Connectionists: Call for applications: The International Max Planck Research School for Neural Circuits in Frankfurt, Germany

[Jochen Triesch]

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Neural Circuits
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany) offers up to ten positions every year for
talented students holding a relevant Master´s or Bachelor´s degree to
perform research resulting in a PhD. The program is taught in English.

The common focus of the IMPRS for Neural Circuits will be the
understanding of neural circuits (from the simple to the large and
complex), at all scales required to achieve this understanding. This
ambitious objective will require analyses at the molecular, cellular,
multi-cellular, network and behavioral levels, with the full understanding
that macroscopic phenomena (spatial patterns, dynamics) can be
scale-dependent, and that reductionism is not always sufficient as a
method.

Research areas are perception, connectomics, theoretical neuroscience,
synaptic plasticity, brain dynamics, neural circuits, behavior and systems
neuroscience. 

In the IMPRS for Neural Circuits we offer a multidisciplinary program to
excellent doctoral students with backgrounds in neuroscience, mathematics,
physics, computer science, (bio) chemistry, biology and medicine as well
as research experience in the participating institutions of the Frankfurt
Neuroscience community. Students will participate in a tailor-made
educational program including research rotations and neuroscience courses
but also in trainings in transferable skills as well as summer schools,
lecture series and exchange programs with excellent research institutes
abroad.

The call for applications of the seventh round is now open. The deadline
is December 15, 2016 for positions starting in the Fall of 2017. For
exciting PhD studies in the heart of Europe, please apply via
www.imprs.brain.mpg.de.

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Prof. Dr. Jochen Triesch
Johanna Quandt Research Professor
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
http://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/neuro/triesch/
Tel: +49 (0)69 798-47531
Fax: +49 (0)69 798-47611