Connectionists: Postdoctoral Researcher and PhD-Student in Theoretical Neuroscience

[Tobias Niemann]

The Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Göttingen, 
Germany) and Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) 
Göttingen invites applications for

Postdoctoral Researcher and PhD-Student

positions in

Theoretical Neuroscience

Recent progress in neuroscience enables experimental neuroscientists to 
simultaneously record the activity of up to hundreds of neurons in the 
brains of animals engaged in a cognitive task. The development of 
adequate models and mathematical tools for the analysis of such large 
scale neuronal activity patterns is thus an important challenge in 
theoretical neuroscience. The successful candidate will use approaches 
from statistical physics and dynamical systems theory to develop 
mathematical methods and models for the analysis of the coordinated 
dynamics of large ensembles of neurons and apply these methods to 
analyse in vivo and in vitro multi neuronal recordings.

We are looking for applicants with a degree in physics or applied 
mathematics, preferably with prior experience in statistical physics or 
nonlinear dynamics and probabilistic data analysis, and for 
interdisciplinary research at the border of theoretical physics and 
neuroscience. Prior biological or neuroscience training is welcome but 
not required.

The candidate's research will be supported by the recently established 
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) in Göttingen. 
Göttingen is a center of neuroscience in Europe hosting numerous 
internationally recognized neuroscience research institutions, including 
three Max Planck Institutes, the European Neuroscience Institute, the 
German Primate Research Center, and Göttingen University's Centers for 
Systems Neuroscience (ZNV) and for the Molecular Physiology of the Brain 
(CMPB). The BCCN integrates theoretical and experimental research groups 
from these institutions to foster interdisciplinary research in 
computational neuroscience specifically supporting close collaboration 
between theorists and experimental researchers.

Please submit your application preferably in one single PDF-document, 
including cover letter, CV, statement of interests, list of 
publications, names of possible referees, relevant certificates until 
September 15, 2007, to: jobs at bccn-goettingen.de (Subject: ThN PostDoc/PhD)

While e-mail is preferred, applications may also be submitted in 
hardcopy to the following address:
Prof. Dr. Theo Geisel
Subject: ThN PostDoc/PhD
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Göttingen
Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Bunsenstrasse 10
D - 37073 Göttingen, Germany
http://www.ds.mpg.de

The MPIDS is an equal opportunity employer.