We have an open PhD student position in our collaborative
project entitled “From spike trains to whole-brain dynamics – Bottom-up and top-down processing during active vision” to fill. This project addresses the question how visual input is processed in extremely short time cycles of fixations and saccades through
interaction of various cortical areas. MEG recordings from human subjects performing free viewing tasks will allow for the simultaneous observation of neuronal activities from different cortical areas during active vision. Analysis of subjects’ performance
and brain activity on these visual tasks enables us to study the information flow through various cortical areas, and to identify top-down components interacting with bottom-up processes.
What we expect from you:
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We seek for a highly motivated candidate with curiosity
and persistence
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A preferable candidate will have background and
strong Master degree in physics, neuroscience, electrophysiology, biology, computer science or a closely related field of natural science, preferably in the field of MEG/EEG biophysics, data acquisition and analysis, biostatistics, MEG/EEG biophysics or signal
processing
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Obligatory: excellent educational records in the
related field, good programming and data processing skills, time series analysis and M/EEG source estimation
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Substantial expertise in scientific programming
(preferable languages: Python, C, C++ ) and substantial knowledge of Linux and Windows
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Strong motivation to carry out neuroimaging studies
utilizing MEG and to perform source and connectivity analysis
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Beneficial: basic knowledge of neuroscience concepts
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Ability and willingness to work independently and
proactively
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Confident appearance and ability to work cooperatively
in an interdisciplinary environment
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Good interpersonal and communication skills, structured
and systematic working style
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Fluent in English (spoken and written); beneficial:
knowledge of German
The candidate will primarily be based at the Jülich
Research Center.
What we offer:
We offer a position in a creative and international
team, themes ranging from computational neuroscience, simulation technology and multimodal imaging, see
www.csn.fz-juelich.de
and http://www.fz-juelich.de/inm/inm-4/EN/Forschung/MEG-Physik/_node.html.
The Jülich Research Center is one of the largest research centers in Germany, with excellent scientific equipment, located on a green campus, and near the cultural centers Köln, Düsseldorf, and Aachen.
The
PhD position is available for 3 years.
Applications, including a letter clearly motivating
your application, CV, publication list, copies
of university certificates, and one reference letter
should be sent as a single PDF email attachment (max. 10MB) mentioning the internal reference code CSC-GID latest until May 31st , 2016, to should be sent to:
Dr.
Juergen Dammers
(d.dammers@fz-juelich.de).
Project
leaders will be:
Prof.
Dr. Sonja Grün (INM-6/IAS-6), Dr. Junji Ito (INM-6/IAS-6), Dr. Jürgen Dammers (INM-4)
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6, INM-4),
Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6), Jülich Research Center and JARA52425 Jülich, Germany,
www.csn.fz-juelich.de
-- 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