Connectionists: PhD student position available at Newcastle University

[Roman Bauer]

Dear all,

I invite applications for a fully-funded three-year PhD student position at the Institute of Neuroscience
at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK). The successful candidate will work under the
supervision of Dr Roman Bauer and Dr Evelyne Sernagor, and do computational modeling as well as
wet-lab work on neuronal development in the retina. There is also the possibility for the student to be
involved in a collaborative project with CERN openlab and Intel as a project partner.


Applicants should be highly motivated and should have a strong background in physics, computer

science, neuroscience or a related disciplince. Good computational skills and experience in a major
programing language such as C++ or Java are required.


The Institute of Neuroscience (IoN) is a well-established research institute integrating over 75

principal investigators, and was ranked in UK top 10 for overall quality of research. The university's

Faculty of Medical Sciences, of which IoN is part of, is ranked in the top 50 worldwide for biomedical

and health sciences in the Leiden Ranking.


More details on this job posting can be found here:


http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/sources/allstudents/12mrea.html


Best regards,


Roman Bauer
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