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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">We are looking for a postdoc to study single cell recordings in humans, performed in epileptic patients for curative surgery.</span><br>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="background: white;">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 class="x_ContentPasted0" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm">Quian</span> <span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm">Quiroga</span> et
al, Nature 2005; <span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm">Quian</span> <span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm">Quiroga</span>, Cell 2019), which are involved in declarative memory
functions. For more details see: </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220108024112/https:/www2.le.ac.uk/centres/csn/publications-1/2019/QuianQuirogaCell2019.pdf" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="https://web.archive.org/web/20220108024112/https:/www2.le.ac.uk/centres/csn/publications-1/2019/QuianQuirogaCell2019.pdf" shash="E6viSWAqH0JacofKXDYcJCP2wCx4VX85XFgkWMVFvmx9jSn9q50oDHeSozRIl/X0Cseqo1J8C3R1WRcd7gZntmRIs2E+6iTDRuuArRVHC/9YdXMoVVhppksGMcXySVOrQ4sNd1qVYKReAXFTHmgUXxyQagW2OrEzM8cXOdAFbEw=" class="x_ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">https://web.archive.org/web/20220108024112/https://www2.le.ac.uk/centres/csn/publications-1/2019/QuianQuirogaCell2019.pdf</a> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="background: white;">The successful candidate will contribute to performing recordings with patients and the analysis / modelling
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. </span><br class="x_ContentPasted0" style="">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="background: white;">Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Prof. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (rqqg1@le.ac.uk).</span><br class="x_ContentPasted0">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="background: white;">For more details and to apply, please use this link: </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="background: white;">The closing date for the applications is 5<sup class="x_ContentPasted0">th</sup> May 2023</span></b><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="background: white;">.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rodrigo </span></p>
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<div class="x_PlainText">Rodrigo Quian Quiroga<br>
Centre for Systems Neuroscience<br>
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