<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sean Hill</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sean.hill@epfl.ch">sean.hill@epfl.ch</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:06 AM<br>
Subject: [Comp-neuro] Blue Brain is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuron Modeling<br>To: <a href="mailto:comp-neuro@neuroinf.org">comp-neuro@neuroinf.org</a><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><p class="MsoNormal">
Job Description: Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuron Modeling</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Blue Brain Project, headquartered in Lausanne,
Switzerland, is an international research venture to reverse-engineer the brain
and enable next-generation fundamental and medical research through simulation.
BBP is now seeking for immediate hire a </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Postdoctoral
Researcher in Neuron Modeling,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">for immediate hire, to strengthen the project’s
computational neuroscience team and to prepare it for the next steps of growth.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The primary objective for this position is to contribute to
the ongoing large-scale detailed neuron modeling and validation efforts and to advance
the model generation and validation of the full diversity of neuron electrical
properties and dendritic integration. Scientific leadership is expected to cosupervise computational neuroscience students and the software expertise to interface with the technical teams. The position will involve a
close interaction between the electrophysiology lab and computer simulations.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Detailed Requirements:</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span>PhD in the field of computational neuroscience</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span>expert knowledge in NEURON and multi-compartment
conductance-based modeling</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span>expert knowledge in whole cell
electrophysiology, ion channel experiments and models</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span>expert knowledge in Python and Matlab</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span>profound knowledge of model specification
languages such as NeuroML</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span>profound knowledge in other programming
languages (C++) and parallel computing is of advantage</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span> </span>‘can-do’ attitude for pragmatic prototypes that accompany the
global model building and validation strategy</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span>co-supervision of PhD students</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span>fluent written and spoken English</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">What we offer:</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span>An internationally visible and rising project
successfully connecting the demanding challenges of research with
industry-strength solutions</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span>Supervision of research projects and publication
opportunities</p><p><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span>A young, dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and
international working environment </p><div>Competitive salary</div><div><br></div><div>Interested applicants please send CV, 3 references and a statement of research interests to:</div><div>Felix Schuermann (<a href="mailto:felix.schuermann@epfl.ch" target="_blank">felix.schuermann@epfl.ch</a>)</div>
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