<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div><div>DESCRIPTION</div><div>The López-Schier laboratory is looking for PhD candidate to join a multidisciplinary research project that combines experimental and computational neuroscience. The aim of the project is to understand the neuronal bases of spatial navigation and inter-individual behaviour.<span style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;display:inline !important;float:none">Experimentally data will<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );float:none;display:inline !important">be acquired in a virtual-reality environment and </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">transformed into point cloud data for analysis.</span><br>The project is fully funded and part of a consortium of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists in Germany, France and the USA.</div><div>We are looking for outstanding, highly motivated and ambitious students with a solid background in physics, engineering, computer science, or theoretical neuroscience, and a genuine interest in animal behaviour. The ideally start date is January-March 2021.</div><br><div>You will join a multidisciplinary team at the Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich, Germany. A good command of the English language is necessary. Other requirements are computer programming skills, and good understanding machine learning and machine vision. </div><br><div>Postdoctoral candidates will also be considered and will be sponsored for fellowships. Such candidates must have received a PhD degree no more than 1 year before the application date.</div><br><div>The Helmholtz Zentrum München is world-renowned for its fundamental research and is among the top research institutions in the world. Munich is cosmopolitan city with a lively lifestyle and outstanding outdoors.</div><br><div>Candidates must send their application including a brief letter of interest, a complete CV, as well as contact information of two or three academic references to hernan.lopez-schier @ helmholtz-muenchen.de</div><br><br></div></div><br></div></div>
<br>Helmholtz Zentrum München
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