Dear Colleagues,
We are looking for teaching assistants for the Simons
Computational Neuroscience Imbizo, a computational neuroscience
summer school held in Cape Town, South Africa (https://imbizo.africa/).
We are looking for post-doctoral or advanced PhD researchers to
join our team as Teaching Assistants (TAs) for the Imbizo in
January 2025. Please apply via the link: https://imbizo.africa/ta-application/.
Before you apply, you should have the following
documents/information ready:
1) A brief CV (2-4 pages is fine)
2) A short motivational statement about your scientific
interests and background, why you would be a good fit, and your
favourite topics for teaching tutorials and supervising student
projects.
3) Contact details of one referee.
The application deadline is April 25, 2024 (20:00 UTC), and
the reference letter submission deadline is April 29, 2024
(20:00 UTC). Please notify your referee beforehand to meet
the deadline.
About the Imbizo:
The school hosts 28-30 students for an amazing 22 days of
lectures, tutorials, projects and forging new friendships. All
this takes place on Noordhoek beach, between the mountain and
the ocean. It's a spectacular location.
The Imbizo is a special experience, with students being totally
immersed in academic, social, touristic and cultural activities,
and has resulted in student and TA groups from previous schools
becoming very close, personally and scientifically. This is
fantastic, as a major goal of the Imbizo project is to help
young African researchers grow their academic peer and friend
group.
About being a TA:
TAs are integral in helping run the
school. In addition to academic support, they foster good social
interactions and academic discussions among students, and they
help 'shy' students meet faculty. They also act as 'social
glue’, helping to notice and support students who may be feeling
ill, not fitting in socially, or generally having difficulties.
To fulfill these roles, TAs need to be at all school meals and
activities.
We will also need a little help processing student applications.
What we provide:
We cover as direct as possible, economy class tickets to Cape
Town, as well as all board and lodging during the school.
We will start assessing applications on May 1, 2024.
A call for student applications will follow soon. We hope to
hear from you soon! Let us know if you have any questions.
Thanks and regards
Demba Ba, Arif Hamid, Peter E Latham, Spiros Chavlis, and Emma
Vaughan
Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo Committee 2025
Twitter: @CompNeuroImbizo
email: isicn.imbizo[AT]gmail.com
--Spyridon Chavlis, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher and Systems Administrator Poirazi Lab Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) Nikolaou Plastira, 100 GR 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece Tel: (+30) 2810 39 1264 Εmail: schavlis@imbb.forth.gr Webpage: dendrites.gr