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Selection notice for the awarding of a Post-Doc position by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo

Title of the Project

“The brain’s dark energy: observation, perturbation, and disruption studies of brain networks to understand cognition and stroke recovery”, P.I. Prof. Maurizio Corbetta

Purpose of the Reasearch Grant

To collect and acquire fMRI, EEG, and TMS/EEG data in a set of healthy controls and stroke patients with first time lesions to understand the relationship between brain metabolism/connectivity measured with MRI, electrophysiology measured with EEG, and the propagation of signals measured with TMS/EEG.
The  post-doc shall be expert in signal analysis, especially with regard to EEG/fMRI, and statistical analysis based on univariate and multivariate methods.

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Selection Notice

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Indagine di mercato finalizzata all’affidamento diretto tramite mercato elettronico (MEPA) ai sensi dell’art. 1, comma 2,lett. a) del D.L. 76/2020 (convertito con Legge 11 settembre 2020, n. 120) della fornitura di un Elettroencefalografo (EEG) e di un Eye-Tracker portatili ed integrati in modo che sia possibile la sincronizzazione del segnale EEG con quello dell’Eye-Tracker per l’Universita’ degli Studi di Padova – Centro di Ateneo Padova Neuroscience Center (PNC) – CUP C24I19002710006

Scadenza per la presentazione delle istanze è il 30 aprile 2021 alle ore 12:00

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One position for a postdoctoral fellowship

One position for a postdoctoral fellowship has been opened (see details below) in the context of the following project:

Title of the project

In vivo functional characterization of whole brain- and population-level dynamics in genetic mouse models of migraine.

Abstract of the project

Migraine is a remarkably disabling and still poorly understood brain disorder which primarily affects the sensory nervous system. It is characterized by recurrent attacks of unilateral headache and by a global dysfunction in multisensory information processing. Previous investigations at the microcircuit level in genetic models of migraine have revealed significant alterations in the cortical excitatory synaptic transmission due to impaired mechanisms of glutamate release and glutamate clearance.

Procedura comparativa per Progetto “Laboratorio HD-EEG e formazione di personale qualificato per l’utilizzo del sistema HD-EEG per attività di ricerca”

Avviso di procedura comparativa per l’individuazione di n. 1 soggetto al quale affidare un incarico mediante la stipula di un contratto di collaborazione coordinata e continuativa per lo svolgimento delle attività connesse al Progetto “Laboratorio HD-EEG e formazione di personale qualificato per l’utilizzo del sistema HD-EEG per attività di ricerca”.

Il termine ultimo per la presentazione della domanda di partecipazione scade il 31/03/2021 alle ore 12:00.

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Multi-variate analysis of resting state activity and visually evoked response to natural stimuli to map the representation of information in intrinsic brain activity”

Abstract of the Project

The purpose of this research grant is that the research fellow must have skills in the analysis of magnetic resonance images with particular reference to methods of estimating functional connectivity, quantification of activation maps through GLM, and analysis of spatial and temporal patterns with techniques such as multi-voxel pattern analysis, clustering, independent component analysis.

The research assistant must also be familiar with the main parametric and non-parametric statistical tests and statistical analyzes based on permutation.

The ideal fellow has a good / excellent programming experience in Python and / or Matlab and knowledge of the main software for analyzing fMRI images.

Multi-variate analysis of resting state activity and visually evoked response to natural stimuli to map the representation of information in intrinsic brain activity

The interviews will take place on November 18th, 2020 at 12:30 – CET.

Abstract of the Project

This project aims to understand whether multivariate spatial patterns of activity measured with fMRI evoked by natural visual stimuli (e.g. faces, bodies, etc., presented through images or movies) are also represented in multi-variate spatial patterns of resting-state activity. Previous work has shown that in object-selective category regions of visual cortex (e.g. FFA), multi-vertex resting state activity patterns correlate more strongly, and more frequently, with category selective multi-vertex evoked activity patterns for the specific category (e.g. faces) as compared to other categories (e.g. bodies) (Kim et al.

Three-Year PhD Opening: Network mechanisms of recovery in human stroke

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The position

In the context of the European Training Network “European School of Network Neuroscience“ (euSNN), we are offering a full-time 3-year PhD position for a person with a strong background in computational neuroscience and neuroimaging. The successful applicant will be working in Padova at the Padova Neuroscience Center (PNC) and Department of Neuroscience. The position involves the analysis of a unique prospective longitudinal cohort of first-time stroke patients and healthy controls studied at Washington University in St.

Two Post-doctoral Fellowship Positions

Prof. Maurizio Corbetta is looking for 2 (two) highly motivated post-doctoral students to work on the CARIPARO project titled: “The brain’s dark energy: observation, perturbation, and disruption studies of brain networks to understand cognition and stroke recovery”.

Decreto approvazione atti e graduatoria provvisoria

Interviews date:

August 6th, 2020 11:00 – Europe/Brussels

Application deadline

31/07/2020 23:59 – Europe/Brussels

Abstract of the project

The human brain is one of the most complex networks with 80 bilions cells (neurons, glia) interacting through hundreds of trillions of connections to support consciousness, thought, emotions, and survival. One of the main factors limiting complex networks, from airport nets to colonies of ants, is the energy necessary to maintain their organization.