Job Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUN MC) - PhD student Cognitive Neuroscience

The Department of Cognitive Neuroscience is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic PhD student who wishes to combine rodent and human (f)MRI research. The successful candidate will analyse structural and functional MRI data of children whose mothers used SSRIs during pregnancy. This part of the project is based on a collaboration with the Department of Epidemiology of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In parallel, the candidate will study serotonin transporter knockout rats and rats prenatally exposed to fluoxetine using high-field MRI as well as behavioural measures using emotional, cognitive and tactile paradigms. Besides these core issues the PhD-student will collaborate with scientists of a wide variety of disciplines, participate in international conferences, and prepare manuscripts for publication as well as a thesis at the end of the project.

Masters degree in medical biology, medical sciences, psychology, or in a related field.

• Affinity with complex (MRI) data analysis including (Matlab) programming and behavioural neuroscience
• Affinity to work with rodents
• Certificate “article 9, Dutch animal experiment legislation” is an advantage
• You are able to function well both independently as well as in a multidisciplinary team and are willing to collaborate with different research groups

• Temporary 4 years
• 36 hrs per week
• Salary level  10A: maximal € 2,673 gross per month
• Maximum all-in yearly salary on full time basis is € 37,700 gross
• Budget for a full 4-year term is available. The performance of the PhD student will be evaluated after 18 months. Should the evaluation be positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years.

Nijmegen http://www.umcn.nl/ UMC St Radboud

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The proposed research will be carried out at the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, group Molecular Neurobiology in close collaboration with the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging - both parts of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour.  Please, visit the following websites for additional information on: Radboud University Nijmegen (www.ru.nl); Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (www.ru.nl/donders); Department of Cognitive Neurosciences.

Dr. J. Homberg, groupleader, Animal Behavioural Neuroscience, j.homberg@cns.umcn.nl, +31 24 361 0906

Prof. dr. G. Fernández, groupleader, Human Cognitive Neuroscience, g.fernandez@donders.ru.nl, +31 24 361 0749