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<p class="MsoNormal">We are pleased to announce 2 open post-doctoral positions in Lausanne Switzerland. Please disseminate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2-YR POSTDOC POSITION IN RETINAL-BRAIN IMAGING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">University
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Service of Ophthalmology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></b><b><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Fondation
Asile des aveugles & University of Lausanne <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Lausanne, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Applications are invited for a 2-year post-doctoral position under the supervision of
</span><a href="http://unil.ch/line/home/menuinst/people/micah-m-murray.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prof. Micah M. Murray</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> on the project “Development
and Validation of Functional Retinal MRI” as part of the Visual medicine 2020: Screening Efficiency and Enhanced Rehabilitation (SEER) grant.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The objectives of the project include: (1) Achieve sufficient temporal and spatial image resolution of the inner and outer retina through
adaptation of novel MRI sequences, (2) Develop approaches for correcting motion-induced artifacts and to further increase image quality, (3) Evaluate and optimize techniques using well-established visual paradigms in a population of healthy subjects, and (4)
Validate sensitivity by conducting collaborative experiments on clinical populations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The successful applicant will 1) hold a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, neuroscience, bioinformatics or a related discipline, 2) be fluent in speaking
and writing in English and 3) have experience with MR-based imaging. The ideal candidate should also have a strong background in visual neuroscience as well as knowledge of retinal anatomy and function. Expertise in programming, mathematical modelling, and
advanced statistical analyses is important. The applicant should also have a demonstrated capacity for data analysis and scientific writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lausanne is the capital of the canton of Vaud and is situated on Lake Geneva (<i>Lac Léman</i>). This project is part of newly interdisciplinary
initiative with synergies across neuroscience, neuro-technology, neuro-ophthalmology, and neuro-rehabilitation to improve the diagnosis and rehabilitation of both low-level and higher-level, “functional” vision. The local neuroscience community includes (among
others) colleagues within the Department of Radiology (including industrial partnerships with Siemens), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, as well as the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM). Personnel have close local interactions with other neuroscientists,
neuropsychologists and vision rehabilitation practitioners at the Low-Vision Unit and Jules Gonin Eye Hospital at the Fondation Asile des aveugles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This is a full time post and the preferred start date is
<b>1<sup>st</sup> August 2017 </b>or as soon as it can be arranged. Contracts are for a fixed term of 12 months, with the initial possibility of renewal up to 24 months. Further prolongation is possible, but will depend on the availability of funds. Salaries
are in accordance with norms established by the </span><a href="http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Annexe_XII_Ausfuhrungsreglement_Beitragsreglement_F.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Swiss National Science
Foundation</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">. Applications must include a motivation letter, CV, preprints/reprints, as well as references from at least 2 individuals. Application materials should be sent
electronically to Prof. Micah Murray (</span><a href="mailto:micah.murray@chuv.ch"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">micah.murray@chuv.ch</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">), indicating
“RETINAL POST-DOC” in the subject line.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Evaluation of dossiers will begin the
<b>1st of June 2017 </b>until the position is filled.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2-YR POSTDOC POSITION IN DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE & VISION REHABILITATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">University
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Service of Ophthalmology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></b><b><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Fondation
Asile des aveugles & University of Lausanne <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Lausanne, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Applications are invited for a 2-year postdoctoral position under the supervision of
</span><a href="http://unil.ch/line/home/menuinst/people/pawel-j-matusz.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dr. Paul Matusz</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> and Prof. Micah M. Murray
on the project “Restoration of Functional Vision in Paediatric Amblyopia through Action Video Games” as part of the Visual medicine 2020: Screening Efficiency and Enhanced Rehabilitation (SEER) grant.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The project will use a combination of psychophysics, eye-tracking and EEG in preschool and school-age children with amblyopia (“lazy-eye syndrome”)
and healthy children. This project will provide much-needed insights into the role of sensory, perceptual and attentional brain mechanisms in the recovery from paediatric amblyopia, by testing promising novel treatments grounded in the latest advances in cognitive
neuroscience and vision rehabilitation. This project focuses on understanding how the integrity of the visual afferent pathway and brain mechanisms governing multisensory attention (attention to information across different senses, such as vision and audition)
contribute to the aetiology of and to recovery from paediatric amblyopia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The project will reach its aim by achieving 3 main objectives: (1) By capitalizing on synergies across the latest advances in pupillometry, cognitive
neuroscience and experimental psychology, we will identify the core sensory, cortical and cognitive deficits of paediatric amblyopia, (2) By comparing different types of rehabilitative iPad games, we will verify their efficacy in rehabilitating functional
vision in amblyopia, and (3) By testing pupil function and selective attention with EEG before and after the intervention, we will establish the relative importance of sensory and cortical-cognitive processes in mediating functional vision recovery in child
amblyopia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The successful applicant will 1) hold a Ph.D. in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience or a related discipline, 2) be fluent in speaking
and writing in French and 3) have experience with testing pre-school and/or school-age children. The ideal candidate should also have a strong background in cognitive neuroscience of attention, object perception and/or multisensory processing as well as experience
with using eye-tracking and neuroimaging/electroencephalography techniques. The applicant should have a demonstrated capacity for data analysis and scientific writing. Expertise in programming, mathematical modelling, and advanced statistical analyses would
be highly desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lausanne is the capital of the canton of Vaud and is situated on Lake Geneva (<i>Lac Léman</i>). This project is part of newly interdisciplinary
initiative with synergies across neuroscience, neuro-technology, neuro-ophthalmology, and neuro-rehabilitation to improve the diagnosis and rehabilitation of both low-level and higher-level, “functional” vision. The local neuroscience community includes (among
others) colleagues within the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Department of Radiology, as well as the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM). Personnel have close local interactions with other neuroscientists, neuropsychologists and vision rehabilitation
practitioners at the Low-Vision Unit and Jules Gonin Eye Hospital at the Fondation Asile des a<a name="_GoBack"></a>veugles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This is a full time post and the preferred start date is 1<sup>st</sup> August 2017 or as soon as can be arranged. Contracts are for
a fixed term of 12 months, with the initial possibility of renewal up to 24 months. Further prolongation is possible, but will depend on the availability of funds. Salaries are in accordance with norms established by the
</span><a href="http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Annexe_XII_Ausfuhrungsreglement_Beitragsreglement_F.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Swiss National Science Foundation</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
Applications must include a motivation letter, CV, preprints/reprints, as well as references from at least 2 individuals. Application materials should be sent electronically to Dr. Paul Matusz (</span><a href="mailto:Pawel.matusz@chuv.ch"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pawel.matusz@chuv.ch</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">).
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Informal inquiries can likewise be addressed to Dr. Matusz. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Evaluation of dossiers will begin the
<b>1<sup>st</sup> of June 2017 </b>until the position is filled.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#3366FF">Professor Micah M. Murray, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#3366FF">Director, The LINE (Laboratory for Investigative Neurophysiology)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#3366FF">Department of Radiology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#3366FF">Department of Clinical Neurosciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#3366FF">Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#3366FF">www.unil.ch/line<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#3366FF">Director, EEG Brain Mapping Core CHUV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#3366FF">Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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