Radboud University Nijmegen FC Donders Centre
5 Postdoctural positions and 1 PhD candidate to study neuronal synchronization
Nijmegen, (Gelderland), 40 hours per week
Radboud University Nijmegen
Job description
The Neuronal Coherence group at the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging at Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) seeks outstanding researchers to investigate neuronal synchronization. We investigate rhythmic neuronal synchronization, its potential functional roles and the mechanisms through which it might subserve these functions. We use primarily magnetoencephalography (MEG, 275 channel CTF system) in humans and large-scale (e.g. 256-site) recordings in awake behaving monkeys. The centre also provides a 128 channel EEG system, a TMS lab and three MRI systems (1.5, 3 and 7 Tesla), as well as central storage (>25 TB) and compute (>50 nodes) facilities. All these resources are available for the projects. The PhD project and two postdoctural projects will be concerned with the role of neuronal synchronization, particularly synchronization between brain areas, for attention and related cognitive functions. These projects can use human MEG, monkey neurophysiology or a combination of both, depending on the interests of the applicants. Two postdoctural projects will be concerned with Brain Computer Interfacing (BCI). One of them will use large-scale epidural grid recordings to decode movement plans, and the other will develop optimized data analysis for those data. One postdoctural project will use an existing genetic database (>700 subjects) together with MEG to study the genetic basis of the inter-individual variability in the human gamma-band response and its consequences for behavioural performance.
Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Candidates for the postdoctural positions should hold a PhD in a neuroscience-related field. For the BCI data analysis project, we also encourage applications from PhDs with a background in signal processing or machine learning, with affinity to neurophysiology. Candidates for the PhD candidate position should hold a Master's degree in a neuroscience-related field. For all positions, experience in quantitative data analyses (e.g. MATLAB) is a significant plus. But first and foremost, we are looking for candidates with outstanding track records and a convincing commitment to scientific excellence.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Health)
Organization
Radboud University Nijmegen
FC Donders Centre
Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.
The mission of the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuro-imaging (FCDC) is to conduct cutting-edge fundamental and applied research in cognitive neuroscience (i.e. human and animal cognition, as viewed from the perspective of the brain). The FCDC houses a 275-channel MEG system, TMS, high-density EEG , 1.5T, 3T and 7T MRI systems. Much of the rapid progress in this field is being driven by the development of complex neuro-imaging techniques for measuring activity in the human brain – an area in which the FCDC plays a leading role. The research themes of the FCDC cover central cognitive functions such as perception, action, attention, memory, language, learning and plasticity. The aim is to unravel these complex cognitive functions and discover how they are represented in the brain. This is done by identifying the networks of brain areas that are vital to each of these functions.
Date of entry: 26/02/2008
Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: Unknown
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract:
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional conditions of employment:
The initial appointments for the postdoctoral positions are for one year, with the possibility of extension by two to four years. The initial appointment for the PhD candidate position is 1,5 years with the possibility of extension by 2,5 years. Salarisschaal: 11 and p
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Pascal Fries – Principal Investigator
Telephone number: 3124-3610657
E-mail address: pascal.fries@fcdonders.ru.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
Application
You can apply for this job before 01-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
F.C. Donders Centrum
F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
P.O. Box 9101, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen
E-mail: info@fcdonders.ru.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber 30.02.08.
Nijmegen, (Gelderland), 40 hours per week
Radboud University Nijmegen
Job description
The Neuronal Coherence group at the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging at Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) seeks outstanding researchers to investigate neuronal synchronization. We investigate rhythmic neuronal synchronization, its potential functional roles and the mechanisms through which it might subserve these functions. We use primarily magnetoencephalography (MEG, 275 channel CTF system) in humans and large-scale (e.g. 256-site) recordings in awake behaving monkeys. The centre also provides a 128 channel EEG system, a TMS lab and three MRI systems (1.5, 3 and 7 Tesla), as well as central storage (>25 TB) and compute (>50 nodes) facilities. All these resources are available for the projects. The PhD project and two postdoctural projects will be concerned with the role of neuronal synchronization, particularly synchronization between brain areas, for attention and related cognitive functions. These projects can use human MEG, monkey neurophysiology or a combination of both, depending on the interests of the applicants. Two postdoctural projects will be concerned with Brain Computer Interfacing (BCI). One of them will use large-scale epidural grid recordings to decode movement plans, and the other will develop optimized data analysis for those data. One postdoctural project will use an existing genetic database (>700 subjects) together with MEG to study the genetic basis of the inter-individual variability in the human gamma-band response and its consequences for behavioural performance.
Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Candidates for the postdoctural positions should hold a PhD in a neuroscience-related field. For the BCI data analysis project, we also encourage applications from PhDs with a background in signal processing or machine learning, with affinity to neurophysiology. Candidates for the PhD candidate position should hold a Master's degree in a neuroscience-related field. For all positions, experience in quantitative data analyses (e.g. MATLAB) is a significant plus. But first and foremost, we are looking for candidates with outstanding track records and a convincing commitment to scientific excellence.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Health)
Organization
Radboud University Nijmegen
FC Donders Centre
Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.
The mission of the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuro-imaging (FCDC) is to conduct cutting-edge fundamental and applied research in cognitive neuroscience (i.e. human and animal cognition, as viewed from the perspective of the brain). The FCDC houses a 275-channel MEG system, TMS, high-density EEG , 1.5T, 3T and 7T MRI systems. Much of the rapid progress in this field is being driven by the development of complex neuro-imaging techniques for measuring activity in the human brain – an area in which the FCDC plays a leading role. The research themes of the FCDC cover central cognitive functions such as perception, action, attention, memory, language, learning and plasticity. The aim is to unravel these complex cognitive functions and discover how they are represented in the brain. This is done by identifying the networks of brain areas that are vital to each of these functions.
Date of entry: 26/02/2008
Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: Unknown
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract:
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional conditions of employment:
The initial appointments for the postdoctoral positions are for one year, with the possibility of extension by two to four years. The initial appointment for the PhD candidate position is 1,5 years with the possibility of extension by 2,5 years. Salarisschaal: 11 and p
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Pascal Fries – Principal Investigator
Telephone number: 3124-3610657
E-mail address: pascal.fries@fcdonders.ru.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
- About the organization (http://www.ru.nl)
- About the department (http://www.fcdonders.ru.nl)
- About the function (http://www.fcdonders.ru.nl)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (http://www.ru.nl)
Application
You can apply for this job before 01-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
F.C. Donders Centrum
F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
P.O. Box 9101, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen
E-mail: info@fcdonders.ru.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber 30.02.08.
