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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB"><span class="gmail-il">JUNIOR</span> LEADER FELLOWSHIPS AT THE MULTISENSORY RESEARCH GROUP, UNIVERSITAT
POMPEU FABRA, BARCELONA<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">We welcome expressions of interest for the Postdoctoral <span class="gmail-il">Junior</span> Leader
fellowships programme projects in the <b>Multisensory Research Group</b>, at
the Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">The </span><a href="https://fundacionlacaixa.org/en/investigacion-y-becas/becas-de-la-caixa/posdoctorado-junior-leader/descripcion-del-programa" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Postdoctoral <span class="gmail-il">Junior</span> Leader</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB"> is a fellowship programme
(deadline Oct 7<sup>th</sup>, 2020) from <span class="gmail-il">La</span> <span class="gmail-il">Caixa</span>, aimed at hiring excellent
researchers, of any nationality, who wish to continue their research career in Excellent
Research Centers in Spain and Portugal. They seek to support the best
scientific talent by providing them with an attractive, competitive environment
in which to conduct excellent research. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">The </span><a href="https://www.upf.edu/web/mrg" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Multisensory
Research Group</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB"> projects address basic as well as more
real-life oriented questions in the Cognitive Neuroscience field. The
particular focus is on the behavioural and neural mechanisms that underlie
perception, attention and memory processes across several sensory domains in
humans. We make use of behavioural and brain imaging techniques, including EEG
and TMS. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">We seek <b>highly motivated researchers</b> with min 2 to max 7 years
post-doctoral experience prior to deadline. The candidate should be interested
in the oscillatory dynamics of neural activity that can anticipate or predict
the outcome of cognitive and perceptual processes. Experience in EEG or signal
processing of physiological signals is necessary. Skills or a background in Brain
Computer Interfaces, real-time EEG analysis, and trial-to-trial offline
analysis will be valued. The candidate is expected to make original
contributions along these lines, mounting on previous group findings and expertise.
See related publications below. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">The <span class="gmail-il">Junior</span> Leader Fellowships offer a 3 year full-time contract with a
42K€/year gross salary, research costs of 38K€/year, and mobility allowance if
applicable (up to 5.4K€). Please, take a look at the full program description
for more information: </span><a href="https://fundacionlacaixa.org/en/investigacion-y-becas/becas-de-la-caixa/posdoctorado-junior-leader/descripcion-del-programa" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">https://fundacionlacaixa.org/en/investigacion-y-becas/becas-de-<span class="gmail-il">la</span>-<span class="gmail-il">caixa</span>/posdoctorado-<span class="gmail-il">junior</span>-leader/descripcion-del-programa</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;border:medium none;padding:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">If you are interested in applying with the
Multisensory Research Group, send an expression of interest with a CV and a
short motivation letter, including the names of two academic referees to </span><a href="mailto:projectes.cbc@upf.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">projectes.cbc@upf.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">. Specify “<span class="gmail-il">Junior</span> Leader MRG” in the subject of the message. Please contact
before October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2020.<br>
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IMPORTANT: Check that you fulfil all the </span><a href="https://fundacionlacaixa.org/en/investigacion-y-becas/becas-de-la-caixa/posdoctorado-junior-leader/descripcion-del-programa." style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">eligibility criteria</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB"> (experience and mobility) in
any of the two subprograms (incoming, retaining). To direct enquiries about the
application process itself, or any other questions about the fellowship you can
email the funding agency at </span><a href="mailto:fellowships@fundacionlacaixa.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">fellowships@fundacionlacaixa.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Ruzzoli, M., McGuinness, A., Morís Fernández, L., & Soto-Faraco, S.
(2020). From cognitive control to visual incongruity: Conflict detection in
surrealistic images. </span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Plos one</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, <i>15</i>(6), e0224053. </span><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0224053" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0224053</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ikumi, N.,
Torralba, M., Ruzzoli, M., & Soto‐Faraco, S. (2019). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">The phase of pre‐stimulus brain oscillations correlates with cross‐modal
synchrony perception. <i>European Journal of Neuroscience</i>, <i>49</i>(2),
150-164.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14186" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14186</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ruzzoli, M.,
Torralba, M., Fernández, L. M., & Soto-Faraco, S. (2019). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">The relevance of alpha phase in human perception. </span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cortex</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, <i>120</i>, 249-268.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.05.012" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.05.012</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Drew, A.,
Torralba, M., Ruzzoli, M., Morís Fernández, L., Sabaté, A., Szabina Pápai, M.,
& Soto-Faraco, S. (2020). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Neural evidence of cognitive
conflict during binocular rivalry. </span><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/12/19/2019.12.19.873141.full.pdf" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/12/19/2019.12.19.873141.full.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Vigue-Guix, I., Moris, L. F., Torralba, M., Ruzzoli, M., & Soto-Faraco,
S. (2020). Can the occipital alpha-phase speed up visual detection through a
real-time EEG-based brain-computer interface (BCI)?. <i>bioRxiv</i>. </span><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2020/07/06/2020.07.06.189712.full.pdf" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2020/07/06/2020.07.06.189712.full.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p>
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</div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Salvador Soto Faraco<br>ICREA Research Professor<br>Universitat Pompeu Fabra<br><span><br></span><span>Carrer de Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27, 08005 Barcelona</span><div><span>Edifici Merce Rodoreda (Room 24.327)</span></div><br></div><div><span>Ph: (+34) 93 542 2534<br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><a href="mailto:salvador.soto@icrea.cat" target="_blank">salvador.soto@icrea.cat</a><br><a href="http://www.mrg.upf.edu" target="_blank">http://www.mrg.upf.edu</a><br></span>ORCID: <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4799-3762" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4799-3762</a><br>ResearcherID: <a href="http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8400-2011" target="_blank">http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8400-2011</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>