June 2019 - Comp-neuro - lists.cnsorg.org

Full Professorship Theoretical Systems Neuroscience

by Carsten Mehring

The Faculty of Biology of the University of Freiburg invites applications for a Full Professorship (W 3) for Theoretical Systems Neuroscience at the Department of Biology III to be filled as soon as possible. This professorship is also particularly suitable for highly qualified early career researchers. The future job holder should be internationally renowned for the investigation of complex brain functions using modern theoretical neuroscientific approaches. In this context, investigations at the systems level using modern approaches from the theoretical and/or computational neurosciences are particularly welcome. Thematically, the professorship should focus on one of the following areas: learning mechanisms, decision-making processes, sensory systems, sensorimotor integration/control, or the mechanistic understanding of neuronal networks in functional and dysfunctional brains. Collaborations with the experimental and theoretical neuroscientific research groups and research centres established in Freiburg are very welcome. Further information on neuroscientific research in Freiburg can be found on the website www.neuro.uni-freiburg.de <http://www.neuro.uni-freiburg.de/> as well as on the homepages of the Faculty of Biology www.bio.uni-freiburg.de <http://www.bio.uni-freiburg.de/> and the Bernstein Center Freiburg www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de <http://www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/>. Teaching contributions to the MSc Neuroscience, the BSc and MSc Biology, the Master of Education Biology as well as contributions to the organization of the MSc Neuroscience are expected. Prerequisites for the employment of Professors are a university degree, an outstanding dissertation and an excellent publication record. Substantial achievements and experience in academic research and teaching, at the level of a Habilitation according to the German academic system, are expected. We are particularly pleased to receive applications from women for the position advertised here. The following application documents are to be submitted: o Curriculum vitae o Certificates of degrees and academic qualifications as well as references o Complete list of papers and invited lectures specifying the 10 most important publications Please send your application including supporting documents mentioned above and the application form (http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/bewerbungsbogen_englisch.pdf <http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/bewerbungsbogen_englisch.pdf>) citing the reference number 00569, by 31.07.2019 at the latest. Please send your application to the following address in electronic form: The Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Schänzlestr. 1, D-79104 Freiburg. Via e-mail: application(a)biologie.uni-freiburg.de <mailto:application@biologie.uni-freiburg.de>Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Procedure Governing Appointments to Professorships at the University of Freiburg, available under http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/berufungsleitfaden-en.pdf <http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/berufungsleitfaden-en.pdf#_blank>

June 13, 2019

Post-doctoral Fellow Advertisement

by Zaghloul, Kareem (NIH/NINDS) [E]

Hi, I would like to post the following ad for a post-doctoral position to the computational neuroscience listserv: Position Title Post-doctoral position in human intracranial physiology and human memory Position Description The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is seeking a full-time post-doctoral position focused on understanding the neural correlates of human memory. This position involves studies focused on analyzing and manipulating human intracranial electrophysiological signals, including single-unit activity, local field potentials, and intracranial EEG (iEEG), captured from participants with drug resistant epilepsy and from participants receiving deep brain stimulation surgery. Post-doctoral fellows will join a laboratory aimed at understanding the neural mechanisms that underlie human episodic memory formation and decision making and at developing novel and innovative techniques to directly communicate with those circuits. We are seeking candidates that are highly creative, motivated, and independent with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, or a related field. Candidates must have a strong research background, with a record of relevant publications. Candidates will be encouraged and expected to participate in independent laboratory research, and will be expected to write scholarly manuscripts. Candidates must be able to lead and work well in a team. Candidates should have strong computational, quantitative, and/or engineering skills, with proficiency in developing custom code (Matlab, Python, etc.) for data analysis preferred. Past medical research is not required, but candidates must be willing to perform experiments in a clinical setting. Candidates will interact with clinical staff, graduate students, research fellows, and must have excellent spoken and written English skills. Applicants should submit a brief statement of research activities and interests, a current CV, and names and contact information of at least three references. Salary will be commensurate with experience and accomplishments. Applicants who will be attending the Society for Neuroscience (Chicago, IL) conference can arrange for a meeting with the Principal Investigator, Dr. Kareem Zaghloul. To arrange a meeting with the PI and to send materials required for consideration for this appointment please contact Dr. Zaghloul at:zaghloulka@mail.nih.gov<mailto:zaghloulka@mail.nih.gov>. Employer Name Kareem A. Zaghloul, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Position Location Bethesda, MD Disclaimer NIH, an agency of DHHS, is an equal opportunity employer. All employees are subject to background investigation. The NIH is dedicated to building a diverse community in its training and employment programs. If you could post this ad for me and confirm that everything is ok, I would appreciate it. Thank you, Kareem Kareem A. Zaghloul, MD, PhD Surgical Neurology Branch National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH Bldg 10, Rm. 3D20 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD 20892-1414 O: 301-594-8114 F: 301-402-0380

