PhD position in cognitive neuroscience for 4 years
University of Zurich · Neurodiversity and Cognition Group, University Hospital of Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich
This PhD position is part of the SNSF Starting grant titled Humour in adolescents on the autism spectrum: a window into cognition and a tool for well-being obtained by Prof. Dr. Mirella Manfredi and entails the following responsibilities: Recruitment of participants Data collection Data analysis Presentation of research results at international scientific meetings Publication of research results in peer-reviewed journal articles Supervision of master theses Assistance in organizing workshops
🇨🇭 Zurich100%temporaryNo deadline
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Researcher in Multimodal Human Sensing and Advanced Behavioral Data Analysis
EPFL · Post-doc / Collab. scientifique
Mission Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded project on human motivation, stress physiology, immersive behavioral testing, and multimodal data analysis The Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics at EPFL, led by Prof. Carmen Sandi, is seeking an outstanding postdoctoral researcher with a strong technical and quantitative profile to join a SNSF-funded project investigating human motivation and stress responsiveness. The project will develop and validate individually calibrated behavioral tasks in immersive virtual reality (VR) to quantify effort-based motivation, vigor, persistence and goal-directed versus habitual control. It will then test how acute stress alters these processes, combining behavioral performance, physiological monitoring, movement-based phenotyping, and advanced statistical and computational analyses. This position is part of a broader two-position recruitment linked to the same SNSF-funded project. The call is for the position focused on multimodal sensing, experimental systems, physiological and movement data, and advanced behavioral data analysis . A second, complementary position will focus more specifically on clinical and implementation aspects of the project. Although the project uses virtual reality as an experimental platform, prior VR experience is not necessarily required. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong expertise in experimental systems, physiological sensing, signal processing, human movement analysis, computational neuroscience, biomedical engineering, data science, and/or advanced quantitative behavioral research. The position is funded for three years . In line with standard EPFL procedures, the contract is issued on a one-year basis and renewable annually , subject to satisfactory progress and institutional regulations. Project background Understanding human motivation requires methods that go beyond questionnaires and simplified computer-based tasks. This project aims to develop more naturalistic,…
🇨🇭 LausanneCDDNo deadline
Administrative / Other
Technician - Mouse Surgery & Neuroscience
EPFL · Technique
Mission EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) is one of Europe's most dynamic and international research universities, consistently ranked among the world's top institutions. With over 16,000 students and staff from more than 120 countries, EPFL offers an inspiring environment fostering excellence in education, research, and innovation. Our laboratory develops and applies advanced molecular and optical technologies to study mechanisms of cell surface signaling, cancer neuroscience, and protein engineering, integrating molecular biology, cell biology, and systems neuroscience…
🇨🇭 LausanneCDDNo deadline
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Positions in Computational Neuroscience & AI
EPFL · Post-doc / Collab. scientifique
Mission The A. Mathis Group for Computational Neuroscience and AI (CNAI), led by Professor Alexander Mathis, is seeking two postdoctoral fellows to join our team working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and neuroscience. Our research is built around three intertwined questions: how to measure and understand behavior with AI, how brains and embodied agents learn to control the body, and how the brain builds a sense of its body through proprioception. We develop widely-used open-source tools (e.g., DeepLabCut), train biomechanically realistic embodied agents (e.g., MuscleMimic,…
🇨🇭 GenèveCDDNo deadline
Postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher in fly neuroscience and robotics
EPFL · Post-doc / Collab. scientifique
Mission We are looking for a highly motivated Postdoctoral researcher (W/M) to join our Neuroengineering Laboratory at EPFL ( https://go.epfl.ch/ramdya/ ) to work on an ERC funded project aiming to reverse-engineer insect limb motor control for bioinspired robotics. The main focus of this project is how neural circuits in the motor system of the fly, Drosophila melanogaster, orchestrate limb movements and autonomous behavior in complex environments. Specifically, we are looking for Postdoctoral scientists to perform microscopy-based neural recordings in behaving flies, computational analysis,…
🇨🇭 LausanneCDDNo deadline
Postdoc
PhD or postdoctoral researcher positions (all genders welcome)
University of Göttingen · Institute of Computer Science
The Neural Data Science Lab (Prof. Ecker) and the Machine Learning Lab (Prof. Sinz) of the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Göttingen invite applications for PhD or postdoctoral researcher positions (all genders welcome) Positions are full-time (currently 39,8 hours/week) up to salary level TV-L E14 initially for three years, with the possibility of extension. Projects are in the area of data science and computational neuroscience. You will develop and apply modern methods from machine learning and computer vision to analyze animal behavior or fundamental cognitive functions and their neural mechanisms. Your profile Strong background in either machine learning (especially deep learning) and computer vision or cognitive science and computational neuroscience to solve challenging scientific problems Strong mathematical and analytical skills Very good command of the English language For postdoctoral researchers: PhD in a relevant field and ability to lead a small team of PhD students What we offer A highly interdisciplinary and collaborative, team-oriented research environment. You will be integrated into a thriving scientific environment with several Collaborative Research Centers, the Campus Institute Data Science. Collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, German Primate Center and international partners at Stanford University is possible and encouraged. We value diversity and equality, and provide a family-friendly, diverse and international environment. Please submit your application as a single pdf with the usual documents (motivation letter, curriculum vitae, university degrees, transcript of records, contact details of up to two referees) electronically to Ecker Lab ( eckerlab@ uni-goettingen.de ) if you are interested in joining the Neural Data Science Lab Sinz Lab ( sinz@uni-goettingen.de ) if you are interested in joining the Machine Learning Lab For questions about the position, please contact the…
🇩🇪 GöttingenTV-L E14initially for three years, with the possibility of extension | Entgeltgruppe 14 TV-L31 Dec 9999
