Caros sócios da SBNeC,

Atentem para os auxilios da IBRO para o congresso da Federação Latino Americana de Neurociências em Cancun, I FALAN, de 4-9 de novembro de 2012. A SBNeC é membro da IBRO e portanto, espera-se que muitos candidatos da sociedade apliquem.
Vejam o link:

http://larc.ibro.info/Pub/Pub_Front.asp?

Prezados,

Comunico publicação do Edital para seleção de Professor junto ao Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas – IB, UnB, na área de Neurociências da Visão e Cognição em Primatas. Ver Edital anexo.

Solicito ampla divulgação entre possíveis interessados.

Att.

Prof. Carlos Tomaz

 CFS – Neurociências da visão e cognição em primatas – Edital n_ 31-2012 – DOU_doc _1_

Auxílio para participar de Simpósio Alfred Fessard e visitas com fins ao pos-doutoramento

Ph.D. studentship available: Identifying causal interactions in functional MRI data using statistical time series analysis

Supervised by Dr. Anil Seth, Prof. Hugo Critchley, and Dr. Lionel Barnett.
University of Sussex, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science

Deadline: 5.00pm, Tuesday 31st January 2012
Start date: October 2012

Apply here: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=36077&LID=1494

Our understanding of the brain has been revolutionized by functional neuroimaging, the ability to look at brain activity as a person is doing a task, or even while they do nothing at all. Traditionally, neuroscientists have used neuroimaging to localize different functions to different parts of the brain. However, brain functions depend on dynamical networks spanning many different brain regions. Identifying these networks, and especially networks that show causal interactions among their elements, is a major current challenge. This Ph.D. project will address this challenge for functional MRI (fMRI), the most popular neuroimaging method. fMRI measures time-varying changes in metabolic signatures of neural activity. To identify causal networks, we adopt the framework of Granger causality analysis (GCA) which assumes that causes both precede and help predict their effects. GCA applied to fMRI faces several challenges arising because the fMRI signal is an indirect and incompletely understood reflection of underlying neural activity, is sluggish, delayed, and is sampled only once every 2-3 seconds. The project will address these limitations by novel combinations of theory, modelling and experiment. A first objective will be to adapt recent theoretical findings showing invariance of GCA under filtering to the case of fMRI. A second objective will be to characterize the behavior of GCA on fMRI data via detailed computational models connecting neural activity to simulated fMRI responses. These models will be built by connecting existing large-scale spiking neuron simulations with forward models of hemodynamic responses. Third and finally, the resulting methods will be benchmarked on fMRI data obtained specifically for this purpose.

The successful candidate will benefit from being part of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, a world-leading research group in computational neuroscience, functional analysis of neuroimaging data, and consciousness research. The student will enjoy collaborative input from the Department of Informatics, the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and the School of Psychology; will work within a thriving multidisciplinary group integrating many areas of neuroscience, and will have full access to state-of-the-art computational and neuroimaging facilities. Training in fMRI analysis and statistical methods will be provided.

Applications should hold, or expect to obtain, a minimum upper-second honours degree (or equivalent) in a quantitative science discipline. Previous experience in neuroimaging and/or time series analysis is desirable but not required.

Funding Notes: The South-East Biosciences Network (www.sebnet.org.uk) is advertising 33 Doctoral Studentships across the South-East of England.

Applicants for this 4-year PhD, starting in October 2012, should possess or expect to be awarded an Upper Second or 1st Class Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant related subject. Studentships are available to UK nationals and EU students who meet the UK residency requirements. The studentship will support the student’s stipend and tuition fees.

Informal enquiries to A.K.Seth@sussex.ac.uk
See also www.sussex.ac.uk/sackler

Apply here: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=36077&LID=1494

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Anil K. Seth, D.Phil.
Co-Director, Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science
School of Informatics, University of Sussex,
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK
W: www.anilseth.com, T: +44 1273 678549,

A Ph.D. studentship is available in

"Models of mixture coding and olfactory object recognition in honeybees"

supervised by Dr. Thomas Nowotny and  Dr. Jeremy Niven,
Informatics and Life Sciences,
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

Deadline: 5.00pm, Tuesday 31st January 2012
Start date: October 2012

Apply here:
http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=36161&LID=1494

The project:
Despite the large number of experimental studies on olfactory systems
over the last 15 years, we still do not understand how olfaction works.
Insect olfactory systems have emerged as excellent model systems for
studying the basic computational mechanisms that underlie olfactory
coding, learning and memory. The aim of this PhD project is to advance
the theory of biological olfaction with multi-scale models of the
honeybee antennal lobe (AL). The project involves combining
computational modelling, theory and experiment to develop a specific
model of the honeybee AL and use it to understand the dynamics of
information processing.

