“The brain’s dark energy: observation, perturbation, and disrupt studies of brain networks to understand cognition and stroke recovery”

The laboratory of prof. Maurizio Corbetta at the Padova Neuroscience Center at Padova University is looking for outstanding postdoctoral candidates that will join a team of graduate and post-graduate researchers. The aim of the project is to understand the relationship between fMRI connectivity measures and EEG electrophysiology, and the propagation of signals measured with TMS/EEG in healthy controls and stroke patients. It is expected that applicants will be conducting research using fMRI and TMS/EEG data.

Your profile:

- PhD degree in Neuroscience, Psychology, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline - and previous experience in EEG and/or MRI data analysis.

- Excellent programming expertise (e.g., MATLAB, Python, R, Bash).

- Strong statistical experience and knowledge of multivariate classification and regression algorithms.

- Autonomy in the formulation of study hypothesis, data analysis and scientific production will be strongly encouraged.

The post-holder will benefit from a very rich research environment in neuroscience with collaborating partners including the Department of Neuroscience of the University Hospital of Padova, as well as with clinical institutes. Our lab’s studies seek to investigate the relationship between spontaneous brain activity and behavior in both healthy controls and disease through state-of-art multimodal data: structural and functional neuroimaging, EEG, TMS/EEG, behavioral and neuropsychological measures.

The application may only be submitted by completing the online procedure available at https://pica.cineca.it/unipd/ from September 1^st, 2021 h. 13.00 to September 30th, 2021, h. 13.00 (CET). The grant shall last for 24 months and shall entitle the Grant Holder to a gross remuneration of 25.000 Euro per annum, and gross entity of Euro 30.705.

The evaluation process will be made on CV, academic and professional experience, publications, reference letters and interview by a comparative evaluation. Please contact Prof. Maurizio Corbetta (maurizio.corbetta@unipd.it) with questions and visit here for the full version of the announcement.

The Emotional Perception Lab (Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy) is looking for a highly motivated Post-doctoral Research Scientist (full-time).

Electronic application-- Deadline August 13th 2021.

Project Title: Novelty and emotion in distractor processing.

The postdoc project will examine distractor filtering and emotional processing. The candidate will work collaboratively with Dr. Maurizio Codispoti investigating the impact of novelty and emotion on distractor filtering using both behavioral and EEG (oscillations/ERP) techniques.

Applicants must hold a PhD.

The position is initially limited to 1 year and can be extended for a further 2 years.

The net amount per month will be 1429,79 € (1700 USD)

More information about the lab can be found here:

http://goo.gl/2ecpf

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/maurizio.codispoti/cv-en

For more information about this position, please contact Maurizio Codispoti

email:  maurizio.codispoti@unibo.it

The application must be presented exclusively via web, connecting to the “FrontOffice” within the website 

Assegni di ricerca — Università di Bologna (unibo.it)

Personale OnLine (unibo.it)

DEADLINE: July 23rd, 2021

The Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication (CTNSC) @ Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), is opening 3 PhD positions starting in November 1st, 2021.

Research areas:
- Improving performance and biocompatibility of electrode arrays for brain-computer interfaces
- Organic neuroelectronics for multimodal recordings and stimulation of the brain in vivo
- Hardware and software development for innovative exploration of brain signals
- Machine learning applications to multimodal brain and speech signals
- Investigation of sensorimotor functions in animal models
- Cortical recordings in human patients during awake Neurosurgery
- Human non-invasive neurophysiology of speech and sensorimotor communication

Who: 
chemists, physicists, materials scientists, computer scientists, biomedical/electrical engineers, biologists, biotechnologist, medical doctors and experimental psychologists eager to work in an international and multidisciplinary team.

Where:
The CTNSC (https://www.iit.it/it/ctnsc-unife) is hosted by the University of Ferrara (UNIFE) in a prestigious historical building in the city center. Ferrara is a well connected renaissance city (30-min to Bologna, 40-min to Padua, 60-min to Venice; 2 nearby international airports), bustling with students (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/733).

General INFO: http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/it/corsi/riforma/neuroscience

Application INFO: http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/concorsi/selection

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.

Are you a PhD with interest in EEG, MEG, Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Neuroengineering? Have you ever dreamed to live and work in beautiful Venice/Rome, Italy?

If so, hurry up and consider applying for a post-doc position at IRCCS S. Camillo (Clinical neuroimaging and brain stimulation lab) and Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome (NeXT Lab: www.unicampus.it/next), Italy. We have a new 3y joint project, which just started.

Main researchers’ research activities are conducted in Venice and Rome and in collaboration with other internationally renowned partners (i.e. University of Padua, Montreal Neurological Institute - McGill University, Ghent University and more). You will have access to: simultaneous EEG-MEG (300+ sensors), 3T MRI scanners, hd-EEG (several systems, up to 250 channels), TMS (3 machines for all types of stimulations), tDCS/tACS (several, including high-resolution stimulation and simultaneous tDCS/EEG), near-infrared spectroscopy, two neuronavigation systems (optic and magnetic), eye tracking, BCI, instrumentation for simultaneous TMS-EEG and simultaneous EEG-fMRI, virtual reality, EMG, IMU, anthropomorphic upper limb robots and much more.

Do not hesitate to drop a message to giovannipellegrino@gmail.com or annalisa.schuler@ospedalesancamillo.net and g.dipino@unicampus.it for further information.

