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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">I am seeking candidates for fully
funded PhD positions at the Italian Institute of Technology’s in the lab
directed by Stefano Panzeri ( </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.iit.it/people/stefano-panzeri" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.iit.it/people/stefano-panzeri</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> ) and located in Rovereto (Trento), Italy. IIT
collaborates with University of Trento and funds these positions at the PhD
course in Cognitive and Brain Sciences.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The PhD project can focus on any of the
research topics about neural information processing that are of interest to both
the candidate and my lab, including: developing mathematical analysis methods
and neural network models for studying neural population coding during
cognitive tasks, for studying the neural bases of sensory perception and
decision making, for linking functional to anatomical connectivity with
cellular resolution at the neural population level, and for determining the
best theoretical framework to combine recording of neural activity (calcium
imaging, electrophysiology, EEG) and intervention on it (optogenetics, TMS).<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">My computational neuroscience lab has
developed long-term collaboration with many experimental laboratories including
Christopher Harvey and Wei Lee (Harvard Medical School), Nikos Logothetis
(Tuebingen), Tommaso Fellin (IIT), Mathew Diamond and Davide Zoccolan (SISSA),
Alex Thiele (Newcastle) and others. The PhD project will likely involve
collaborations with one or more experimental lab. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For recent representative publications
please see:<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">van Vugt B, et al, (2018) Science: in
press. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar7186<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Zaldivar, D., et al, (2018) Current
Biology 28: 224-235<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Runyan C. A., et al (2017) Nature: 548:
92-96 <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Panzeri, S, et al (2017) Neuron 93:
491-507<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Safaai, H. et al (2015) Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 112(41): 12834–12839<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Fasoli, D. et al (2016) PLoS
Computational Biology, 12(8): e1004992.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Panzeri, S., et al <span> </span>(2015) Trends in Cognitive Sciences 19:
162-172<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Einevoll, G., et al (2013) Nature
Reviews Neuroscience, 14, 770-785<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The ideal candidate 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></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The deadline for the
formal application will be set to May 31^st 2018, but interested
candidates are invited me to contact me informally by email (</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:stefano.panzeri@iit.it" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">stefano.panzeri@iit.it</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">) <u>as soon as possible,</u> and no later than May 1st
2018, by attaching their CV and briefly explaining their interest in this
position, to initiate discussion about potential PhD projects of interest. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">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 (see </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="color:blue;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="http://www.unitn.it/drcimec/topic-specific-grants" target="_blank" style="color:blue">http://www.unitn.it/drcimec/topic-specific-grants</a></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">). The PhD positions available for projects under my
supervision are those entitled “Neural Coding” and “Computational cognitive
neuroscience” </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Stefano Panzeri<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="mailto:stefano.panzeri@iit.it">stefano.panzeri@iit.it</a></span></p>

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