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The Laboratory of Psychophysiology, at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology (Warsaw, Poland) is seeking 1 postdoctoral fellow for a minimum commitment of 4 years. The project is funded by the National Science Centre grant “Maestro” – PI. Prof. Anna Grabowska.
Project:
The main objective of the project is to
define the etiology of developmental dyslexia by studding the relationship
between a variety of deficits known to contribute to reading disorder at three
levels of analysis: behavioral, cognitive and neuronal.
Job requirements:
· background in neuroimaging
· ambitious and highly motivated for pursuing a career in science
· PhD in neuroimaging, computational neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience or equivalent obtained up to 5 years before application
· strong background and interest in neuroscience, MRI analysis and statistics
· excellent publication record
· programming and advanced data analyses skills are appreciated
Candidates with a strong interest in and experience with methods for integrating multimodal imaging measures, including quantitative structural MRI and functional MRI as well as longitudinal data analysis are in particular encouraged to apply.
LAB facilities:
The position is based at Laboratory of Psychophysiology (http://pslab.nencki.gov.pl) in collaboration with Laboratory of Brain Imagining (LOBI, http://lobi.nencki.gov.pl), Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw (http://www.nencki.gov.pl/). LOBI provides state-of-the-art facilities with a fully research-dedicated 3 Tesla MRI Siemens Trio machine, well-established infrastructure for neurophysiological testing (electro-encephalography, transcranial magnetic stimulation and eye-tracker).
Research environment:
The project offers a stimulating, young environment. We are currently collaborating with:
· Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycho Linguistiques, ENS, France – Dr F. Ramus
· Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, US - Prof. K. Pugh
· Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany – Dr S. Heim
· Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg, Austria – Dr F. Richlan
· Department of Educational Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Prof. N. van Atteveldt
· Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland – Prof. P. Bogorodzki
Starting date: October 2015
Application deadline: open until position is filled
To apply:
please send a CV, letter of motivation and three references to k.jednorog[at]nencki.gov.pl