1. Building a conductance based model for the honeybee AL
Recent experiments enable us to formulate specific models of the
honeybee AL, including implementing the correct numbers of neurons,
their organization into identified glomeruli according to a
morphological 3D atlas, and correct response profiles to numerous
chemicals. Moving from generalised AL models to a specific honeybee
model will allow us to simulate the input from actual chemicals and,
therefore, to make concrete predictions about future experimental
observations. This constrains the model more tightly and makes it
falsifiable, a concept that is under-developed in computational
neuroscience to date. The developed detailed model will be simulated
using modern supercomputing methods in the form of general purpose GPU
computing.

2. Building rate models and population mean field descriptions
Once a detailed model has been formulated and implemented, we can
identify methods to reduce it to rate equations and mean field
population models allowing us to identify the dynamical structure
underlying odour information processing in the honeybee AL.

3. Investigating incoherent mixtures and odour objects
This is the core of the proposed research work and the most exciting and
novel. Recent experimental evidence indicates that millisecond
differences in the onset of odour stimuli can alter the resulting
neuronal activity in the AL and can affect behaviour. This finding
fundamentally alters our current understanding of odour processing. The
AL could emerge as the brain region responsible for odour-background
segregation based on the coherent spatio-temporal structure of the odour
plume on millisecond scale. We may even call it odour object
recognition. The work towards this objective will entail detailed models
of the odour segregation ability of the AL, including a systematic assay
of the potential network and cellular mechanisms underlying it. The
multi-scale model stack developed in (2) can then be used to identify
the underlying dynamical systems mechanisms.

The successful student will be based in the laboratory of Dr Thomas
Nowotny in the School of Informatics/Centre for Computational
Neuroscience (CCNR) and Dr Jeremy Niven in the School of Life
Sciences/CCNR at the University of Sussex. The student will also have
the opportunity to work with the laboratory of Prof. Giovanni Galizia at
the University of Konstanz, Germany.

Applicants should have a 1st/high 2.1 in computer sciences, physical
sciences or mathematics and good computer skills are required. Previous
experience in C/C++ and/or CUDA/OpenCL is a plus. A keen interest in
neural systems is essential, though direct experience is not required.

Funding Notes:

The South-East Biosciences Network (www.sebnet.org.uk) is advertising 33
Doctoral Studentships across the South-East of England.

Applicants for this 4-year PhD, starting in October 2012, should possess
or expect to be awarded an Upper Second or 1st Class Honours degree (or
equivalent) in a relevant subject. Studentships are available to UK
nationals and EU students who meet the UK residency requirements.

The studentship will support the student’s stipend and tuition fees.
Informal enquiries to Dr Thomas Nowotny: t.nowotny@sussex.ac.uk

References:

1. P. Szyszka, J. Stierle, S. Biergans, T. Nowotny, C. G. Galizia.
Honeybee neurons use millisecond time-differences in stimulus coherence
for odor-object segregation. BC11 : Computational Neuroscience &
Neurotechnology Bernstein Conference & Neurex Annual Meeting 2011,
Freiburg, Germany, 4-6 Oct (2011).

2. C. L. Buckley and T. Nowotny. Transient Dynamics between Displaced
Fixed Points: An Alternate Nonlinear Dynamical Framework for Olfaction.
Brain Research, in press (2011).

3. C. L. Buckley and T. Nowotny, Multi-scale model of an inhibitory
network shows optimal properties near bifurcation. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106:
238109 (2011).

4. M. Papadopoulou, S. Cassenaer, T. Nowotny, G. Laurent. Normalization
for Sparse Encoding of Odors by a Wide-Field Interneuron. Science, 332:
721-725 (2011).

