Courses at Friday Harbor Labs

In Spring, Summer and Autumn 2015, Friday Harbor Laboratories, located on beautiful San Juan Island 75 miles NW of Seattle, will offer undergraduate and graduate-level courses in marine science, plus summer workshops and internships.

Check out the attached flyer!

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And here’s a link to the FHL website: http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/

 

Please feel free to forward this message and/or print and post the attached flyer.

I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.  I hope we’ll be seeing you at FHL in 2015!

 

Best wishes for the New Year

 

Stacy

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Stacy Markman, Student Coordinator

University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories

620 University Road

Friday Harbor, WA 98250

 

Telephone:  206-616-0753

Email:  fhladmin@uw.edu

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Charla: “Spatio-temporal dynamics of the sensory processing dysfunction in Schizophrenia” – Dra. Antigona Martinez

Laboratorio de Psiquiatría Traslacional (Clínica Psiquiátrica Universitaria, ICBM), Instituto de Neurociencias Biomédicas (BNI)

se complacen en invitar a la charla titulada:

“Spatio-temporal dynamics of the sensory processing dysfunction in Schizophrenia”

 Dr. Antígona Martínez
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, USA.

Viernes 9 de Enero a las 11:30 horas
Auditorio Armando Roa, Sector G, Clínica Psiquiátrica Universitaria.
Av. La Paz 1003, Recoleta, Santiago.

Dr. Martinez is an expert in the field of brain imaging and cognition. Her research over the past 15 years has provided fundamental insights into the basic brain mechanisms of attention and perception, and more recently into abnormalities of sensory brain function in schizophrenia patients.  Dr. Martinez utilizes both electrophysiological and hemodynamic approaches to investigate brain function, combining recordings of event-related brain potentials with functional magnetic resonance imaging so that both the time course and anatomical substrates of sensory and perceptual processes can be visualized within the same experimental context.  Her recent studies have demonstrated how different forms of selective attention (spatial, feature-based, object-based) are implemented at different levels of the extrastriate visual cortex and have shown that the magnocellular and parvocellular visual pathways play distinctive roles in attention.  Dr. Martinez is currently applying these basic approaches to the analysis of sensory deficits in schizophrenia.

 

Dr. Pablo Gaspar

Laboratorio Psiquiatria Traslacional

pgaspar@neuro.med.uchile.cl

+56 2 29788601

 

ANTIGONA

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Post-Doctoral position Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Andrés Bello

A postdoctoral position is open for a PhD in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, chemistry, Neuroscience or equivalent. The candidate should have working knowledge on molecular modelling, drug design using theoretical-experimental approaches, chemical synthesis or in vivo pharmacology. If interested please send short CV to jstehberg@unab.cl.

 

For additional information please contact: 

Jimmy Stehberg L, PhD.
Laboratorio de Neurobiología.
Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas.
Universidad Andrés Bello.
Email: jstehberg@unab.cl
Phone: +56227703030

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Post-Doc Position at University of São Paulo-Brazil

POST-DOC POSITION DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO
UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO BRAZIL

A postdoctoral position is open for the project entitled “Changes in the neuronal networks involved in the generation and modulation of sympathetic and respiratory activities in different experimental models of hypoxia” funded by São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP – 2013/06077-5) and coordinated by Benedito H. Machado, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil. The main goal of this project is to understand the changes in the synaptic transmission in the brainstem neurons involved with the generation and modulation of sympathetic and respiratory activities and their coupling under hypoxic conditions. To qualify the applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Physiology or Neuroscience, with a strong background in electrophysiology. Interested individuals should send an e-mail to the coordinator (bhmachad@fmrp.usp.br) with the name of two references in the field of physiology/electrophysiology and a short CV (deadline: January 23, 2015).

