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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">PhD Position in
Experimental and Computational Neuroscience </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Federated Department of
Biological Sciences</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Rutgers University / New
Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) </span></p>
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Applications are to work in joint projects of the research groups led by Profs.
Horacio G. Rotstein and Jorge Golowasch to work on project that address the
problem of the relationship between intrinsic/network neuronal variability and
stability of neuronal activity: How can neuronal activity be stable if the
ionic currents that generate this activity are highly variable? (See
publication examples below).</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Golowasch, J. <i>Mechanisms
underlying nervous system plasticity and stability</i>. BioScience, <u>64</u>(7):
570-580, 2014; </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Rotstein, H.G.,
Olarinre, M. and Golowasch, J. (2016) Dynamic compensation mechanism gives rise
to period and duty-cycle level sets in oscillatory neuronal models. <i>J.
Neurophysiol</i>., <u>116</u>: 2431-2452)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The
successful applicant will be eligible for NSF-funded support. Student
applicants should have a strong background in neuroscience, biology or applied
mathematics/physics and a genuine interest in conducting interdisciplinary
research. Training will be provided in the other areas. In addition, students
must be able to show English proficiency both written and verbal as required by
US universities. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The ideal candidate would
be highly motivated, technically skilled, a team player and show signs of
independent and critical thinking. The PhD program will contribute to the
further development of these skills. PhD students have also the opportunity to
teach and write grant proposals. Overall, the PhD program is designed to
prepare the participating students for a large variety of jobs both academic
and in industry.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Research in Neuroscience
at the Rutgers/NJIT campus is thriving, with a well-funded faculty interacting
and collaborating on many projects across disciplines. Students have the
possibility of attending a wide variety of seminars and colloquia across campus
(biology, neuroscience, mathematical biology).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The campus is less than
30 min from Manhattan and the many academic and cultural activities the city
has to offer. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Interested candidates
please contact Dr. Jorge Golowasch (</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:golowasch@njit.edu">golowasch@njit.edu</a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">) or Dr. Horacio G. Rotstein (</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:horacio@njit.edu">horacio@njit.edu</a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">) for informal enquiries. Please
e-mail (i) CV, (ii) brief statement of scientific research, and (iii) three
reference letters. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Formal applications will
be accepted until <span class="gmail-aqj">December 15th, 2017</span> for enrollment in
the next academic year through NJIT's Admissions Office. Full list of requirements
can be found in <a href="http://biology.njit.edu/academics/graduate/phd-program.php">http://biology.njit.edu/academics/graduate/phd-program.php</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div> <span style="color:rgb(102,51,255)"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"> Horacio, NY/NJ area.</span></span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)">"Az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeide" (Yiddish expression)</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)">Horacio G. Rotstein <br>Professor</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)">Mathematical Biology & Computational Neuroscience</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)">Federated Department of Biological Sciences<br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)">Rutgers University / New Jersey Institute of Technology</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)">Newark, NJ, 07102, USA. <br><br>Graduate Faculty<br>Behavioral Neurosciences Program<br>Rutgers University (NWK) and </span><br><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)">tel: (1-973) 596-8460</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)">e-mail: </span><a style="color:rgb(51,51,153)" href="mailto:horacio@njit.edu" target="_blank">horacio@njit.edu</a> <br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"> </span><a style="color:rgb(51,51,153)" href="mailto:horacio@njit.edu" target="_blank">horacior@andromeda.rutgers.edu</a><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><a style="color:rgb(51,51,153)" href="http://web.njit.edu/%7Ehoracio" target="_blank">http://web.njit.edu/~horacio</a></div></div><div><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"><input type="hidden"><input type="hidden"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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