5. J.A. Perge, J.E. Niven, E. Mugnaini, V. Balasubramanian, P. Sterling.
Why do axons differ in diameter? J. Neurosci. in press (2011).

6. P.M.V. Simões, S.R. Ott, J.E. Niven. Associative olfactory learning
in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. J. Exp. Biol. 214:
2495-2503 (2011).

7. B. Sengupta, M. Stemmler, S.B. Laughlin, J.E. Niven. Action potential
energy efficiency varies among neuron types in vertebrates and
invertebrates. PLoS Comput. Biol. 6: e1000840 (2010).

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Dr. Thomas Nowotny
RCUK Academic Fellow & Senior Research Fellow	Phone: +44-1273-678593
CCNR, Informatics,                          	Fax:   +44-1273-877873
University of Sussex,
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ	http://sussex.ac.uk/informatics/tnowotny

Opportunity for post-doctoral studies:

A new post-doctoral position is available to work on the role of cholinergic neurons and cholinergic-glutamatergic co-transmission in learning and memory and higher brain functions. This project takes advantage of novel genetically modified mouse models targeting the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (see for example Prado et al., Neuron 2006; de Castro et al., Mol Cell Biol. 2009 29:5238-50; Guszman et al., PLoS Biology, 2011) and uses state-of-the-art genetic, molecular and whole-animal techniques (including behavioural and MRI imaging), to understand how cholinergic neurons regulate higher brain functions. The successful applicant will be part of a vibrant team that is dissecting novel roles of the cholinergic system by generating tissue and brain-region specific knockout mice. The position will be in the laboratory of Dr. Marco Prado and Vania Prado at the Robarts Research Institute (www.robarts.ca), University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Robarts is one of the premier research institutes in Canada with a vibrant research community and many opportunities for collaborations. London, also known as the forest city, is an affordable and lively community close to the Great Lakes with many options for outdoor and cultural activities.

Applicants with a recent PhD (up to 2 years) and previous experience with one of the following, in vivo microdialysis, electrophysiology, behavioural analysis in mice, in vivo optogenetics, and/or generation and study of genetically-modified mice, are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Salary is competitive at CIHR level (Canadian Institutes of Health Research). To apply send a detailed electronic CV and contact information of two references to:

Dr. Marco A.M. Prado, Ph.D.

Scientist, Molecular Brain Research Group

Robarts Research Institute

Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology/

Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology

The University of Western Ontario

P.O. Box 5015, 100 Perth Drive

London, ON N6A 5K8

Tel: 519-663-5777 Ext. 24888

mprado@robarts.ca

A Post-doctoral Research Fellow is available to work with Zoe Kourtzi
(Psychology) and Peter Tino (Computer Science) at the University of
Birmingham. The successful applicant will combine brain imaging methods
(fMRI, EEG, TMS), computational analysis, behavioural measurements and
modelling to examine the neural basis of learning and brain plasticity. The
work makes use of state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques and analysis
methods.

Research will be conducted within well-equipped labs that incorporate a
range of bespoke equipment. The School of Psychology provides an excellent
working environment with a pronounced research focus and international
expertise in Vision Science, Behavioural Neuroscience and Cognitive
Neuroscience. Facilities include an Imaging Centre with integrated
equipment for the study of human brain and behaviour (3T scanner, EEG) as
well as numerous virtual reality devices and eye trackers. The work will be
conducted in close collaboration with colleagues in Computer Science. Our
research group further benefits from regular interactions with a wide
network of international collaborators.

Candidates should hold or expect to hold a Ph.D. in Cognitive
Neuroscience, Computer Science, Psychology, Physics, Mathematics or a
related field. Programming skills (e.g. Matlab, C) are essential and
experience with brain imaging methods is desirable.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Zoe Kourtzi: z.kourtzi@bham.ac.uk

Please send CV and a statement of research background and interests.

A postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience is available in the Department of Neuroscience at Brown University to work jointly in the labs of Drs. Stephanie Jones and Christopher Moore. We seek to train a postdoctoral researcher in biophysically principled computational neuroscience methods. The trainee will work side by side with experimentalists to receive interdisciplinary systems level neuroscience training in the integration of theory and experimentation. Model development and analysis will be under the mentorship of Dr. Jones and integration with experimental data under the direction of Dr. Moore. Fundamental to the research will be the development and analysis of neural models of basal ganglia-thalamic-cortical circuits to study the mechanistic origin and importance of brain oscillations.

