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📣 PhD Position in Computational & Systems Neuroscience (Marseille, France) : Neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in visual cortical circuits</h1>
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<strong style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-size:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline">⏰️ Deadline: January 28, 2026</strong></p>
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We are recruiting a PhD student to work on <strong style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline">
neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in mouse vision</strong>, co-supervised by
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Ede Rancz</a> (INMED) and myself.</p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Project Overview</span></h2>
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This <a href="https://centuri-livingsystems.org">CENTURI</a> project combines:</p>
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Computational modeling (spiking and normative models)</li><li style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline">
In vivo electrophysiology, imaging, behavior, and optogenetics</li><li style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline">
Investigation of how serotonin and noradrenaline shape prediction error signaling during sensory-motor mismatch</li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Candidate Profile</span></h2>
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Motivated individual with a background in neuroscience or computational sciences</li><li style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline">
Experience in either experimental in vivo work or modeling (Python, neural networks)</li><li style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline">
Interest in working at the interface of theory and biology</li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Application Details</span></h2>
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📄 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://centuri-livingsystems.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PHD2026_19_RANCZ_PERRINETpub.pdf" title="https://centuri-livingsystems.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PHD2026_19_RANCZ_PERRINETpub.pdf" class="x_unhandled-link" style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; text-decoration:none; unicode-bidi:isolate">
Full project description <span class="x_link-origin-tag" style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline">
[centuri-livingsystems.org]</span></a><br>
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Application form <span class="x_link-origin-tag" style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline">
[centuri-livingsystems.org]</span></a><br>
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We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and celebrate diversity and free creative thinking in our research environment.
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<div><span style="font-family:mastodon-font-sans-serif,sans-serif; white-space:pre-wrap">Please share this opportunity or contact us directly if you know strong candidates who would thrive in this interdisciplinary environment.</span></div>
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<div>Best regards, Laurent PerrInet</div>
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<div>Discuss it there:</div>
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<div><a href="https://laurentperrinet.github.io/post/content/post/2026-01-28-phd-position-neuromodulatory-predictive-processing">https://laurentperrinet.github.io/post/content/post/2026-01-28-phd-position-neuromodulatory-predictive-processing</a></div>
<div><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ederancz.bsky.social/post/3mbot3n2uzk2e">https://bsky.app/profile/ederancz.bsky.social/post/3mbot3n2uzk2e</a></div>
<div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ede-rancz-8a68b5_phd-position-in-computational-systems-activity-7413972661300510720-FKAu">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ede-rancz-8a68b5_phd-position-in-computational-systems-activity-7413972661300510720-FKAu</a></div>
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