I am interested in this program. How to apply?<br><br>At 2017-11-22 17:41:51, "TORRALBA CUELLO, MIREIA" <mireia.torralba@upf.edu> wrote:<br> <blockquote id="isReplyContent" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><div dir="ltr">Please find attached information about a PhD position in Cognitive Neuroscience at Multisensory Research Group (UPF, Barcelona)<br><br>Deadline: Feb 1st, 2018 <br>Start date: May/June 2018<br>Gross salary: Approx 27.800€/year <br>Research money (travel etc...): 3.500€/year<br><div><br></div>Requirements*:
Master's degree in the EU or equivalent (to be decided by the host
university at application), and have not worked/resided in Spain for
more than 12 months (within the last 3y). <br><br><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Phd position in Cognitive
Neuroscience: Neural predictors of Memory Perception and attention
(Prof.Salvador Soto-Faraco)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">POSITION DESCRIPTION</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">-Research Project / Research
Group Description:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">How “...the brain enables the mind...” is one of the core questions in
neuroscience. Understanding this relationship will lead to improvements in the
mitigation of brain disease. One of the major sources of evidence on how
neurophysiological activity relates to mental phenomena comes from the
realization that fluctuations in neural activity could be at the heart of
cognitive processes. In fact, it is well known that ongoing brain activity
itself is highly organized, so that neural communication (local, and long
range) seems to capitalize on the fine temporal structure of neural activity.
Consequently responses to sensory events depend strongly on the momentary state
of the system. The overarching goal of the research project hosting the
potential PhD candidate is to capitalize on the relationship between brain
oscillations, brain states and cognitive processes to anticipate and be able to
modulate the outcome of these processes via real-time neurodevices based on
Brain Computer Interfaces.<br>
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The research lines hosting the PhD candidate address the link between the
pattern of oscillatory brain activity and three sets of concrete cognitive
processes. (1) Memory encoding in healthy humans and/or patients with Mild Cognitive
Impairment. (2) Attention and perception in real-life scenarios. And, (3)
perceptual conflict and awareness. The overarching goal is to be able to find
predictors (biomarkers) for these processes and be able to anticipate optimal
brain states (windows of opportunity) for the success of these behaviours. To
this end, we use psychophysics, human electroencephalography (EEG), and
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Psychophysics is essential to measure
the behavioural expression of cognitive processes. EEG is sensitive to
post-synaptic potentials of large neuron populations, and is an indirect index
of neural activity. In order to infer brain states, we capitalize on a variety
of measures from the EEG: spectral power, instantaneous phase, and temporal/spatial
coherence of oscillatory activity. Neurostimulation (TMS) is used to probe
causality.<br>
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The MRG is part of the CBC master, has 3 postdoc researchers (specialized in
signal processing, bioengineering, and neuropsychology) 3 Phds, and support
staff. Our research is supported by EU and local funding.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">-Job position description:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Role:<br>
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The successful candidate will lead a research line which falls amongst the
overall projects of the MRG laboratory (described above). It is expected that
the candidate will have a prior motivation for cognitive neuroscience and will
contribute in an active way to define the particular project from its
inception, formulation of hypotheses, experimental designs, measurement and
analysis, and interpretation of the data. In order to accomplish these tasks,
the PhD candidate will of course count with the support of the MRG staff and
knowledge base, and the guidance of Prof Soto-Faraco as well as senior members
of the laboratory.<br>
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Dissemination of the research output, and networking with other local, or
external experts as well as advanced post-docs and phd students will be
encouraged and fostered.<br>
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Responsibilities:<br>
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The candidate will be mainly responsible for the implementation of the assigned
research tasks conducive toward the PhD project, the careful and systematic
carrying out of the experimental work.<br>
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Other responsibilities will be assigned commensurate with the PhD’s capacity
and level of seniority. Amongst them, like other members of the team, the PhD
student will contribute to the group activities (e.g., helping organize talks,
group meetings, presenting the findings in conferences) , and to the training
and support of other junior members of the laboratory (eventual supervision of
master or degree students).<br>
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Finally, the Phd candidate will also be responsible to provide timely responses
to requests from the funding body, including progress reports, as well as to
attend the meetings s/he might be called to, from the funding agency.<br>
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Skills:<br>
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Background in Biology, Bioengineering, Experimental Psychology or other fields
related to Cognitive Neuroscience.<br>
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Prior experience or background in Brain Computer Interfaces.<br>
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Concrete experience with experimental work in the field of the cognitive
neurosciences, preferably with psychophysics and/or electrophysiology (EEG,
MEG).<br>
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Knowledge of signal processing.<br>
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Others:<br>
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High motivation, proactivity and team work are very desirable.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">RELATED LINK TO THE POSITION</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">CENTER</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Dept. of Information & Communication Technologies, DTIC-UPF</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://https:/portal.upf.edu/es/web/etic/inicio" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue" lang="EN-US">https://portal.upf.edu/es/web/<wbr>etic/inicio</wbr></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">CENTER DESCRIPTION</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) of
Universitat Pompeu Fabra covers a broad range of research topics: Computation
and Intelligent Systems; Multimedia Technologies; Networks and Communications;
Computational Biology and Biomedical Systems; and the Center of Brain and
Cognition (CBC). This broad spectrum of topics reflects the current
interdisciplinary reality of cutting edge research in ICT. The DTIC is now
running a Maria de Maeztu Strategic Research Program on data-driven knowledge
extraction, boosting synergistic research initiatives across our different
research areas.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The DTIC consistently ranks among the top computer science departments in
Spain (e.g. the only computer science department from an Spanish university
that has even been included in the top 100 of the Shanghai Ranking).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Its PhD program offers advanced training in this interdisciplinary field,
becoming an innovative and unique program in Spain. The DTIC PhD program has
been growing steadily and currently hosts about 140 PhD students and 40
supervisors. The program received a Mention of Excellence award from the
Ministry of Science and Innovation in 2011.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The UPF university was awarded in 2010 the distinction of International
Excellence Campus by the Spanish Ministry of Education and it is widely
considered to be one of the best universities in Spain (e.g. is the top Spanish
university according to 2013 Times Higher Education Ranking).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The UPF is located in Barcelona. Its excellent location on the shores of
the Mediterranean, its gentle climate, its open, cosmopolitan character, its
gastronomy and architecture make Barcelona an extraordinary place to live. The
DTIC is sited in UPF's Communication Campus, which was opened in 2009 and is
located within the vibrant 22@ technological district of Barcelona.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Indicators:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Research incomes: 15.6 M€ /
year</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">67 FP7 projects participated and coordinated by
26 staff members (> 60% UPF EU funds) including 13 prestigious ERC
Grants, the Human Brain Project</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Leader in Spain with > 5% of all the
competitive funds obtained by Spanish Universities, Maria de Maeztu
Strategic Program.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Consolidated scientific productivity ~200
articles/year, > 75% Q1 international journals</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">50% scientific papers and articles with at least
one international collaborator</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ADDRESS</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Roc Boronat,
138 - edifici Tànger, 08018 Barcelona, Barcelona</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">GROUP DISCIPLINES</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Life Science Panel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">GROUP LEADER</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prof.Salvador
Soto-Faraco</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:salvador.soto@upf.edu" target="_blank">salvador.soto@upf.edu</a></span></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://hosts.lacaixafellowships.org/www.mrg.upf.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue" lang="EN-US">www.mrg.upf.edu</span></a></span><br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Mireia Torralba Cuello</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Multisensory Research Group </div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="en">Address: Edifici Mercè Rodoreda 24.313<span title="Nom, número de despatx"><br>
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