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<p><font size="4">Dear Colleagues, <br>
<br>
We are looking for teaching assistants for the Simons
Computational Neuroscience Imbizo, a computational neuroscience
summer school held in Cape Town, South Africa (<a
href="https://imbizo.africa/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://imbizo.africa/</a>).<br>
<br>
We are looking for post-doctoral or advanced PhD researchers to
join our team as Teaching Assistants (TAs) for the Imbizo in
January 2025. Please apply via the link: <a
href="https://imbizo.africa/ta-application/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://imbizo.africa/ta-application/</a>.
<br>
<br>
Before you apply, you should have the following
documents/information ready:<br>
1) A brief CV (2-4 pages is fine) <br>
2) A short motivational statement about your scientific
interests and background, why you would be a good fit, and your
favourite topics for teaching tutorials and supervising student
projects.<br>
3) Contact details of one referee.<br>
<br>
<b>The application deadline is April 25, 2024 (20:00 UTC), and
the reference letter submission deadline is April 29, 2024
(20:00 UTC).</b> Please notify your referee beforehand to meet
the deadline. </font></p>
<p><font size="4"><b>About the Imbizo:</b><br>
The school hosts 28-30 students for an amazing 22 days of
lectures, tutorials, projects and forging new friendships. All
this takes place on Noordhoek beach, between the mountain and
the ocean. It's a spectacular location. <br>
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<ul>
<li><font size="4"><i>Arrival day: Sunday 12 January 2025</i></font></li>
<li><font size="4"><i>Imbizo dates: Monday 13 January to Saturday
1 February 2025</i></font></li>
<li><font size="4"><i>Departure day: Sunday 2 February 2025 </i></font></li>
</ul>
<p><font size="4">The Imbizo is a special experience, with students
being totally immersed in academic, social, touristic and
cultural activities, and has resulted in student and TA groups
from previous schools becoming very close, personally and
scientifically. This is fantastic, as a major goal of the Imbizo
project is to help young African researchers grow their academic
peer and friend group.<br>
<br>
<b>About being a TA:</b><br>
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<ul>
<li><font size="4">Each TA runs one afternoon tutorial in the
first week of the school, which they design themselves.</font></li>
<li><font size="4">Each TA will teach a different topic, which the
TA's choose among themselves, to provide students with a broad
exposure to problems and methods in computational
neuroscience.</font></li>
<li><font size="4">Each TA is also assigned 5 students to
supervise for project work during the last 2 weeks of the
school.</font></li>
<li><font size="4">TAs will be asked to help process student
applications.</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font size="4"> <br>
<b>TAs are integral in helping run the school.</b> In addition
to academic support, they foster good social interactions and
academic discussions among students, and they help 'shy'
students meet faculty. They also act as 'social glue’, helping
to notice and support students who may be feeling ill, not
fitting in socially, or generally having difficulties.<br>
<br>
To fulfill these roles, TAs need to be at all school meals and
activities. <br>
<br>
We will also need a little help processing student applications.<br>
<br>
<b>What we provide:</b><br>
We cover as direct as possible, economy class tickets to Cape
Town, as well as all board and lodging during the school.<br>
<br>
<b>We will start assessing applications on May 1, 2024.</b><br>
A call for student applications will follow soon. We hope to
hear from you soon! Let us know if you have any questions.<br>
<br>
Thanks and regards</font></p>
<p><font size="4">Demba Ba, Arif Hamid, Peter E Latham, Spiros
Chavlis, and Emma Vaughan<br>
Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo Committee 2025<br>
Twitter: @CompNeuroImbizo<br>
email: isicn.imbizo[AT]gmail.com<br>
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<p style="font-size:11px;"><b>Spyridon Chavlis, PhD</b>
Postdoctoral Researcher and Systems Administrator
Poirazi Lab
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB)
Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)
Nikolaou Plastira, 100
GR 70013
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Tel: (+30) 2810 39 1264
Εmail: <a href="mailto:schavlis@imbb.forth.gr"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">schavlis@imbb.forth.gr</a>
Webpage: <a href="http://www.dendrites.gr">dendrites.gr</a></p></pre>
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