Connectionists: Are you driven by the desire to enhance the understanding of the human brain and develop new therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders? - Call for PhDstudents & Postdoc researchers

[Christine Köhler]

Division for Functional and Resaurative Neurosurgery
Head Prof. Dr. A. Gharabaghi
Tübingen Neuro Campus
University of Tuebingen, Germany

Position: Postdoc/PhD student
Duration: 3 Years
Starting: As soon as possible
Deadline for submission: 30.06.2019


Are you driven by the desire to enhance the understanding of the human brain and develop new therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders?

Our group at the Div. Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tuebingen, Germany, unites neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists and physicians following a common goal: To improve the lives of patients with neurological disorders using state-dependent and adaptive stimulation of the nervous system. 
 
Postdocs and PhD students (f/m/d)
 
As a translational group, we work closely together with biomedical companies to gain access to new tools, combine basic studies on healthy subjects with clinical studies on patient populations, and apply the knowledge gained from these studies to develop and refine these new tools.
 
Representative work from the last months: Naros et al. Mov Disord. 2018, Khademi et al. Cereb Cortex. 2018, Kraus et al. J Neurosienci. 2018 and Guggenberger et al. Brain Stimul 2018
 
What you can expect
  Design	 and evaluate novel brain stimulation paradigms. Investigate the effects of	 these paradigms using electrophysiological data. Expand the understanding	 of the human brain. 
Opportunity	 to work with in vivo data. Examine electrophysiological signals from	 patients and healthy controls. We support your work with a broad range of	 pre-built analysis tools and assist you in designing your own approaches.
Access	 to state-of-the-art technologies to generate reliable results.
Join a	 team that is united by vision: to enhance the understanding of the human	 brain in order to invent and implement more effective therapies.
3-year-contract,	 third-party funded in accordance with German public service collective	 agreement pay scale and your previous experience.
 
Qualifications
  Master’s	 degree or PhD in the field of Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Biology,	 Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or related fields.
Solid	 understanding of statistical data analysis, digital signal processing	 and/or programming principles.
Programming	 skills in Python or MATLAB and/or experience in applying statistical tools,	 e.g. machine learning for data analysis.
Experience	 with relevant techniques, i.e. tDCS, TMS, NMES, M/EEG, and/or EMG. 
Team-player
 
 
Application
  Please find	 details for application at www.stimulating-plasticity.org
Motivation	 letter including CV, publication record, names and e-mail addresses of	 thee professional references, Transcript of Records, TOEFL scores or other	 evidence of English and/or German proficiency.

We offer remuneration in accordance with TV-L (collective wage agreement for the Public Service of the German Federal States) in addition to all the customary benefits granted to employees working in public services.
Severely handicapped persons with equal qualifications are given preferential consideration. The University of Tuebingen is keen to increase its quota of female scientific staff and therefore requests women to apply for this position.


The administration of the University Hospital is responsible for all employment matters. Personnel appointments will made according to fundamental stipulations of legal statutes for universities in Germany. Interview expenses are not covered.

Application deadline is 1st July 2019
 
Please send your significant application electronically (PDF-files only) to:
 
VWKopf_Sekr at med.uni-tuebingen.de

University Hospital Tuebingen
Div. Functionals and Restorative Neurosurgery 
Ms. Anita Kopf
Otfried-Mueller-Str. 45
72076 Tuebingen
Germany
Phone	    +49-7071-29-85849
Fax +49-7071-29-25104





Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Christine Köhler
Assistentin / Sekretariat

Sektion Funktionelle und Restaurative Neurochirurgie
Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Otfried-Müller-Str. 45
72076 Tübingen
Tel. 07071 2985197
Mail: christine.koehler at med.uni-tuebingen.de

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