PhD Advertisement Chieti-Pescara

Monday, July 05, 2021 14:45 | Segreteria SienaCongress (Administrator)

Applications are invited for 1 fully funded PhD position to work on the European Research Council Synergy funded project “Connecting to the Networks of the Human Brain – ConnectToBrain” (https://www.connecttobrain.eu/). The project is multi-national (Italy, Germany, Finland) and aims to develop and prepare for wide clinical use a multi-locus closed-loop transcranial magnetic stimulation technique.

ConnectToBrain consists of three main areas of development:

1. Multi-locus TMS (mTMS) coil array covering most of the cortical mantle and allowing real-time high-precision control over the locus, direction, intensity, and timing of the stimulation pulses

2. Real-time analysis of brain activity and connectivity by using high-density EEG and prior information from MRI, fMRI and MEG for brain-state-dependent stimulation

3. Demonstration of feasibility, safety, and effects of the developed techniques and methods, and their therapeutic utility in dysfunctional brain networks in Alzheimer’s disease and motor stroke

This PhD position is based at the Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences (DNISC - https://www.dnisc.unich.it) and at the Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB - https://www.itab.unich.it) of the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Given the multinational character of the ConnectToBrain project, students are expected to travel between the three partner sites.

DNISC is in an exciting phase of growth thanks to a recent national award for research excellence in Neurosciences. ITAB is a multi-modal neuroimaging research centre equipped with 3T MRI, MEG, EEG, infra-red imaging, brain stimulation techniques, and computing facilities and it is currently host institution of the ERC-SyG ConnectToBrain project.

The selected student will apply machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to identify brain activity/connectivity states from EEG data with and without neurostimulation in real time. Additionally, the selected student will contribute to the development of algorithms for real-time analysis of brain connectivity and to the design and implementation of TMS experiments to trigger stimulation at specified connectivity states.

Candidates at the application deadline must have a degree that in their country gives access to PhD level studies.

Salary will be abou 1400E per month, 12 months a year for 3years.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to find out more about the position and process before applying, please contact Prof. Vittorio Pizzella (vittorio.pizzella@unich.it) and Prof. Laura Marzetti (laura.marzetti@unich.it) for informal discussion at least one week ahead of deadline.

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