28 PhD positions in Science, Scuola Normale, Italy

Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

06/24/2010
Doctorate (Phd) – Faculty Of Sciences. Second Competition Session - Academic Year 2010-2011

Art.1 – The second session of the Competition for the assignment of the remaining twenty-eight PhD scholarships for the Faculty of Sciences is now open. The application deadline is 20 September 2010, and the positions available are:

5 places in Molecular Biophysics in partnership with the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT);
4 places in Chemistry;
5 places in Physics;
3 places in Condensed Matter Physics in partnership with the Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation and the Region of Tuscany;
4 places in Mathematics;
3 places in Mathematics for Industrial Technologies and Finance in partnership with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) and the Region of Tuscany;
4 places in Neuroscience in partnership with the Region of Tuscany.
Art.2 – Every Selection Committee shall determine the minimum number of points necessary to consider each exam as passed.


Art.3 – Candidates who did not pass the oral exam in the spring session are reminded that they must expressly request of the Scuola Normale – by email if they prefer - the possibility to participate in the autumn session of the Competition, acceding directly to the written and/or oral exams of that session.

Art.4 – The 3rd paragraph of Art.3 (GRE Test) of the Regulations for the Announcement of Competition dated 3 February 2010 is integrated as follows:
f) PhD in Molecular Biophysics: GRE Subject Test: Physics, Chemistry, or Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology.

Art.5 – For all other matters, the Competition Regulations issued with Scuola Normale Presidential Decree no. 76 dated 3 February 2010 remain valid. The full text can be found at:
http://www.sns.it/en/scuola/ammissione/corsodiperfezionamento/scienze/

Pisa, 24 -6-2010
THE PRESIDENT
Prof. Salvatore Settis

http://www.sns.it/en/news/storiconews/2010/giugno/II_tornatacorsuale/
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2 PhDs in Neurocognition of temporal attention-Biomagnetic Center Jena

2 PhD Positions in Junior Research Group "Neurocognition of temporal
attention", Biomagnetic Center Jena, Germany

Two three-year PhD positions (salary TV-L 13, 50%) are available in
the Junior Research Group "Neurocognition of temporal attention",
headed by Dr. Cornelia Kranczioch. The first post will focus on
studying the influence of cognitive states on temporal attention, the
second post will study the role of alpha activity on perceptual
performance and visual temporal attention. Candidates will have a
Diplom or Master's degree in psychology, biology, neurosciences or a
related discipline. Candidates should have a strong interest in
experimental and cognitive neuroscience and expertise in EEG or MEG
recordings. Fluent English is highly desirable. Some background in
programming and/or biosignal processing is desirable but not
mandatory.


The Junior Research Group is affiliated with the Biomagnetic Center
Jena. Biomagnetism has a long-standing tradition in Jena and the
center consists of a young, interdisciplinary and international
research team and a new head of department (Prof. S. Debener). The
Biomag Center comprises several labs, including a new 306/128-channel
whole-head MEG/EEG system (Neuromag). Areas of research are
multisensory processing, somatosensory and pain research, cortical
re-organization after cochlear implantation, neurocognition of
temporal attention, and EEG-fMRI integration.

For further enquiries, please contact Conny Kranczioch. International
applications are welcome. Please send your application (application
letter, CV, contact information for two references) to
cornelia.kranczioch at med.uni-jena.de. Closing date is March 31, 2009. Continue Reading...

PhD position in neuroscience

The Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) is a newly established interdisciplinary institution at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen funded by the German Excellence Initiative program.
Highly motivated and enthusiastic applicants are invited for PhD research positions in CIN to explore the molecular and cellular processes underlying senses of touch and pain.

Although mechanosensation might be the most ancient of our five senses, touch and mechanical pain remain the least understood of the vertebrate sensory transduction events both at cellular and molecular level. In order to investigate the molecular and cellular nature of mechanosensation, electrophysiology techniques, calcium imaging, cell culture techniques and immunofluorescence staining, confocal laser scanning microscopy, electron microscopy and standard techniques of molecular cell biology will be employed.

Applicants are expected to be enthusiastic about working in an interdisciplinary and challenging research area, and should be highly motivated. In addition, applicants with a background in neuroscience or biophysics are highly encouraged to apply.
Please submit your application including a detailed CV and names of up to two referees via e-mail (preferably as a single pdf file) to:

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