<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:11px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap:break-word"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:11px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><h2 class="post-title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:28px;letter-spacing:-1px;line-height:1;text-align:center;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Lato,sans-serif">Open position - High resolution fMRI of bistable perception</h2><div><br></div><h2 class="post-title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:28px;letter-spacing:-1px;line-height:1;text-align:center;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">Our lab at the <a href="http://vu.nl/" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none"><em>Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam</em></a> has an opening to be filled by either a PhD student (4 years) or junior PostDoc (2-3 years), financed by an <a href="http://www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2016/nihc/1-5-million-for-sino-dutch-research-in-brain-and-cognition.html" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">NWO-CAS grant</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start"><em><strong>Outline of research project</strong></em></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">In this project, we will study the interplay between top-down and bottom-up processing in perceptual bistability using functional imaging of cortical laminae at 7T. This project will answer cognitive neuroscience questions from a systems neuroscience perspective. The project involves mathematical modelling of behaviour, detailed psychophysics and eye tracking, as well as the development of state-of-the-art analysis techniques for submillimeter resolution functional imaging. Therefore, the successful applicant will have a background in computation, be a fluent programmer and preferably have experience with high-resolution functional imaging.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">The project is a collaboration with the Zhang lab at the Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing and the He lab at the University of Minnesota, and will involve regular travel between these labs.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start"><em><strong>Information & Application</strong></em></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">Feel free to contact <a href="mailto:tknapen@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">Tomas Knapen</a> for informal inquiries. More information on bistable perception can be found in our soon-to-appear review of the topic on <a href="http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-psych-010417-085944" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">the Annual Reviews of Psychology website</a>. The lab website can be found at <a href="http://tknapen.github.io/" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">tknapen.github.io</a>, and we are part of the <a href="http://vupsy.nl/" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">cognitive psychology group</a> in the department of Behavioural and Movement Sciences at the VU.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">A formal application should contain a CV, two-page statement of interest and two names of persons that can provide letters of recommendation, and be sent to <a href="http://127.0.0.1:4000/2017/03/01/barbara.goudriaan@vu.nl" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">Barbara Goudriaan</a>, with reference number 00034515 in the subject line of the application email. We will entertain applications continuously from now.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start"><em><strong>Further particulars
</strong></em></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personnel. As an indication, this is a minimum of €2191 gross per month for a PhD position, and €2717 for a PostDoc position, depending on experience.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">The appointment will be initially for 1 year. After satisfactory evaluation of the initial appointment, it will be extended. You can find information about benefits of employment at <a href="http://127.0.0.1:4000/2017/03/01/www.workingatvu.nl" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none">www.workingatvu.nl</a></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">Thanks, </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start">Tomas</p></h2></div><div><br></div><br><div class="bloop_sign" id="bloop_sign_1488373701214757888">
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