Connectionists: PhD position on learning and brain plasticity in motor rehabilitation (Tuebingen, Germany)

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PhD position on learning and brain plasticity in motor rehabilitation

A PhD position is available in the Section Computational Sensomotorics  
(http://www.compsens.uni-tuebingen.de) at the Hertie Institute for  
Clinical Brain Research (http://www.hih-tuebingen.de/) and the  
Tübingen Cluster of Excellence (Centre for Integrative Neuroscience  
http://www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de/home.php).
This PhD training provides exciting opportunities for high-level  
research training, international travel and exchange between labs of  
international research leaders in top European Universities and  
market-leading companies in the area of learning and brain plasticity.
The specific project will include experiments on motor learning and  
rehabilitation in neurological patients. The experiments at the  
Section Computational Sensomotorics will use novel VR and motion  
capture technology. The analysis of the behavioural data involves  
advanced computational methods.
In addition, associated neural plasticity phenomena will be studied  
using state of the art imaging techniques in collaborations with the  
FMRIB Centre at the University of Oxford (http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/)

The European Community Seventh Framework Initial Training Network  
“Adaptive Brain Computations” (ABC, PITN- GA- 2011- 290011) is a  
multi-disciplinary research and training programme which aims to  
integrate the study of learning and brain plasticity to promote  
wellbeing and advance healthcare interventions. The network takes a  
multidisciplinary approach, synthesising methods from brain imaging,  
behavioural science, physiology, and computational modelling to  
understand brain plasticity.
For more information on ABC, please check:   
http://cnil.bham.ac.uk/ABC/index.html

Eligibility criteria:
1.	You should have a background in subjects related to the research  
including neuroscience, medicine, cognitive psychology, computer  
science, engineering or physics.
2.	You should be in the first 4 years of your research career and  
should not yet have been awarded a PhD.
3.	You must not have lived in Germany for >12 months during the past 3 years.
Ideal candidates should have the following qualifications:
•	Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, Neurobiology,  
Neuroscience, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or  
related fields
•	motivation to work with clinical populations
•	experience in either in motor control or in functional imaging  
techniques (fMRI)
•	programming skills (Matlab, C/C++, ...)
•	English speaking and writing skills.

Applications:
Please send CV, personal statement of research background and  
interests and the name of 3 referees.
Prof. Dr. Martin Giese
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research &
Centre for Integrative Neuroscience
Frondsbergstr. 23
72070 Tuebingen, Germany
email: martin.giese at uni-tuebingen.de