Interviews for the post-doctoral position will be held at the annual SfN meeting. Interested candidates should contact Stephanie_Jones@brown.edu.

The opportunity for this training comes from an NSF sponsored Collaborative Efforts in Computational Neuroscience grant. Qualified candidates should have a strong mathematics background with experience in dynamical systems methods for simulating neural circuits. The application deadline for the position is ongoing and candidates will be considered until the position is filled. Interested candidates should send a CV, statement of research interests, and three letters of recommendation sent to Stephanie_Jones@Brown.edu.

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, led by Angela Yu, at University of California, San Diego.  Initial appointment is for one year, with flexible start date and possibility for renewal.

Dr. Angela Yu will be interviewing candidates at Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Washington DC (Nov. 12-16).

The project is to develop a decision-theoretical framework for the inter-related problems of perceptual decision-making, active vision, statistical learning, and social decision-making.  Candidates must have a strong mathematical background in areas including but not restricted to frequentist and Bayesian statistics, reinforcement learning, information theory, and control theory.  Experience with measure-theoretic probability theory, stochastic processes, stochastic control theory (stopping problems, bandit problems, sequential decision problems), and/or dynamical systems analysis is a bonus.  Candidate should also have programming experience, such as Matlab or equivalent.  Research experience in behavioral experiments and fMRI/EEG neuroimaging is highly desired.  Applicants should be committed to applying rigorous mathematical tools to modeling cognitive and neural processes, as well as carrying out human behavioral experiments and collaborating with other human/animal neuroscience laboratories.

Internships, PhD positions, and Postdoctoral research positions are available in the area of medical engineering at the Dauwels Lab, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Students with research interests at the interface of electrical engineering and biology are especially encouraged to apply.

Topics include:

o modeling of epileptic seizures (from abstract network models to detailed biophysical models);
o neural implants for seizure suppression (from control/game theoretic analysis to hardware design);
o diagnosis of brain disorders, from EEG and other brain signals (Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy);
o graphical models and nonparametric statistical models for analyzing electrophysiological data (e.g., spike sorting and decoding);
o principled statistical models for merging different brain imaging modalities (EEG/MEG/fMRI/DTI/single-unit recordings/etc.).

The research is conducted in collaboration with partners at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, MIT, and MGH/Harvard.

Please send detailed curriculum vitae, statements of research interests, three references and relevant publications (if applicable), electronically, to:

Prof. Justin Dauwels
Nanyang Technological University
School of Electrical& Electronic Engineering
Singapore
recruitment@dauwels.com
Deadline: November 30, 2011

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A tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Mathematical Biology is available at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A theoretical/mathematical neuroscientist would be a suitable
candidate for this search.
More details and application instructions can be found at http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/2927.

A postdoctoral position in visual and cognitive neurophysiology is available in
the laboratory of Nicole Rust at the University of Pennsylvania.

Research in the laboratory is focused on understanding how visual information
about a currently viewed scene is combined with cognitive information to
achieve a specific goal, such as finding a particular object. One current focus
of the lab is on understanding how the brain flexibly switches between different
targets and/or tasks through the integration of visual and working memory
signals. Our research group uses a variety of methods, including behaving
primate neurophysiology and theoretical approaches, to develop accurate yet
conceptually simple descriptions of the computations performed by single
neurons and neural populations. More information about the lab can be found
here: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/psych/rust-lab

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, or a
related field prior to starting. Essential qualifications include experience
with extracellular neurophysiology or a comparable technique and strong
quantitative skills. Start dates are flexible. To apply for this position,
please submit a CV and a brief statement of research interests to
nrust@psych.upenn.edu.

Nicole Rust, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Within the framework of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network  “NAMASEN”, European top research centers seek to recruit 7 Early Stage Researcher (ESR) and 2 Experienced Researcher (ER) positions, as of January 1st, 2012.

We offer research training in Neuroelectronics and Nanotechnology: towards a Multidisciplinary Approach for the Science and Engineering of Biological Neuronal Networks.

