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<span style="background:white" class="ContentPasted0">The project will investigate concept cells (a.k.a. Jennifer Aniston neurons) – that means, neurons in the hippocampus and surrounding areas that selectively fire to specific concepts, like different pictures
and the written or spoken name of a particular person (e.g. <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm" class="ContentPasted0">Quian</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm" class="ContentPasted0">Quiroga</span> et
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Cell 2019), which are involved in declarative memory functions. For more details see:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="background:white" class="ContentPasted0">The successful candidate will contribute to performing recordings with patients and the analysis of the data to investigate the role of these neurons in memory. The candidate should have very good quantitative
skills (data processing, and programing e.g. in Matlab) and a strong background or interest in neuroscience. The candidate should be able to work both independently and as part of a research team.</span><br style="mso-special-character:line-break" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#242424" class="ContentPasted0">The candidate will be primarily based at the Department of Neurology in Magdeburg (<a href="http://www.kneu.ovgu.de" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">http://www.kneu.ovgu.de</a>)
and will work in close collaboration with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (<a href="https://www.lin-magdeburg.org" class="ContentPasted0">https://www.lin-magdeburg.org</a>) and the Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Centre (<a href="https://www.dzne.de/en/" class="ContentPasted0">https://www.dzne.de/en/</a>)
at the University of Magdeburg, and with the recently established group of Rodrigo Quian Quiroga at the IMIM (<a href="https://www.imim.cat" class="ContentPasted0">https://www.imim.cat</a>), in Barcelona.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" class="ContentPasted0">The position is initially offered for 3 years, with the possibility of further extensions according to performance. Salary will be competitive,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#242424;background:white" class="ContentPasted0">based on DFG (German Research Council guidelines for Postdocs)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" class="ContentPasted0">,
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<span style="background:white" class="ContentPasted0">Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Prof. Catherine Sweeney-Reed: catherine.sweeney-reed@med.ovgu.de.</span><br class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="background:white" class="ContentPasted0">To apply, please send a curriculum vitae and a brief description of scientific interests to Mrs. Birgit Boehme at birgit.boehme@med.ovgu.de.</span><br class="ContentPasted0">
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<b><span style="background:white" class="ContentPasted0">The closing date for the applications is 24<sup class="ContentPasted0">th</sup> February 2023</span></b><span style="background:white" class="ContentPasted0">.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" class="ContentPasted0">Start date will be in April 2023 or shortly thereafter.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<div class="PlainText">Rodrigo Quian Quiroga<br>
Centre for Systems Neuroscience<br>
University of Leicester</div>
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