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Friday, March 5, 2010

Netherlands: PhD students/post-doctoral researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen

Overview

The Neuronal Oscillation group at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour has funding available for PhD student and post-doctoral positions in the context of a project focused on studying how oscillatory activity controls the flow of information in the human working brain. The human brain is composed of multiple regions that need to be flexibly engaged and disengaged depending on the cognitive task performed. A fundamental question in cognitive neuroscience is how the functional architecture of the working brain is shaped. You will investigate the role of oscillatory brain activity in determining the functional architecture by studying cross-frequency interactions between different regions in the context of cognitive experiments. You will do so using magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG) combined with TMS and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). You will also use a brain-computer interface to interact with the working brain.

Requirements

Candidates for the PhD position should have a Master's degree (or equivalent) in a field related to cognitive neuroscience or signal processing (e.g. experimental/cognitive psychology, biology, neuroscience, computer science, electrical engineering). Excellent candidates from other backgrounds will also be considered. Good programming skills (Matlab) are highly desirable. Candidates for the postdoctoral research position should have a PhD degree in a field related to cognitive neuroscience, but candidates from other scientific backgrounds can also apply. The record of published research familiarity with neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, EEG-MEG, and/or TMS) and programming skills (Matlab) will be taken into account in the selection criteria. Proficiency in English is essential. You are expected to work as part of a team, sharing technical know-how and ideas.



Conditions of employment

Duration of the PhD student contract: 4 years. Duration of the post-doc contract: 5 years maximum. PhD student: The starting salary is €2,042 per month and will increase to €2,612 per month in the fourth year. Post-doc: Depending on experience, the gross salary will be between €3,195 and €4,374. Two annual 8% bonuses (holiday and end-of-year) will be added to the monthly gross salaries.

Organisation

Radboud University Nijmegen

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 research takes place on a beautiful green campus with state-of-art facilities.

Department

Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging

The mission of the Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging is to conduct cutting-edge fundamental research in cognitive neuroscience. This internationally renowned centre currently is home to more than 100 PhD students and post-docs from more than 20 different countries, offering a stimulating and multidisciplinary research environment. The centre is equipped with MRI scanners (7T, 3T, 1.5T), a 275 channels MEG system, a EEG-TMS laboratory, several (MR-compatible) EEG systems, and high-performance computational facilities. English is the lingua franca at the centre. You will work within the Centre's Neuronal Oscillations group (http://www.ru.nl/neuroimaging/staff/neuronal/).

Dr. Ole Jensen, +31 24 3610884 +31 24 3610884, ole.jensen@donders.ru.nl

http://www.ru.nl/donders


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