A second round, for 2 more ESRs and 1 more ER, will be launched during 2012.

First-round application deadline: October 31st, 2011

(Nota do editor: Peço desculpas pela divulgação em cima da hora da chamada. Achei importante postar mesmo assim, por causa da segunda rodada de chamadas, que ocorrerá em 2012, e para divulgar o projeto)

Appointments for Early Stage Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) are full-time, fixed terms for three years, tenable from January 1st, 2012. Appointments for Experienced Researcher are full-time, fixed terms for two years, tenable from January 1st, 2012. The Early Stage Researchers will receive supervision for the preparation of a PhD thesis and benefit from the combined resources of the NAMASEN Network.

[Description of NAMASEN]

NAMASEN is the acronym for an Initial Training Network (http:// www.namasen.net), funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Marie-Curie PEOPLE programme. Its ultimate mission is to lay the foundation of a virtual scientific institute for the multi-disciplinary study of Neuroengineering and Network-Neurosciences that will train a new generation of scientists and professionals and that will contribute to Europe’s leading role in scientific innovation.

NAMASEN targets both technological and scientific priorities, such as the development of novel multi-electrode arrays and advanced interfaces that functionally interact with neurons and networks. NAMASEN investigates neuro-electronic hybrids as devices able to undergo a functional and anatomical reconfiguration, on the basis of the activity-dependent plasticity and rewiring properties of neurons, under some control by the experimenter.

The NAMASEN ITN Network consists of the 10 academic and 3 industrial partners: the University of Antwerp (Belgium), The University of Sheffield (UK), the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH, Greece), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne EPFL (Switzerland), the Italian Institute of Technology (Italy), the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology (Poland), the Interuniversity Center for Microelectronics IMEC (Belgium), the University of Freiburg (Germany), the Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen (Germany), Janssen Pharmaceutica (Belgium), 2-Sight Europe (Switzerland), and Gersteltec Engineering Solutions (Switzerland).

Altogether 10 Early Stage Researchers (PhD researchers) and 3 Experienced Researchers (Postdocs) will be recruited during 2011-2012. As a part of their training experience, each researcher will be based in one country but will spend some of their time abroad during secondment periods within the network. Scientific and technological disciplines targeted by each position are diverse and heterogeneous, ranging from microfabrication and nanotechnologies, to experimental neurobiology and computational neuroscience. Individual openings, advertised on the electronic job application page of NAMASEN (http://www.namasen.net), contain relevant information and links to the hosting institutions.

The NAMASEN ITN Network offers a unique research environment where leading academics will integrate accepted applicants into their research teams, providing a top-notch structured training programme in Neuroelectronics, Neuroengineering, and Nanotechnologies. Academic partners within the NAMASEN ITN Network will support the Early Stage Researchers to work successfully towards a PhD defense.

More information on the NAMASEN ITN Network and its job openings can be found at: http://www.namasen.net

[Salary and Benefits for the Positions]

The Researchers will be appointed on a full-time temporary contacts, for a period of three years (ESRs) or two years (ERs), including a two-to-six-month secondments at different NAMASEN partner. The Researcher will be a Marie Curie fellow and will profit from all Marie Curie benefits, including living, mobility, travel, and career exploratory allowances according to the Marie Curie Framework 7 requirements (http:// ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions).

[Eligibility]

Candidates for ESR positions must be, at the time of recruitment, in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers and not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree. This is measured from the date when they obtained the degree, which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the research training is provided. In practice, this means they should not have obtained any degree before 31st December 2007 that would entitle them to enroll for a doctorate. In general, this is usually a suitably qualifying Masters degree.

Candidates for ER positions must not have worked in a research position / received research training for more than 5 years of their undergraduate degree. The undergraduate degree is the first degree, which allowed them to embark on a PhD program, typically a BA or BSc. Years since the undergraduate degree working outside research do not count.

Candidates are normally required to undertake trans-national mobility (i.e. move from one country to another) when taking up their appointment. At the time of recruitment by the host organization, candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organization (i.e. depending on the NAMASEN network partner to apply for) for more than 12 months between 1 November 2008 and 31 December 2011.

