The research alliance JARA-Brain between the University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen University and the Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine at the Research Center Jülich investigates the structure and function of the human brain in health and neuro-psychiatric disorders in order to develop new diagnostic or therapeutic approaches. As part of the growth of JARA-Brain, a three-year PhD position has become available in the “Neuropsychiatric Systems Biology” group (head: Prof. Dr. Simon Eickhoff) at the Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Aachen (head: Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Schneider). Working at the interface between basic neuroscience and its clinical application, this research group addresses the following questions: How are the processes underlying motor, cognitive and affective functions organised in the human brain? How do their different components interact to form physiological networks? How is this regional organisation or its functional integration disturbed in patients suffering from neurological or psychiatric disorders? Which models for the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying clinical symptoms can be derived from these findings? Methods that will be learned and applied during the course of the PhD project include the performance of neuroimaging experiments using fMRI, the analysis of effective connectivity between brain regions by Dynamic Causal Modelling und quantitative Meta-Analyses of published functional imaging results. We are now looking for a PhD student with a strong interest in this multidisciplinary research. Applicants should have a degree in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine, Informatics, Biology or related areas. A background in neuroanatomy, statistics and/or fMRI analysis techniques (SPM, FSL, MATLAB etc) would be of advantage, readiness to learn new methods in an interdisciplinary environment a necessary requirement. The position is available immediately and search will continue until a candidate has been selected. For further information or informal inquiries, please contact Simon Eickhoff ([log in to unmask]). If this position has raised you interest, please sent your application preferentially by email ([log in to unmask]) or alternatively by letter to: Prof. Dr. Simon Eickhoff, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen -- =================================== Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Simon B. Eickhoff AG Neuropsychiatrische Systembiologie Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Aachen Telefon: +49 241 80 80523 Fax: +49 2461 61 2820 eMail: [log in to unmask] und Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin Forschungszentrum Juelich Telefon: +49 2461 61 8609 Fax: +49 2461 61 2820 eMail: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir'in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr. Harald Bolt, Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------