The Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience (CSN) group, part of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, is looking for a highly qualified and motivated candidate to support data analysis and ICT as well as recording and stimulation technologies in Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience. Current research of the group focuses on neural mechanisms of perception, multisensory integration and conscious representation.

You will work on advanced analysis of data gathered by electrophysiological high-density recordings, neural imaging with cellular resolution, methods to investigate brain mechanism for representation and consciousness, and on hardware technology. The key objective of this position is to develop software (mostly written in Matlab and Python) and acquire hardware to support ongoing PhD and postdoc projects in the Cognitive & Systems Neuroscience (CSN) group.

What are you going to do?

• develop, implement, maintain and support dedicated data curation and preprocessing pipelines

(for e.g. electrophysiology, 2-photon imaging, behavioral analysis, optogenetics; incl. setting up

software packages in docker containers or on computer clusters) as well as pipelines to format data and

metadata according to international standards;

• develop advanced data analysis methods (e.g. decoding population activity) supporting the research objectives

of the CSN group in the fields of, among others, neural representations, multisensory integration and

consciousness;

• support hardware acquisition and setting up and maintaining software running in experimental and

computational setups (e.g., synchronizing visual and auditory stimulation, behavioral measurements,

electrophysiology, 2-photon imaging, optogenetics, computer simulations);

• support education and management by updating and developing computer practicals and help

organize ICT-related issues arising in relation to research and teaching, and support data exchange

with collaborating labs. You will act as ICT-contact person for the group.

You have/are

• a Master's or Engineering degree in computer science, biomedical engineering, mathematics or physics,

or in neuroscience combined with a strong computational background;

• strong programming skills (e.g., Python or Matlab) and expertise in methods for neuron- and

population level data analysis, neuroinformatic and web-based tools;

• demonstrable affinity with computational, cognitive and systems neuroscience is an important asset;
• experience in academic education, support management, electronics and experimental neuroscience is preferred;
• a good communicator and fluent in English, both written and spoken (level C1); non-native Dutch speakers

must be willing to obtain A2 level proficiency in the Dutch language.

We offer an employment contract for 38 hours a week, initially on a temporary basis for a period of 12 months, starting on 1 June 2024 or sooner if possible. After positive evaluations this will be converted into a permanent appointment.

Based on a fulltime appointment (38 hours per week) the gross monthly salary will range from € 3.226 to € 5.090 (scale 10), depending on your work experience at the beginning of the contract. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8.3% year-end allowance. The Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU) is applicable.

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Faculty of Science

The University of Amsterdam is the Netherlands' largest university, offering the widest range of academic programmes. At the UvA, 30,000 students, 6,000 staff members and 3,000 PhD candidates study and work in a diverse range of fields, connected by a culture of curiosity.

The Faculty of Science has a student body of around 8,000, as well as 1,800 members of staff working in education, research or support services. Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain.

The Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) is one of the Faculty of Science’s largest institutes. Its approximately 240 scientists and staff members work in 19 research groups that perform excellent research centered on four themes: Neurosciences, Cell & Systems Biology, Microbiology and Green Life Sciences.

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