June 13, 2019

TVB Node#9 Workshop - Warsaw, August 31

by Julie Courtiol

*The Virtual Brain: Node#9 Workshop* 31 August 2019 Warsaw, Poland This workshop will explain the fundamental principles of full brain network modelling using the open-source neuroinformatics platform The Virtual Brain (TVB) <https://www.thevirtualbrain.org/>. This simulation environment enables the biologically realistic modelling of brain network dynamics using connectome-based approaches across different brain scales. Researchers from different backgrounds can benefit from an integrative software platform including a simulation core written in Python and a supporting framework for data management. The workshop is organized with interleaved oral presentation and hands-on sessions. The hands-on sessions will let you immediately apply the concepts from the lectures to your simulations in TVB. The TVB Node#9 is an official training course of the Neuroinformatics2019 <https://www.neuroinformatics2019.org> holding on September 1-2, also in Warsaw. Registration and further information: bit.ly/tvb-node9 Contact: julie.courtiol(a)charite.de Best regards, Julie -- Julie Courtiol Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

June 12, 2019

BRAIN Theories postdocs to develop history dependent theories across scales.

by Fidel Santamaria

Two Postdoctoral positions to develop a framework to study history dependent activity across scales and species. The objective of this NIH BRAIN Theories project is to develop a unified theoretical framework to study history dependence across the nervous system. This is based on our previous work on using fractional order differential equations to study reaction diffusion and spiking dynamics in single neurons. In this project, we will further extend our theory to determine variability in cortical neurons, understand the effect of history dependence on network dynamics, coding, and information rates; and will apply our knowledge at the cellular level to predict and understand sensory processing in intact animals. This is an expansive project, with multiple collaborations. The fitting candidates will have the opportunity to interact with laboratories at McGill University, in Canada; Max Planck Institute for Dynamics & Self Organization, in Germany; and the Allen Brain Institute. Your theoretical background could be in dynamical systems, applied math, or computational neuroscience. Having knowledge of fractional order differential equations is a plus, but not required. Technically, you need to know Matlab. Knowledge of python and NEURON are a plus. You have to have a fundamental knowledge of neuroscience or demonstrate a willingness to catch up. The laboratory has all the necessary resources, from high end CPU/GPU servers, to local clusters, and access to the largest supercomputers and cloud services through the Texas Advanced Computer Center and the Chameleon Cloud. The laboratory also offers an interdisciplinary environment where experiments in cerebellar research are combined with computational and theoretical approaches. We just acquired a new multi-photon microscope with spatial light modulation capabilities that will allow us to interrogate the cerebellum in ways not possible before. San Antonio is one of the best places to live in the US. It is one of the most affordable large cities in the country, the weather is mild for most of the year, and you can afford to have a nice life. If interested, send a cover page, CV, and list of three references to fidel.santamaria(a)utsa.edu -- Fidel Santamaria, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biology One UTSA circle University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249 Office: (210) 458-6910 Lab: (210) 458-6982 Fax: (210) 458-5658 Office/Lab Location: BSB 1.03.30 http://www.utsa.edu/santamarialab/index.htm