Applicants for the position at NAMASEN may be a national of any Member State of the European Union, of any Associated Country or of any other third country, but they may not be a national of the hosting country.

Availability to travel (including internationally), for the purpose of the research and training activities, is a requirement for the positions.

[Applications and Enquiries]

Candidates are invited to apply to the vacancies. Candidates are also requested to submit their CV in English (max. 5 pages), max. 10 academic publications (in English), including an electronic copy of university diploma (translated to English). A cover letter is also required, where motivations to apply to the NAMASEN consortium in general and to an individual partner, in particular, must be stated clearly. Spam applications will be trashed.

Formal applications should be made through the NAMASEN consortium and should be sent by means of the website http://www.namasen.net.

Final decisions will be taken upon joint consultations within the NAMASEN Supervisory Board.
Informal inquiries concerning the individual positions may be addressed to contact people indicated on online job electronic application forms at www.namasen.net.

A full time POSTDOCTORAL POSITION is available at the Section of Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.

Job Description:

A post-doctoral position is available to study the neuropharmacology of alcohol and nicotine in humans by means of brain imaging. The project is founded within the DFG Priority Program 1226. The main focus is on MR Imaging (fMRI, pharmacological MRI): Implementation of fMRI paradigms to investigate emotional, motivational and executive functions, analysis of MR data as well as the development of methods in the field of pharmacological MR imaging. Project management including supervising of PhD students, data management, publications of the results are a substantial part as well. This position can be used for further scientific qualification (e.g. Habilitation).

Our multidisciplinary group connects basic research in neuroscience to clinically applied research. In order to better understand the neural mechanisms underlying mental disorders such as addiction or depression, we investigate the function of neural systems that are essential for emotion, motivation, executive function or decision making. Within the Technische Universität Dresden, the Section of Systems Neuroscience is closely associated with the Department of Psychology and the Neuroimaging Center, which offers excellent research collaborations and infrastructure, e.g. a 3 Tesla MRI scanner for full-time research, MRI-compatible EEG, and access to the PET center at Dresden-Rossendorf.

Requirements:

Successful applicant should have a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in psychology, medicine, neuroscience or a related field in natural science. The ideal candidate would have excellent English language skills, experience in the field of MR physics and neuroimaging, including prior knowledge of common software (e.g. SPM or FSL, Freesurfer, Matlab, Presentation).

Furthermore, skills in computational modeling of imaging and behavioral data are preferred.

Initial funding has been secured for 29 month with the option to expand the appointment Salary is commensurate with experience according to the German public service pay scale TV-L, which includes social benefits such as health care and pension plans.

Interested applicants should send their online application with the reference number PSY0911175. Please submit a full CV, statement of research background, and names and contact information for two or three referees to: http://www.uniklinikum-dresden.de/bildung-und-karriere/stellenangebote/wissenschaft

For more information about the position please contact:

Michael Smolka, +49 (351) 463 42201, michael.smolka@tu-dresden.de.

DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR MOLECULAR AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK

The Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences (CMBN) at Rutgers, Newark was created a quarter of a century ago and has grown into a leading research center in Neuroscience, with a solid group of world-class faculty whose research spans systems, behavioral, and computational neuroscience, with methodological approaches as varied as electrophysiology, neuropharmacology, and functional imaging. Moreover, Neuroscience research on the Rutgers Newark campus is growing with hires in social and affective neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, cellular neuroscience in the Department of Biology, and the recent establishment of an interdepartmental Rutgers Brain Imaging Center.

CMBN is ready to move into a new era with new opportunities and a new vision. A number of faculty positions have opened up, and this presents an opportunity to rebuild and reconfigure CMBN. Rutgers Newark therefore invites applications for the position of Director of CMBN to guide this transition. We are seeking a world class leader in neuroscience to direct CMBN and to integrate the existing expertise and facilities into an even more impressive neuroscience community.

In addition to outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, candidates must have a PhD and/or MD degree, a sustained track record of distinguished scientific accomplishments and external grant funding in an area related to CMBN’s research interests, and a demonstrated commitment to excellence in post-graduate training.  The Director will support the development of research activities at CMBN based on a clearly articulated scientific vision, and foster increased interactions with other Neuroscientists in the Psychology and Biology Departments of the Rutgers-Newark Campus. The Director is also expected to maintain a grant funded research program in his/her own laboratory, and play a key role in the recruitment of new faculty.

