INSERM CHAIR Recruitment Using brain imaging to bridge between neuroscience and cognition

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France

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Working place: INSERM / NeuroSpin

The Inserm chair recruitments opened to Inserm are intended for researchers with strong potential to manage and lead research teams and participate in national, European or international projects.
This recruitment, based on research and teaching projects, is aimed at researchers with a doctorate or equivalent and a first post-doctoral experience. The position is offered on a fixed-term contract (CDD) with a view to tenure in the Inserm Research Directors personnel at the end of the contract.

Missions:

Strategy of the host laboratory:

The goal of the Cognitive NeuroImaging Unit (Unicog) is to shed light on the brain mechanisms of higher cognitive functions in humans by developing and making use of the high-tech neuroimaging methods available at NeuroSpin, conjointly with experimental paradigms from cognitive psychology.

Affiliated to CEA, INSERM, Paris-Saclay University and CNRS, the unit comprises five distinct teams entitled Brain computations (number, probability, confidence, decision making); Languages of the brain (language, math, music); Neuroimaging of Development (impact of development and education on infants and children’s brains); Cognition and Brain Dynamics (mental representation of time, brain dynamics); and Primate cognition and consciousness (conscious processing, anesthesia, disorders of consciousness). By comparing human adults, with or without education, with human children, infants, and non-human primates, the laboratory aims to shed light on which mechanisms are shared by all primates, and which might be specific to humans.

Summary of the scientific project:

The unit aims to recruit a new researcher capable of starting a new line of research that fits with those overall goals. The researcher’s project should fit a number of criteria: (1) focus on resolving the cognitive and brain mechanisms of a well-defined high-level perceptual or cognitive computation; (2) feasibility given the existing methodologies available at NeuroSpin; (3) capacity to integrate multimodal data (e.g. fMRI+MEG+behavior; human + non-human primate data; etc); (4) explicit computational or mathematical modeling; (4) capacity to interact with other teams and researchers in the lab; (5) national and international funding and collaborations.

Qualification:

Education Level : Phd

Researcher Profile : R3/R4

R3 Established researcher A stage in a researcher’s career describing those who have developed a level of independence and can described as an established researcher

R4 Leading Research A stage in a researcher’s career where they can be termed a ‘leading researcher’. This would include the team leader of a research group or head of an industry R&D laboratory.

Your application will be evaluated according to the following criteria :

• Relevance and originality of the project related to the research field
• International exposure in research projects
• Your ability to raise funds
• Participation in editorial and reviewing activities
• Your teaching experience
• Your ability to lead a team

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TYPE OF JOB

TYPE OF CONTRACT

CDD (temporary / 4 years)

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