies and Therapies (SenSyT). Please could disseminate the attached advert among your colleagues. The application info is also online here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sensyt/studentships. Best wishes, Maria Maria Chait PhD m.chait(a)ucl.ac.uk Reader in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab site: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/research/chaitlab/ UCL Ear Institute 332 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8EE ==================== 3. Dear colleagues and friends, I'm pleased to announce an open position in our growing MEG group: Postdoctoral researcher in MEG for children with brain cancer at MedTech West (www.medtechwest.se) and the University of Gothenburg Institute of Neuroscienceand Physiology (http://neurophys.gu.se/english) in collaboration with the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, and Sweden's MEG lab at Karolinska Institutet, NatMEG (www.natmeg.se). More information about the position and application procedure can be found here: http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/announcements-in-the-job-appl… Please forward this to colleagues, soon-to-graduate PhD students, and others that might be interested. Application deadline is 6 AUG. Thanks! -Justin MedTech West http://www.medtechwest.se Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy & University of Gothenburg ========================= 4. Postdoctoral Fellow - Center for the Developing Brain at the Child Mind Institute, New York ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY The Child Mind Institute (CMI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming mental health care for children everywhere. We are committed to finding more effective treatments for childhood psychiatric and learning disorders, building the science of healthy brain development, and empowering families with help, hope and answers. JOB SUMMARY CMI is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow interested in the study of human brain function and the characterization of brain development and maturation in clinical and non-clinical populations. Overarching goals of our work include: 1) the delineation of psychiatric illness in terms of neuroscience, 2) the identification of objective imaging-, phenotypic- and genetic-based markers of pathology, which will eventually serve to facilitate the detection of psychiatric illness and/or guide clinicians in the selection of treatments and determination of treatment response, 3) exploration of the impact and utility of emerging intervention techniques (e.g., tDCS/tACS, TMS). Fellows will be expected to take a multidisciplinary approach to their work, drawing from a broad range of disciplines (e.g., clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, engineering, mathematics, neuropsychology). In order to facilitate this process, they will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, integrating findings obtained from a variety of imaging approaches including: resting state functional MRI, tDCS/tACS, TMS, simultaneous EEG/fMRI, diffusion tensor imaging, cortical thickness, and volumetrics. This position reports to Dr. Michael Milham, Director of the Center for the Developing Brain. This is an exempt, full-time position located in our NYC headquarters office. RESPONSIBILITIES • Work to identify objective markers of pathology in human brain function, development and maturation using a combination of imaging and stimulation approaches • Work in a multidisciplinary environment, drawing from a broad range of disciplines and imaging approaches QUALIFICATIONS • Completed PhD in biomedical engineering, computer science, cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, clinical psychology, mathematics, neuropsychology or related fields • Significant prior neuroimaging experience with one or more imaging modalities (fMRI, DTI, MRI, EEG, MEG) • Strong skills in the usage of one or more common functional neuroimaging packages (e.g., AFNI, FSL, or SPM) • Programming experience in one or more languages (e.g., Python, C/C++, Matlab or similar platforms is required). The candidate must be willing to develop expertise in Python during the first year of the fellowship. • Significant prior neuroimaging experience with one or more stimulation modalities (tDCS, tACS, TMS) is a plus, but not required • A passion for the CMI mission APPLICATION DETAILS Click here to apply: https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit2/?id=13420431&t=2;t=2. Please upload cover letter and resume as one document in the resume section on the application site. For questions regarding this position, please contact Dr. Michael Milham at Michael.Milham(a)childmind.org. No phone calls or recruiters, please. Employment at Will Relationship: This position description does not constitute a guarantee that employment will continue for any specified period of time. Rather, employment is at the mutual consent of the employee and CMI, and can be terminated at will by the employee or by CMI. CMI reserves the right to modify the job description and/or reporting relationship at any time. CMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse staff; individuals from all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. To learn more about the Child Mind Institute, please visit www.childmind.org. ========================= 5. Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is a private law Foundation, created with the objective of promoting Italy's technological development and higher education in science and technology. Research at IIT is interdisciplinary and addresses basic and applied science through the development of novel technical applications. We are looking for a highly motivated post doc to join the Functional Neuroimaging lab at the Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences (CNCS) @UNITN in Rovereto, Italy, one of the research nodes set up by IIT. The CNCS is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the investigation of the brain at multiple scales. The functional neuroimaging lab is equipped with a state-of–the-art 7 Tesla MRI scanner for preclinical research, and is devoted to the use of functional MRI methods to map large-scale neural systems of the mouse brain. The overall aim of this project is to apply fMRI readouts to spatially resolve the neural substrate modulated by pro-social compounds and to relate them to the endogenous function of target neuromodulatory systems using opto/chemogenetic approaches. The ideal candidate has a PhD in Neuroscience, Biology, Pharmacology or a related discipline. Previous experience in rodent behavioural readouts, immunohistochemical techniques as well as basic knowledge of computer coding are highly recommended. We value scientists who can interact effectively with an interdisciplinary team, have a high level of independence and take accountability for their project. Successful applicants should also be willing to learn a variety of complementary techniques through secondments at other IIT research nodes (Pisa, and Genova). Please send your application (full CV, academic referees, statement of research interest and names of 2 referees) by email to alessandro.gozzi(a)iit.it quoting “Job Reference number CB 68793” in the subject line. Please apply before August 31, 2015. Alessandro Gozzi, PhD Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems @ UNITN Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto, Italy Tel: +39 0464 808 701 alessandro.gozzi(a)iit.it ====================== 6. Several postdoctoral positions are available in IDEA lab (https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/ideagroup), UNC-Chapel Hill, NC. Segmentation: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on image feature learning and segmentation. Experience on medical image segmentation using deformable surface, level sets, and graph cut is highly desirable. People with machine learning background on image features and shape statistics are particularly encouraged to apply. Strong knowledge on programming (good command of LINUX, C and C++, scripting, and Matlab) is desirable. The research topic will be the development and validation of segmentation methods for brain segmentation and surface reconstruction. Registration: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on feature learning and correspondence detection. Experience on medical image registration is highly desirable. People with experience on pairwise, group-wise and/or 4D registration are particularly encouraged to apply. Knowledge on brain development and also strong background on programming (good command of LINUX, C and C++, scripting, and Matlab) are desirable. The research topic will be the development and validation of 3D, 4D, and group-wise image registration methods for early brain development and aging studies. Atlas Construction: Candidates with experience on patch-based sparse representation are encouraged to apply. The research topic will be the development of atlas construction methods for infant brain images. The successful candidates will be part of a diverse group including radiologists, psychologists, physicists, biostatistician, and computer scientists, and will build upon the group's previous work on medical image analysis. If interested, please email resume to Dr. Dinggang Shen (dgshen(a)med.unc.edu). ================= 7. A research assistant/postdoctoral position in fMRI (initially for 2 years) is available at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of Minnesota. Responsibilities will include acquiring and analyzing fMRI data in projects investigating the role of the cerebellum in sensory and cognitive processing. Candidates with background in neuroscience, psychology, radiology or related disciplines are invited to apply. Please send enquiries or c.v. to Dr. Khalaf Bushara , E-mail: busha001(a)umn.edu