Professorial appointment with tenure will be made to the successful candidate.  Salary is highly competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Rutgers University is an equal opportunity employer and encourages the applications from qualified women and minority candidates.

Please send a letter of application and curriculum vitae to:

Dr. Alexander E. Gates

Vice Chancellor for Research

Rutgers University

123 Washington Ave., Ste. 590

Newark, NJ 07102-3026

For further information about CMBN and Rutgers-Newark, see the following websites:

www.neuroscience.newark.rutgers.edu

www.newark.rutgers.edu

For informal inquiries, feel free to contact Bart Krekelberg (bart@rutgers.edu)

Neuroinformatics combines neuroscience and informatics research to develop and
apply computational tools and approaches that are essential for understanding
the structure and function of the brain.

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Program “EuroSPIN” (European Study Programme
in Neuroinformatics) is inviting applications from students having a solid
background in mathematics, physics, computer sciences, biochemistry or neuroscience
(on a master level or equivalent), in all cases with computer science skills.

Documented interest in research like activities (e.g. demonstrated in the form of
master thesis work, or participation in research related activities) is of large
importance. Also fluency in English is requested.

If you are interested, go to the webpage: www.kth.se/eurospin

Deadline for Application (both EU and non-EU students): 30 Nov 2011.

For more information on the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility
go to http://www.incf.org/.

The four partrners below participate. They are all research leaders in the
Neuroinformatics field, but they have complementary strengths. In addition, two
associated partners, the Honda Research Institute and Nordita, participate.

Four partners participate in EuroSPIN:
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- University of Edinburgh (UoE), UK
- National Centre for Biological Science (NCBS), India
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (ALUF), Germany

Each student will spend most of the time at two of the partner universities, and
also receive a joint (or double) PhD degree following a successful completion of
the studies. The mobility periods, as well as the courses a student will follow,
are tailored individually based on:
a) the PhD students background;
b) which constellations of partners that are involved, as well as
c) the specific research project.

During the PhD period each student has one main supervisor from each of the two
universities that grant the PhD degree.

There are excellent scholarship opportunities for students accepted to an Erasmus
Mundus Joint Doctorate programme. An employment contract will be given to all
selected PhD students during the study time, which is 4 years.

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Coordenação do projeto: Dra. Elaine Gavioli
Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicobiologia – UFRN – Natal/RN

Oportunidade de pós-doutorado (PNPD) em Neurociência Computacional (ênfase em simulações e/ou análise de dados eletrofisiológicos) no Instituto do Cérebro-UFRN (http://www.neuro.ufrn.br/) para início imediato. Interessados devem enviar um email de intenção para tort@neuro.ufrn.br, junto com cópia de CV ou link para CV lattes.

The Bernhardt-Walther lab at The Ohio State University Department of Psychology is looking for a talented postdoctoral researcher. Our research focuses on the perception of complex scenes, objects, and visual attention. We use neuroimaging (EEG and fMRI), psychophysics, eye tracking, and computational modeling. The successful candidate will have access to our newly built lab with test rooms and an Eyelink 1000 eye tracker, a brand new Siemens Trio MRI scanner at the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging as well as an EEG lab at the Center for Cognitive Science.

OSU offers an exciting research environment with a strong focus on computational and mathematical modeling within psychology as well as interdisciplinary interactions with colleagues in electrical engineering, computer science, and the neuroscience program at OSU.

For more information see:

http://bwlab.psy.ohio-state.edu/

http://ccbbi.osu.edu/

http://www.cog.ohio-state.edu/

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field as well as a strong research record. Advanced mathematical skills and programming experience (Matlab, Python) as well as prior experience with neuroimaging (fMRI and/or EEG) are a big plus.

Interested individuals should send an electronic copy of their curriculum vitae, three representative samples of published or unpublished work, a statement of interest, and the names of two letter writers to Professor Dirk Bernhardt-Walther (bernhardt-walther.1@osu.edu). Review of applications will begin in November, and the position can begin as early as January 2012, but a later start date can be arranged.

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