June 11, 2019

Official PGENESIS 2.4 release and GENESIS 2.4 Update

by Dave Beeman

I would like to announce the Official Release of PGENESIS 2.4 along with a significant update to GENESIS 2.4. GENESIS is implemented with an object-oriented design that groups related object and command definitions into separately compiled libraries. Parallel GENESIS (PGENESIS) adds a library with a "postmaster" object to the usual usual GENESIS objects and commands. This allows a GENESIS simulation (e. g. a large network model) to be split into many MPI processes that communicate through the postmaster. The November 2014 release of GENESIS 2.4 was intended to be the last packaged GENESIS 2 distribution for download from the GENESIS web site (http://genesis-sim.org/GENESIS) As GENESIS is user-supported, rather than centrally developed, updates to GENESIS and PGENESIS are now obtained from the Repository for Continued Development of the GENESIS 2.4 Neural Simulator (https://github.com/genesis-sim/genesis-2.4) The object-oriented design and organization not only fosters the community development of neural models, but of the simulator itself. This new mutually-developed release of PGENESIS is such an example. As users have continued to contribute new libraries and improvements, there has been an increased use and extension of GENESIS and PGENESIS for its original purpose of realistically modeling cortical networks of multicompartmental neurons on parallel computers. Recent updates to GENESIS and a merge of the GENESIS/PGENESIS development branch from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have addressed a number of issues in order to increase its scalability for modeling very large networks on high performance computing resources, allowing for models of millions of neurons. These improvements have made it necessary for a new release of a combined package of the May 2019 GENESIS 2.4 Update and the PGENESIS 2.4 Official Release. Information about this release and downloads are available from the GENESIS web site (http://genesis-sim.org/GENESIS) The official release of PGENESIS 2.4 is much improved from the December 2014 preliminary release. Updates of GENESIS since the 2014 release allow the fast "hsolve" solver to be used with new synaptic plasticity models and measurements of cortical field potentials. The efficient delivery of spike events when hsolve is used with large network models results in increases in simulation speed by factors of 10 to 20. This release of PGENESIS 2.4 is also now available for running large-scale network simulations on supercomputers at the Neuroscience Gateway Portal (NSG). For further information, see the https://www.nsgportal.org web page. Dave Beeman

June 10, 2019

Neuromechanics workshop at Bernstein 2019

by Charlotte Le Mouel

We are pleased to announce the "Neuromechanics in humans and other animals" workshop at the Bernstein Conference for Computational Neuroscience 2019. The workshop will take place in Berlin over two half-days, the afternoon of Tuesday 17th September, from 14h to 18h30, and the morning of Wednesday 18th September, from 8h30 to 12h30. The workshop program is attached. The list of speakers is: Prof. Friedl de Groote, KU Leuven, Belgium Prof. Ann Hallemans, University of Antwerp, Belgium Prof. Jaap van Dieën, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Prof. Marcus Gruber, University of Konstanz, Germany Prof. Heiko Wagner, University of Münster, Germany Dr. Anne Koelewijn, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg , Germany Dr. Susanne Lipfert, TU München, Germany Dr. Emanuel Andrada, University of Jena, Germany Registration costs for the workshop are 60 until 9th July / 80 until 30th August/ 100 on site. Further information on the conference is available here: http://bernstein-conference.de/ All the best, Dr. Charlotte Le Mouel and Dr. Alexander Spröwitz Dynamic Locomotion Group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

June 7, 2019

Bernstein Conference 2019 - deadlines approaching

by Bernstein Communication

BERNSTEIN CONFERENCE 2019, September 17-20 in Berlin The deadline for abstracts aimed as contributed talks and posters is approaching! ************************************************************** Deadline for abstracts aimed as contributed talks and posters: June 13, 2019 Deadline for abstracts aimed as posters only: July 03, 2019 ************************************************************** ABSTRACT SUBMISSION We are inviting the submission of abstracts from all relevant areas. Authors of most accepted abstracts will get the chance for a poster presentation, a small number of abstracts will be selected for contributed talks during the main conference. For abstract submission and more information please visit: bernstein-conference.de/2019/abstracts SELECTION OF CONTRIBUTED TALKS: The contributed talks will be selected in a (double-)blind review process. Please design your abstract accordingly and ensure that no author or affiliation identifiers are included. Cite all relevant prior work (including your own) only in the passive voice or in the third person (for example, “It has been shown that… [1]” or "They have shown that... [1]”), do not use the words “my” or “our”, and do not include references to funding sources. Abstracts that have not been properly anonymized cannot be considered for contributed talks. Submission of an abstract does not replace conference registration (intercongress.de/cgi-bin/regform_79106.exe?company=79106&event=1969&language=1&Entry=9). For more information on the conference, please visit: bernstein-conference.de -- Dr. Claudia Duppé/ Dr. Nikola Schwarzer Press and Public Relations Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience | Bernstein Coordination Site (BCOS) phone: (+49) 0761 203 96787 mail: bernstein.communication(a)fz-juelich.de<mailto:bernstein.communication@fz-juelich.de> web: www.bernstein-network.de<http://www.bernstein-network.de/de/start_page> ______________________________________ Twitter: NNCN_Germany<https://twitter.com/NNCN_Germany?lang=de> YouTube: Bernstein TV<https://www.youtube.com/user/BernsteinNetwork> Facebook: Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience, Germany<https://www.facebook.com/BernsteinNetwork/> LinkedIn: Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience, Germany<https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-network-computational-neuroscien…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Volker Rieke Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