 

For additional information about this position, please contact:

Benedito H. Machado, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto
University of São Paulo
14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
Phone: 55-16-3315-3015
e-mail: bhmachad@fmrp.usp.br

 

 

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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Medicina-Facultad de Ciencias Sociales

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PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
FACULTAD DE MEDICINA- FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES

 

Call for an Interdisciplinary Position

 

Language makes us human, and is essential for our participation in society. Consequently, disorders of language and communication have an enduring impact on the development of capabilities, performance, and self esteem of persons, and in their quality of life. The Medical School and the School of Psychology are interested in developing and consolidating an interdisciplinary research group in the field of language and communication, focusing on their development and emphasizing current neurobiological, psychological and linguistic approaches to contribute to the understanding of the typical and atypical development of communication skills and their rehabilitation.

 

Open Academic position

 

Full-time, tenure track assistant professor position (or associate professorship in case of a proven track record in the discipline) in the field of development of language, its disorders and rehabilitation. Salary is competitive within the region.

 

The position depends primarily on the Faculty of Medicine and is shared with the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. The position is also associated with the Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience and the Doctorate Program in Neuroscience, and is subjected to the institutional academic regulations (http://secretariageneral.uc.cl/docman/doc-download/277).

 

 

 

Associated responsibilities: 

 

1. To perform interdisciplinary research, financed through competitive funding, in the neuroscience and developmental psychology of language and communication, and to produce high-impact scientific publications.

 

2. Supporting undergraduate and graduate teaching and activities in the areas of neuroscience, psychology and health sciences. It is expected that the selected applicant will be in position of directing doctoral theses within two years after incorporation.

 

3. Participate in regular academic and administrative institutional activities.

 

 

Requisites for application

 

1. Possess a doctorate or equivalent degree.

 

2. Experience in research and scientific productivity in the field.

 

3. Demonstrate ability to conduct independent research of high impact, and participate in multidisciplinary teams.

 

4. Expertise on electroencephalography or neuroimaging (ideally both) techniques applied to neurolinguistics.

 

5. Experience in technical, psychological and neuropsychological tools to evaluate language skills.

 

6. Knowledge of theoretical aspects of cognitive neuroscience and psychology of language.

 

7. Experience in undergraduate, and ideally graduate, teaching and/or thesis direction (masters or doctoral).

 

8. Being a fluent speaker and writer in both Spanish and English.

 

 

Documents required for application: 

 

1. Curriculum Vitae in extenso, highlighting the 5 most relevant publications.

 

2. Copy of Certificate of  Professional Title and PhD.

 

3. Two confidential letters of reference .

 

4. Written statement of interest, including a brief history of his/her scientific career (maximum 2 pages).

 

5. Academic project including research and teaching plans and interests, including a proposal for insertion in the context of the supporting Faculties and the Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences (maximum 2 pages).

 

6. Specify the earliest date he/she could take office.

 

 

Procedure:

 

1. Applications should be sent via email as a single .pdf document to CAROLINA GALAZ (cgalazv@uc.cl), no later than December 12, 2014. The email’s subject should be: ”Position in Development of Language MED-EPUC UC” and the applicants full name must be included in the body of the email. The attached file should be named LANGUAGE_NAMEOFTHEAPPLICANT.pdf.

 

2. An ad hoc Selection Committee will review applications and preselect applicants based on the assessment of the requested information.

 

3. Preselected applicants will be invited to present a public lecture provide a public presentation describing their work and insertion plans, in english.

 

4. Preselected applicants will have an interview with the Selection Committee.

 

 

Selection Criteria:

 

1. Coherence of the applicant’s interest and expertise with the Institutional objectives.

 

2. Quality of scientific production and proficiency in the research discipline.

 

3. Teaching experience

 

4. Academic references.

 

 

 

Timeline:

 

1. The position call will be open from November 12 to December 12, 2014.

 

2. Interviews and applicant presentations will take place between January 5 and 9, 2015.

 

3. The results of the process will be known no later than January 27, 2015.

 

 

 

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International PhD Program – Announcement Spring Selection 2015

The International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences is jointly conducted by the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry,
Neurobiology and Psychiatry, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Technische Universität München. The program, covering the disciplines of biochemistry, cell biology, molecular medicine, neurobiology and structural
biology, offers a research oriented comprehensive and interdisciplinary training to doctoral students from all over the world. More than 60 distinct research projects are currently available.

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