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<p class="MsoNormal">(please forward)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A postdoctoral research associate position</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
is available at the UCL Ear Institute’s ‘<i>Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab’</i>. The project, titled "How the brain detects patterns in sound sequences", will be supervised by Dr Maria Chait and conducted in collaboration with Dr. Marcus Pearce (Queen
Mary University, London) and colleagues at the UCL Wellcome Trust centre for neuroimaging.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The post is funded for 34 months in the first instance and involves a combination of behavioural,
computational, eye tracking, and functional brain imaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI) experiments in humans. For more information about the post please see the lab website:
<b>http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/research/chaitlab/vacancies</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Ear Institute is a leading interdisciplinary centre for hearing research in Europe,
situated within one of the strongest neuroscience communities in the world at University College London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Key Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The successful applicant will have a PhD in neuroscience or a neuroscience-related discipline
and proven ability to conduct high-quality original research and prepare results for publication. Essential skills include excellent time-management and organizational ability; proficiency in computer programming and good interpersonal, oral and written communication
skills. Previous experience with functional brain imaging, neural data analysis, psychophysical assessment, and/or auditory science or acoustics would be desirable.
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<p class="p"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Further Details</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You should apply for this post (Ref #: 1618836) through UCL's online recruitment website,
<a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs">www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs</a>, where you can download a job description and person specifications<b>.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Closing Date for applications is:</span></strong></b><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
</span></strong><b>1 Feb 2017<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="p"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">For an informal discussion please contact Dr. Maria Chait (m.chait@ucl.ac.uk).</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maria Chait PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:m.chait@ucl.ac.uk">m.chait@ucl.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reader in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lab site: <a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/research/chaitlab/">http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/research/chaitlab/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">UCL Ear Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">332 Gray's Inn Road<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">London WC1X 8EE<o:p></o:p></p>
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