June 7, 2019

postdoc position at UCL: decision neuroscience, computational psychiatry

by Hauser, Tobias

The Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab, based at University College London (www.devcompsy.org<http://www.devcompsy.org>) is offering a postdoc position to work in decision neuroscience and computational psychiatry (esp. OCD). We are looking someone with a strong background in computational modelling, neuroimaging and/or psychiatry. The postdoc will be joining a young and interdisciplinary lab that works at the intersection of computational neuroscience, psychiatry, pharmacology and cognitive development. This means that the position offers the freedom to pursue own projects under Tobias' supervision. The position is based at the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry & Ageing Research and the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging at UCL. This is a unique environment with access to cutting-edge neuroimaging facilities (3 & 7T fMRI, MEG, etc.) and is embedded in the very collaborative, world-class UCL computational neuroscience community. Potential candidates may contact Tobias directly to talk about the position and potential projects in person. This position is funded by Wellcome Trust. Application deadline is 15 June 2019. More details and application submission here: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTgwNzQ0NiZ2dF90… Best, Tobias --- Dr Tobias U. Hauser Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Principal Investigator Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry & Ageing Research Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging University College London 10-12 Russell Square London WC1B 5EH +44 207 679 5264 (internal: 45264) t.hauser(a)ucl.ac.uk<mailto:t.hauser@ucl.ac.uk> www.tobiasuhauser.com<http://www.tobiasuhauser.com/> www.devcompsy.org<http://www.devcompsy.org>

June 7, 2019

Research Fellow Position in Seizure Prediction

by Levin Kuhlmann

We have a Research Fellow opening through a collaboration between the University of Melbourne and Monash University for someone to develop and crowdsource machine learning and data science approaches to solving seizure prediction. Seizure prediction will enable the generation of warnings so a person with epilepsy can move to safety, or activation of electrical stimulation or drug delivery to prevent seizures. Our team leverages unique long-term human brain activity data to find novel, clinically relevant solutions to seizure prediction, and publishes these findings in the highest impact neurology journals (Lancet Neurology, Nature Reviews Neurology, Nature Neuroscience, Brain, PNAS). The appointed research fellow is expected to successfully contribute to and drive innovative research activities to help make seizure prediction a viable option to support patients with epilepsy. The successful candidate will hold a PhD or equivalent qualification complemented with experience in machine learning, data science, signal processing, dynamical systems theory, time series analysis and/or cloud computing. Applications close: 2nd July 2019 To apply visit: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/422/ci/en/job/900082/research-fellow-seizu…

June 7, 2019

Open PhD position in Juelich, Germany: An approach to tracking the provenance of data acquisition and analysis in neuroscience

by Martina Reske

The Helmholtz School for Data Science in Life, Earth and Energy offers a PhD position in neuroscience! See here for more information on the specific position: https://www.hds-lee.de/fileadmin/user_upload/HDS_LEE/open_positions/An_appr… Kind regards, Martina -- Dr. Martina Reske Scientific Coordinator Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) Computational and Systems Neuroscience & Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) Theoretical Neuroscience Jülich Research Centre and JARA Jülich, Germany Work +49.2461.611916 Work Cell +49.151.26156918 Fax +49.2461.619460 www.csn.fz-juelich.de Office hours: TU & FR 9.00-17, WE & TH 9.00-13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Volker Rieke Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

June 6, 2019