Thèse / PhD

During his/her PhD, the fellow will conduct eye movement studies in both human healthy volunteers and marmosets. The objective is to develop and test smooth pursuit tasks in humans first before transferring to marmoset monkeys for electrophysiology (Marseille) and 2photon imaging (Austin) of prefrontal cortices. Combining human and animal approaches shall lead to several publications.

The team is looking for PhD students and a post-doctoral researcher eager to gain and share expertise in the broadly conceived field of behavioural neuroscience, neurogenetics, connectomics, neurophysiology, comparative experimental psychology, or computational neuroscience.

The PhD student will be a member of a joint SNSF-ANR grant between our group in Lyon and that of the group in Bern. The two research labs will coordinate utilization of complementary technologies. In vivo optogenetics and fiber photometry with genetically engineered mouse models and electrophysiological recordings implemented in Bern will be combined with state-of-the-art functional neuroanatomy using TRAP and Cre mice, FISH and rabies virus for cell-specific retrograde tracing in the Lyon group.

 

To qualify, you need an MsC diploma in life sciences, experimental skills in protein biochemistry and molecular biology, and communication skills in English. A neuroscience background, experience in animal handling, in vivo transport measurements, or analytical chemistry (HPLC), would be welcomed. We also expect a strong sense of team spirit.

A pre-selection will be made according to CV, letter of recommendation and results obtained in the Master program. Salary according to CNRS standards: around 1450 €/month net (health insurance included).

 

Applicants should hold a Master's degree in biochemistry, biophysics or molecular and cellular biology.

The candidate needs to:
· be graduated from an Engineering MSc program before July 2021 from one of the three disciplines Biomedical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering (student from a background of Information Technology with the following skills can also apply) from one of the top 10 universities in Iran or the corresponding country,
· have a solid knowledge in the areas of digital signal processing and neural signal analysis (signal preprocessing, filtering design, time-frequency analysis, coherence analysis, etc. ),
· have high level technical skills in MATLAB/PYTHON,
· have an English competence equal to a TOEFL iBT of 90 or IELTS 6 (the diploma is not required, however the English knowledge will be evaluated through an interview).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Experience with neural signal acquisition systems,
· Experience in EEG(ERP) and/or NIRS and/or MEG and/or LFP-MUA signal analysis,
· Experience with Fieldtrip, EEGLAB, Brainstorm, NIRS SPM, and HOMER, etc.
· Background in deep learning,(CCN, VAEs, GANs)
· Background in basic or cognitive neuroscience

Candidate's profile: Basic requirements: enthusiasm, curiosity, teamwork skills. Previous experience in bioinformatics or epigenetics is not mandatory but would be a plus.

 

Education: neuroscience master degree or equivalent ; excellent English ;

Skills/qualifications: previous experience is expected in either in vivo/in vitro ; electrophysiology in the brain Ca imaging ; metabolic imaging/recording

Specific requirements: Candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date ; proficiency in Matlab or Python is a plus

Requirements:

master degree or equivalent in neuroscience ;

excellent English ;

fluent in Matlab or Python ;

experience in modeling in neuroscience.