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Faculty Positions in Neuroscience

by Yaroslav Molkov

The Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University (GSU) invites applications for up to two tenure track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Preference will be given to individuals using state-of-the-art cross disciplinary approaches incorporating molecular, genetic/genomic, computational, or quantitative methods. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. with evidence of excellence in research and the ability to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program while contributing to the Neuroscience Institute’s graduate and undergraduate teaching. The ideal research program would synergize with existing strengths in the Neuroscience Institute (see http://neuroscience.gsu.edu) and GSU’s interdisciplinary University Research Centers ( https://research.gsu.edu/about/) Georgia State is an enterprising R-1 university located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, a vibrant international city in the Southeastern U.S. GSU enrolls and graduates one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation. The Institute is committed to serving this student body and advancing innovative research by building a diverse faculty. Applicants should provide a full curriculum vita, names and contact information for three references, and a statement of research plans and teaching philosophy (5 page limit) that includes their views and experience related to the Institute’s goal of serving a diverse student body in its educational activities. Applications can be submitted either electronically in PDF format to nisearchcommittee(a)gsu.edu or in hard copy to: Chair of the Neuroscience Institute Faculty Search Committee, Neuroscience Institute, PO Box 5030, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-50310. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2019, and continue until the position is filled. Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Sept. 25, 2019

Open research position in Excellence Cluster “Science of Intelligence” in Berlin (PhD/Postdoc)

by Sprekeler, Henning

A research position (PhD/Postdoc) is now available at TU Berlin within the Excellence Cluster “Science of Intelligence” (www.scienceofintelligence.de) The goal is to use artificial neural networks to study the relation between network architecture and task properties. The project is supervised by Joerg Raisch (control theory) and Henning Sprekeler (computational neuroscience), and includes a tight collaboration with the lab of John-Dylan Haynes (neuroimaging). The position is fully funded for 3 years. Salary is commensurate with experience, but should allow a comfortable life in Berlin. Envisaged starting date is December 1. The application deadline is October 10. For more information about the Sprekeler and Raisch labs, check out our website: http://www.sprekelerlab.org<http://www.sprekelerlab.org/> http://www.control.tu-berlin.de/ More information on the project and how to apply online can be found here: https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/call-for-applications/open-positions/1… We’re looking forward to your application. Best wishes, Henning --- Henning Sprekeler Technische Universität Berlin & Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin Email: h.sprekeler(a)tu-berlin.d<mailto:h.sprekeler@tu-berlin.de>

Sept. 25, 2019

Bioinformatician and postdoc job opportunities - De Strooper Lab

by Lyn

Dementia is the greatest health challenge of our century. The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the biggest UK initiative supporting research to fill this gap. Research from UK DRI at UCL covers the journey from the patient to the laboratory and back to the patient with improved diagnosis, biomarkers and candidate therapies put to the test. We are currently recruiting for postdocs in the De Strooper Lab, with opportunities in bioinformatics and neurodegeneration. Posts are full-time and will be based at the Crick. Salary from £35,965 per annum for postdoctoral appointments and £44,674 per annum for senior postdoctoral appointments, inclusive of London Allowance. This is an excellent chance to work on high impact, state-of-the-art projects in a stimulating and social international research environment, undertaking world-class science under the guidance of a leader in Alzheimer’s biology. Detailed information can be found online: Bioinformatician https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTgyNDczNCZ2dF90… Research Fellow https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTgyNDgzNCZ2dF90… Any questions can be directed to Laura Allum, Head of HR - l.allum(a)ucl.ac.uk Laura Allum Head of HR, UK DRI HQ UK Dementia Research Institute Email | l.allum(a)ucl.ac.uk Web | www.ukdri.ac.uk Twitter | @UKDRI

Sept. 24, 2019

PhD positions in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Max Planck Institute CBS, Leipzig, Germany)

by Martin Hebart

The independent research group Vision and Computational Cognition (led by Dr. Martin Hebart) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, invites applications for PhD students. *Our research group* seeks to understand how humans recognize and categorize visually-perceived objects. Towards this goal, we use a wide range of behavioral and neuroimaging methods, including visual psychophysics, online crowdsourcing, functional MRI and magnetoencephalography (MEG). The emphasis lies on identifying and characterizing reproducible and interpretable behavioral and brain activity patterns that serve as a basis for our understanding of mental and neural representations of objects. *The Max Planck Institute* is equipped with excellent neuroimaging research facilities (several Siemens 3T and 7T MRI scanners, 306-channel MEG, EEG, virtual reality, eye-tracking) and offers dedicated support staff. Leipzig has been called “Germany’s new cultural hot spot“ (The Guardian) and is located just a little over an hour south of Berlin. *The successful applicant* will have a passion for visual and cognitive neuroscience, with good analytical and quantitative skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Candidates are expected to have experience in the analysis of behavioral or neuroimaging data (e.g. fMRI, MEG, or EEG) and have good programming skills in Python, Matlab,or R. Experience with machine-learning methods (e.g. Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow), data/code sharing platforms (e.g. GitHub, Docker), or basic web programming (HTML, JavaScript) are desirable. Scientific publications are not required; however, applicants are expected to demonstrate scientific writing skills. The expected starting date is flexible but no earlier than February 1st, 2020. The position is funded for three years, with the possibility of an extension for an additional year. For the full job advertisement including more information about the group, qualifications, required documents and application procedures, please go to http://www.cbs.mpg.de/vacancies (subject heading: *“PhD 14/19”*). All applications received by *November 15th, 2019* will be considered. In case of questions, please contact Martin Hebart at hebart(a)cbs.mpg.de <hebart(a)cbs.mpg.de>.

