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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We are
seeking candidates for a PhD position at the Italian Institute of Technology’s
Neural Coding Laboratory ( </span><a href="https://www.iit.it/lines/neural-computation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">https://www.iit.it/lines/neural-computation</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> ) directed by Stefano
Panzeri and located in Rovereto (Trento), Italy. IIT collaborates with
Università degli studi di Trento and finances these positions at the PhD course
in Cognitive and Brain Sciences.</span></p>

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Interested candidates are invited to
informally approach <u>as soon as possible</u> Prof. Stefano Panzeri (</span><a href="mailto:stefano.panzeri@iit.it"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">stefano.panzeri@iit.it</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">) by emailing their CV and briefly explaining
their interest in this position. In order to formally apply to the PhD
Position, candidates will then need to refer to the call published by
Università degli Studi di Trento and available at the following link</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">:<span class=""> </span><a href="http://web.unitn.it/en/drcimec/10140/admission-doctoral-school-cognitive-and-brain-sciences">http://web.unitn.it/en/drcimec/10140/admission-doctoral-school-cognitive-and-brain-sciences</a><b></b></span></p>

<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Deadline
for formal application is 10 may 2016</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Topic
description: Understanding how populations of neurons encode and transmit
information is a prerequisite for understanding brain functions such as
perception. Progresses in neural recordings technology enable scientists to
monitor the activity of larger and larger number of neurons, but it is still
unclear how to analyze these data to understand how groups of neurons work
together. The successful candidate will develop and use tools for the analysis
of large-scale simultaneous recordings of the spiking activity of cells in the
cortex to understand how populations of neurons carry information.</span></p>

<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The
successful candidate will have the opportunity to both develop new advanced
methods and to analyze experimental data in collaboration with many
experimental neuroscience laboratories. The applicant should have a strong
background in numerate sciences, and have a strong propensity for
interdisciplinary research. No extensive previous experience in neuroscience is
needed. However, a keen interest in understanding the brain is essential.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(80,81,80)"> </span></p>

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