<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Profs Stefano
Panzeri and Cristina Becchio and are seeking candidates for a fully funded postdoctoral
position to research at the interface between Computational and Cognitive
Neuroscience at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg,
Germany.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The
successful candidate will conduct computational research in collaboration between
the computational laboratory of Stefano Panzeri (Department of Excellence for
Neural Information Processing) (<a href="https://www.uke.de/english/departments-institutes/institutes/department-of-excellence-for-neural-information-processing/index.html">https://www.uke.de/english/departments-institutes/institutes/department-of-excellence-for-neural-information-processing/index.html</a>)
and the experimental laboratory of Cristina Becchio (<a href="https://www.uke.de/english/physicians-and-scientists/wissenschaftlerprofilseite_cristina_becchio.html">https://www.uke.de/english/physicians-and-scientists/wissenschaftlerprofilseite_cristina_becchio.html</a>).
</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The aim of the project is to investigate the link between
movement, decisions, and cognitive processes. One focus will be developing and
applying advanced computational methods to study social transmission of
information through movement kinematics. Another focus will be mathematical
analysis on how information about covert cognitive states and ongoing individual
and collective decision processes is encoded and readout in human movement. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Our laboratories offer a wide range of interdisciplinary
expertise in computational and cognitive neuroscience, covering advanced
analysis techniques and neural network modeling.  The laboratories also
offer a thriving, ambitious and well-funded research environment (including
several grants from the European Union, the NIH Brain Initiative, the Simons
Foundation). This gives successful candidates ample opportunities for advanced
training and personal scientific growth.   
</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We seek candidates holding a PhD in a numerate or cognitive neuroscientific
discipline, with a solid computational background and a keen interest in
neuroscience and cognition. The ideal candidate should be a highly motivated
and creative individual who enjoys working in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary
research environment and is willing to interact with both experimental and
theoretical scientists. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The job is available starting immediately and
applications will be considered as soon as they are received and until the
position is filled. The position is initially for 2 years, with the possibility
of additional years of funding. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to
email </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:stefano.panzeri@gmail.com">stefano.panzeri@gmail.com</a><span style="color:black"> and </span><a href="mailto:c.becchio@uke.de">c.becchio@uke.de</a><span style="color:black"> as soon as possible, to inform us
of the interest for the position and initiate a discussion about research
projects. We suggest interested candidates to attach a CV when inquiring by
email. </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For recent
publications from our labs relevant to this project, see:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Montobbio
N., Cavallo A., Albergo D., Ansuini C., Battaglia F., Podda J., Nobili L.,
Panzeri S., Becchio C. (2022) Intersecting kinematic encoding and readout of
intention in autism. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America</i>, 119: e2114648119.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Patri
J-F., Cavallo A., Pullar K., Soriano M., Valente M., Koul A., Avenanti A.,
Panzeri S., Becchio C. (2020). Transient disruption of the inferior parietal
lobule impairs the ability to attribute intention to action. <i>Current Biology</i>,
30: 4594–4605.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Panzeri S., et al (2017) Cracking the neural code for sensory
perception by combining statistics, intervention and behaviour. <i>Neuron</i>
93: 491-507</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Stefano Panzeri and Cristina Becchio</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p></div>