Sept. 24, 2019

Postdoc position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Max Planck Institute CBS, Leipzig, Germany)

by Martin Hebart

The independent research group Vision and Computational Cognition (led by Dr. Martin Hebart) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher. *Our research group *seeks to understand how humans recognize and categorize visually-perceived objects. Towards this goal, we use a wide range of behavioral and neuroimaging methods, including visual psychophysics, online crowdsourcing, functional MRI and magnetoencephalography (MEG). The emphasis lies on identifying and characterizing reproducible and interpretable behavioral and brain activity patterns that serve as a basis for our understanding of mental and neural representations of objects. *The Max Planck Institute* is equipped with excellent neuroimaging research facilities (several Siemens 3T and 7T MRI scanners, 306-channel MEG, EEG, virtual reality, eye-tracking) and offers dedicated support staff. Leipzig has been called “Germany’s new cultural hot spot“ (The Guardian) and is located just a little over an hour south of Berlin. *The successful applicant* will have a strong interest in the analysis of large-scale neuroimaging datasets using encoding models and machine-learning methods. Candidates are expected to have considerable experience in the analysis of neuroimaging data, strong programming skills in Python or Matlab, and a solid understanding of inferential statistics. Experience with machine learning-methods and related tools (e.g. Scikit-Learn, PyTorch/TensorFlow) and data/code sharing platforms (e.g. GitHub, Docker) are desirable. Candidates are expected to have a PhD in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, or a related field. The expected starting date is flexible but no earlier than February 1st, 2020. The position is funded for three years, with the possibility of an extension for an additional year. For the full job advertisement including more information about the group, qualifications, required documents and application procedures, please go to http://www.cbs.mpg.de/vacancies (subject heading: *“PD 15/19”*). All applications received by *November 15th, 2019* will be considered. In case of questions, please contact Martin Hebart at hebart(a)cbs.mpg.de.

Sept. 24, 2019

Workshop on big models and big data at SFN 2019

by Carnevale, Nicholas

Space is still available in the *NSG and HPAC – Large Scale Simulations and Data Processing* workshop, which will be held in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, as a satellite to the SFN 2019 meeting. Come to this workshop to learn about high performance and high throughput computing resources that can help you deal with big data sets or computationally intensive modeling projects. Discover what's in the pipeline, meet the developers, and find out how you can participate and/or take advantage of resources that are already freely available. But act quickly, because the *registration deadline is Thursday, October 10*. See http://www.nsgportal.org/NSG_HPAC_SfN2019_Wkshop.web.htm for the workshop's program, and https://neuron.yale.edu/neuron/static/courses/nsg2019/nsg2019.html for the online registration form. --Ted

Sept. 23, 2019

PostDoc in decision making & learning (Berlin/Potsdam)

by SoyoungQ Park

Dear all, we are seeking for a DFG-funded postdoctoral researcher to work on learning and decision making ( http://www.dife.de/jobs-karriere/stellenangebote/detail.php?id=524&lang=en) I would appreciate it very much if you forward this to interested candidates. Have a great week! Best regards Soyoung

Sept. 23, 2019

NIH-funded Postdoc / Software Engineer position to work on tool for multiscale modeling of brain circuits

