University of Cambridge
Three Post-doctoral Positions to study the Cognitive Neuroscience of Healthy Ageing

Three 3-year post-doctoral positions are available to join the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (CamCAN). This centre brings together a large group of researchers across the University of Cambridge and at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC-CBU) who aim to relate brain changes to cognitive changes over the adult lifespan (covering ages 18-88). The appointees will work with a unique population-representative sample of 700 adults on whom we have collected extensive cognitive and neural measures. A subset of these individuals will be run in a further set of fMRI and MEG studies designed to probe major cognitive functions. The CamCAN project will integrate across these data-sets using a variety of methods, relating changes in neural structure and function over the lifespan to changes in cognitive function and capacity.

The role of the postholders will be to carry through the second stage fMRI and MEG studies, and to play a key role in integrating the various CamCAN data-sets, including multivariate and multimodal neuroimaging analysis methods. Two of the appointees will be neuroscientists with a strong background in functional imaging and imaging statistics; the third will be a cognitive neuroscientist with a strong background in cognition and ageing. The three positions will be based within subgroups of CamCAN, at University sites and at the MRC-CBU.

Candidates should have, or be in the final stages of obtaining, a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging methods, applied statistics or cognitive ageing, and should be familiar with MRI, fMRI and/or EEG/MEG, and possess good statistical and computer programming skills (e.g, in Matlab). Candidates should be careful, efficient, able to communicate effectively, and enjoy working as part of a diverse and energetic interdisciplinary team.

These are 3-year, fixed-term positions. The starting salary will be in the range of £27,578 -£35,938 per annum.

For informal discussion please contact Professor Lorraine K Tyler ([log in to unmask]), Dr James Rowe ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Rik Henson ([log in to unmask]). For further details on these positions and more information on the project please see the Cam-CAN website at http://www.cam-can.com/

Applications in the form of a covering letter, CV and completed cover sheet (CHRIS/6 Parts 1 & 3) should be sent to Mrs M Dixon at [log in to unmask] or by post to Mrs Marie Dixon, Centre for Speech, Language and the Brain, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EB. The CHRIS/6 can be downloaded from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/chris6/. The Vacancy Number for this position is PJ00206.


Closing date: 24th May 2012
Limit of tenure: The funds for this post are available for three years.