 

More info:

https://hsancamillo.it/clinical-imaging-and-stimulation-laboratory/?lang=en

https://unicampus.it

https://nextlabrome.wordpress.com/

IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca's multidisciplinary PhD Programs offer a unique and characteristic patrimony of competences within the broad framework of the analysis and management of a plurality of systems. IMT attracts bright students, young researchers and professors through competitive and transparent procedures at an international level. The scholarships are fully-funded for up to four years (no tuition fees), with a possibility of graduating after the third year; the admitted 37 candidates will also receive a research grant (which will amount to 15,343.28 € gross/year) and free housing in the School's residential campus. All students will have free daily access to the canteen and library.

DEADLINE June 30th, 2021 - 12 p.m.
ONLINE APPLICATION FORM www.imtlucca.it

CALL FOR PHD APPLICATIONS 
https://www.imtlucca.it/en/phd/information-for-students

http://www.imtlucca.it/it/scuola-imt/opportunita-lavoro/didattica-ricerca/scouting-internazionale

Posizione aperta per Assistant Professor – Tenure track (Ricercatore a tempo determinato l. 240/2010, art 24, c.3 lett. B)

Scadenza per la presentazione della manifestazione di interesse: 16 luglio alle ore 12.00 (mezzogiorno ora italiana)

Computational Methods.
I candidati ideali sono ricercatori esperti con un forte background metodologico in uno o più delle seguenti aree di ricerca: computational machine learning, analisi numerica, controllo e ottimizzazione, analisi di reti. Il candidato prescelto dovrà svolgere attività di ricerca e di insegnamento in corsi post-laurea su temi legati agli argomenti sopra indicati, e interagire con le diverse aree della Scuola, in particolare sui problemi di ricerca interdisciplinari di frontiera della meccanica computazionale, dell'economia, dell'automazione industriale e in generale collegati a specifica, analisi e gestione di sistemi artificiali, umani e sociali.

Social, Affective and Economic Decision Making.
I candidati ideali sono ricercatori esperti , con un riconosciuto potenziale di ricerca e insegnamento in una o più delle seguenti aree: neuroscienze, psicologia cognitiva, analisi delle reti cerebrali applicate ai processi decisionali, preferenze, emozioni e loro rappresentazione, anche in relazione al management, all’economia e al marketing I candidati ideali sono e disponibili a interagire con le diverse aree della Scuola, in particolare su problemi di ricerca interdisciplinare di frontiera relativi ai  processi decisionali in economia e all'analisi e gestione di sistemi.

Statistics, Econometrics & Machine Learning.
I candidati ideali sono ricercatori esperti con un track record di ricerca riconosciuto a livello internazionale in statistica, econometria o apprendimento automatico, accompagnato da un solido background in economia. I candidati ideali posseggono un curriculum d’eccellenza relativamente all'uso di metodi statistici avanzati per l'analisi di sistemi economici. La posizione rientra tra le iniziative della Scuola per ampliare le sue attività di Data Analytics, sviluppare applicazioni in diversi domini applicativi e favorire l'interdisciplinarità.

I potenziali candidati hanno un eccellente record di pubblicazioni scientifiche e un chiaro potenziale per promuovere e guidare attività di ricerca, e possibilmente esperienza specifica nell'insegnamento a livello post-laurea e nella supervisione di studenti di dottorato.

I potenziali candidati sono invitati a compilare il modulo on-line allegando

• un curriculum vitae con la lista delle pubblicazioni
• una lettera di motivazione 
• tre nomi di esperti ai quali chiedere lettere di referenze.

One PhD position @PNC_UniPD to study a new theory on the representation function of spontaneous brain activity and the low dimensionality of brain activity and behavior. Applications at https://pnc.unipd.it/phd-neuroscience/ deadline may 12.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION TO PHD PROGRAMMES

(37th CYCLE) ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

DEADLINE: 21/05/2021

More Information:  https://www.unibo.it/en/teaching/phd/2021-2022/psychology

Deadline for applications – June 30th, 2021

Applications are now being accepted for the 2020/21 PhD Programs at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (www.imtlucca.it), one of the six Schools of Excellence in Italy and one of the highest rated graduate schools in Europe according to the most recent U-Multirank survey. Highly motivated candidates from all disciplines are invited to apply for one of the 37 fully-funded positions. The scholarships are equally divided between the two doctoral Programs that integrate scientific competences of economics, engineering, computer science, neuroscience and behavioral psychology, physics, applied mathematics, statistics, history and sciences of cultural heritage. Moreover, this year the IMT School offers an additional scholarship for the PhD Program in “Cognitive and Cultural Systems”, track in “Cognitive, Computational and Social Neurosciences”, funded within the ERC Starting Grant project “Tweaking dreams: non-invasive modulation of the level and content of mental activity during sleep” (“TweakDreams”).

For the track in “Cognitive, Computational and Social Neurosciences”, courses are led by world-renowned researchers (including SIPF members!) and provide students with all the theoretical skills and advanced tools required for rigorously tackling a multitude of analysis, design and management problems. Specialized faculty and staff create a network that provides key guidance and support throughout the PhD Program. Working closely with faculty, both in the classroom and in the development of research, students reach the highest levels of scholarly achievement.  IMT School PhD graduates will be able to use the skills they acquired during their studies to recognize and resolve complex problems, to choose the most appropriate method or instrument to utilize when approaching these problems, even in disciplines outside of their primary field of research.  During their doctoral studies, students are also encouraged to carry out their research with the School’s Research Units. 

All students are based in the recently restored San Francesco complex, a fully integrated Campus in the historical center of the beautiful Tuscan city of Lucca. The Campus includes renewed residential facilities, an on-site canteen, study and living rooms, a state-of-the-art library and outdoor recreational spaces, which foster a unique cultural, professional and social environment for our doctoral program. Eligible students, in addition to free room and board, will also receive a research scholarship which amounts to approximately €15,300/year. The scholarships are fully-funded for up to four years, with a possibility of graduating after the third year