by Salvador Dura

A Postdoc or Software Engineer position is available at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York) to develop and disseminate NetPyNE, a tool for data-driven multiscale modeling of brain circuits. The position is funded by a recently awarded 5-year NIH grant. For more details on the software tool see our recent eLife publication (https://elifesciences.org/articles/44494 <https://elifesciences.org/articles/44494>) and tool website (www.netpyne.org <http://www.netpyne.org/>). The successful candidate would be a salaried employee of the University with a competitive remuneration and benefits package. The position is initially for 1 year with renewal of up to 5 years. Responsibilities: - Improve the software tool to ensure its reliability, robustness and reproducibility. - Collaborate with an external software company to extend the tool's graphical user interface (GUI). - Update the tool's online documentation and develop interactive tutorials. - Organize, prepare and teach conference workshops/tutorials and yearly courses to train users. - Provide ongoing support to neuroscience researchers across the world who use the tool to model different brain regions and phenomena (see www.netpyne.org/models <http://www.netpyne.org/models> and www.netpyne.org/forum <http://www.netpyne.org/forum>) - Encourage, coordinate and manage open source code contributions from interns, graduate students or researchers (usually online via GitHub: https://github.com/Neurosim-lab/netpyne <https://github.com/Neurosim-lab/netpyne>). - Continue ongoing collaborations with other neuroscience initiatives, including Open Source Brain (www.opensourcebrain.org <http://www.opensourcebrain.org/>), Neuroscience Gateway (www.nsgportal.org <http://www.nsgportal.org/>), Human Neocortical Neurosolver (www.hnn.brown.edu <http://www.hnn.brown.edu/>) and Human Brain Project Collaboratory (www.humanbrainproject.eu <http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/>). Required: - MSc (or equivalent degree) in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline. - Expertise programming in Python, including tools for scientific computing (numpy, scipy, pandas, etc), with 5+ years of demonstrable experience. - Experience (3+ years) in collaborative software development as part of a team. - Experience writing unit tests, debugging code, using profiling tools and refactoring existing code bases to improve maintainability. - Proficiency with Git/Github and Linux (shell scripting, ssh, etc) - Experience giving presentations, tutorials and/or product demonstrations. - Spoken and written English language proficiency Desired: - Experience in research/academic environment and/or neuroscience background. - Experience in GUI design/implementation using JavaScript. - Experience with the NEURON simulator using the Python interpreter. - Experience running parallelized large-scale simulations on supercomputers. - Experience in data science, data visualization and machine learning. How to apply: Please send your CV, a brief cover letter, and contact information for 3 references to Salvador Dura-Bernal (salvaordura(a)gmail.com <mailto:salvaordura@gmail.com>)

Sept. 22, 2019

Postdoc in neural data analysis at UCSD

by Gal Mishne

A postdoctoral position is available in the research group of Gal Mishne in the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at UC San Diego. This NIH-funded position includes research on multimodal data analysis, manifold representations of neural activity and multiscale modeling of motor learning. The position offers excellent interdisciplinary training possibilities at the intersection of machine learning, applied mathematics and computational neuroscience, and includes collaboration with experimental neuroscientists. The position is open immediately as of September 2019. Qualifications: Applicants should have (or expected to get in a near future) Ph.D. in electrical/biomedical engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, neuroscience, or other related fields. Applicants should have strong quantitative and programming skills, a track record of published papers and a strong interest in biomedical applications. Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience in the areas of machine learning / data-driven methods, signal processing and/or computational neuroscience, will be viewed favorably but are not strictly required. The position is for one year with renewal for a second and third year pending satisfactory progress. To apply for the position, please e-mail your CV, brief research statement and the contact information for three references to Gal Mishne at gmishne(a)ucsd.edu or at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14703. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. The Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute is an academic unit at UC San Diego with a focused mission - to lay the groundwork for the scientific foundations of this emerging discipline, develop new methods and infrastructure, and train students, faculty and industrial partners to use data science in ways that will allow them to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.

Sept. 20, 2019

NeuroEng 2019, Abstract Submission Extended until October 4, however Early bird registration ends tonight.

by Steven Wiederman

NeuroEng 2019 is the 12th Australasian Workshop on Computational Neuroscience and Neural Engineering to be held in Adelaide, Australia, November 29-30. Due to several requests, Abstract submission for NeuroEng 2019 is extended until October 4th. However, Early Bird Registration ends midnight tonight (Note GMT+10). You can register at this link <%20http:/www.conferenceonline.com/conference_invitation/22847/?key=4FB9B222-4F05-4D7E-91F6-0D70018F77AB> or via neuroeng.org.au Keynote speakers include Professor Barbara Webb (University of Edinburgh) and Professor Yves De Koninck (Univeriste Laval). We also have talks by Prof Andre van Schaik (WSU), Prof David Grayden (Uni Melbourne), Prof Geoff Goodhill (QBI), A/Prof Pulin Gong (Uni Sydney), Prof Mark Jenkinson (Oxford) and many others. Topics include: Neurophotonics, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Neuroscience, Neuroprosthetics and Brain Machine Interfaces, Neural Modelling and Engineering, Neuromorphic Engineering, EEG Analysis, Neural Information Processing, Neuroinformatics, Cognitive Modelling, Neuroimaging and Connectomics, Brain Dynamics and Neurophysics. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. regards, Steve Dr Steven Wiederman +61 403 079 575, steven.wiederman(a)adelaide.edu.au<mailto:steven.wiederman@adelaide.edu.au>

Sept. 20, 2019