Scholarship Details:
The VU University
Amsterdam is one of the leading institutions for higher education in
Europe. It is part of international science networks and collaborates
with many major universities throughout the world. The Faculty of
Sciences consists of four departments, with 600 employees including
researchers, lecturers, full- and part-time professors.
Department:
The Department of
Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences of the VU University Amsterdam
invites applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral position in the research
area of statistics with applications to neuronal network formation.
Postdoc:
The Postdoc will be a member of the
Stochastics Section of the Department of Mathematics and will carry out
her/his research within the group Statistics for Life Sciences. The
research will be performed within the NWO-CLS project NETFORM, in close
collaboration with scientists of the Department of Integrative
Neurophysiology, CNCR, VU University Amsterdam.
Task Details:
The Postdoc will
develop statistical models and methodology for the analysis of simulated
and experimental neuronal data with the goal to elucidate the influence
of neuronal morphology on synaptic connectivity patterns. Application
of the developed methodology to data also belongs to the tasks.
Requirement Details:
Candidates should have a
PhD in mathematics or statistics, or in a related area with an
excellent background in statistics and probability, and must have a
genuine interest in neurobiology and computational neuroscience. They
also should have programming competency with software such
as R and Matlab, be fluent in English and have good communication skills.
Application Deadline:Application Deadline is 10 December 2010
Further Details:
For further information about this scholarship visit below link.
http://www.vu.nl/nl/Images/1.2010.00287_tcm9-192890.pdf
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