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Two positions in Cognitive Neurology: The Cognitive Neurology group (headed by Prof. Dr. med. Gereon R. Fink) at the Institute of Medicine (IME), Research Centre Jülich (http://www.fz-juelich.de/ime) invites applications for two full-time postdoctoral positions (salary level equivalent to BAT IIa) starting January 1st, 2006. The research of the Cognitive Neurology group is focused on the development and implementation of novel behavioural, cognitive or pharmacological strategies for the treatment of cognitive deficits to improve the rehabilitation thereof. The Cognitive Neurology group intensively interacts with the Department of Neurology, Cognitive Neurology, of the University Hospital Aachen (www.neurologie.ukaachen.de) and the clinical research group DFG funded KFO 112 (“Normal and impaired mechanisms of attention and their therapeutic modulation”). For post 1, applicants should hold an excellent degree in medicine or neuro-psychology/ neuroscience and should have a strong interdisciplinary interest in cognitive neuroscience. The holder of the post will be required to conduct neuropsychological as well as functional imaging studies with healthy control subjects and neurological patients investigating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognitive deficits like neglect, apraxia or aphasia. Prior experience with functional imaging methods and data analyses with SPM (statistical parametric mapping) or clinical neuropsychology are expected. For post 2, applicants should hold an excellent degree in physics or informatics and should have a strong interdisciplinary interest in cognitive neuroscience, especially in functional imaging methods like fMRI, PET and MEG. Sound knowledge of programming (e.g. matlab) and of data analyses with SPM (statistical parametric mapping) is expected. The Research Centre Jülich strives to increase the percentage of female employees in the field of science and therefore encourages applications of female candidates. Handicapped applicants will be given preference in case of equal qualifications. Further information about the position can be obtained from Prof. Gereon Fink ([log in to unmask]; telephone: +49-2461-61-4334 or -2725). Applications including CV and references as well as representative publications should be sent to Prof. Dr. med. Gereon R. Fink, Direktor am Institut für Medizin (IME), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany