Connectionists: PhD position in Theoretical and Mathematical Neuroscience

[Juergen Jost]

PhD position in Theoretical and Mathematical Neuroscience, in 
cooperation with experimental neurobiologists, at Max Planck Institute for 
Mathematics in the Sciences
Dear scientists,
we are offering the following PhD opportunity:


Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Doctoral Student Position (TV-L 13/2)
A position for a doctoral student at the Max-Planck-Institute for
Mathematics in the Sciences is available in the Research Group of
Prof. Jürgen Jost, Cognitive structures and neuronal networks:
“Modelling of auditory brainstem networks”
This is a joint project with Prof. Rudolf Rübsamen, Institute of
Biology-II, Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology,
University of Leipzig as part of the DFG-funded Graduate College
"InterNeuro" (GRK 1097) (www.uni-leipzig.de/~ineuro/). Funding of the
PhD project is for 3 years.
We are looking for a mathematician, a physicist or a computer
scientist with a strong interest in neurobiological systems. The
project will be concerned with the modelling of circuits in the
auditory brainstem . The experimental data will be provided from pre-
and postsynaptic recordings of extracellular electrical fields in
specific neurons of the auditory system. We expect to combine an
ability for conceptual thinking with advanced methods of data
analysis. A specific feature and the anticipated strength of the
project will be the close interaction between modelling and
experimental verification of model-based predictions. The student will
be embedded in an active multidisciplinary research group studying
many diverse complex systems at the Max Planck Institute.
The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences is an equal
opportunity employer encouraging female scientists and scientists with
disabilities to apply.

Please send application material only in copy without folder or by
e-mail. They will be discarded after a retention period.

Contact address:
Prof. Jürgen Jost
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Inselstrasse 22, 04103 Leipzig
Phone: +49 (0)341-9959-550
Email: jost at mis.mpg.de
Web: http://www.mis.mpg.de




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Juergen Jost
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften
Inselstrasse 22 - 26
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany

Tel.: +49-341-9959-550
       +49-341-9959-552 (secretary)
Fax:  +49-341-9959-555
email: jost at mis.mpg.de

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