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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">[Apologies for cross-postings]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">--- PhD/MSc Student Position in Systems Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Canada ---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">One PhD/MSc student position is available immediately in the labs of Prof. Masami Tatsuno and Prof. Majid Mohajerani at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN), University of Lethbridge, Canada
(<a href="http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/neuroscience/about">http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/neuroscience/about</a>). We investigate memory processes of the awake/sleeping brain experimentally and computationally with the goal of understanding how spontaneous neural
activity during sleep facilitates performance improvement. We use the state-of-the-art multi-electrode recordings from freely behaving rodents and imaging techniques such as two-photon Calcium imaging and wide-field voltage imaging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The successful candidate will investigate how external manipulation of sleep contributes to consolidation of memory. Several different methods including transcranial direct current stimulation, targeted memory
reactivation and optogenetics will be employed. The successful candidate will also have an opportunity to participate in developing a novel analysis method for neural signals and modeling memory function. A high degree of interaction with the labs in the Brain
Dynamics group ( <a href="http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com">http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com</a> ) as well as in CCBN (
<a href="http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/neuroscience">http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/neuroscience</a> ) will be also expected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Motivated candidates should email a short letter of research interest including their skills and experience, CV and the names of three references to Masami Tatsuno (<a href="mailto:tatsuno@uleth.ca">tatsuno@uleth.ca</a>).
Please do not have reference letters sent unless requested. Applicants should put "SysNeuro PhD/MSc recruitment" in the subject of their email.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Various funding will be available depending on the candidate’s qualification. Lethbridge is located two hours from Calgary, 90 minutes from the Canadian Rockies and is a safe, family friendly environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Masami Tatsuno, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Associate Professor of Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">The University of Lethbridge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:tatsuno@uleth.ca"><span lang="FR-CA">tatsuno@uleth.ca</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/masami_tatsuno"><span lang="FR-CA">http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/masami_tatsuno</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt">Majid Mohajerani, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Assistant Professor of Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">The University of Lethbridge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:mohajerani@uleth.ca"><span lang="EN-US">mohajerani@uleth.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/majid-mohajerani/"><span lang="EN-US">http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/majid-mohajerani/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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