Nationaal Initiatief Hersenen & Cognitie (NIHC) PhD student in Neuroscience
PhD student will test the hypothesis that the structural, functional and effective connections in the brain of adults with ADHD and of healthy controls are different. The PhD student will also investigate if the
connections, in which these differences localize, are heritable, and if genetic variants in connectivity genes impact on the ADHD-relevant brain connections in patients and/or healthy individuals, and in this way impact on cognition and disease risk. The project is aimed at making a substantial contribution to the knowledge about a) the development of tools to investigate different types of brain connectivity, b) how brain connectivity is affected in ADHD, and c) how ADHD genes affect brain connectivity.
connections, in which these differences localize, are heritable, and if genetic variants in connectivity genes impact on the ADHD-relevant brain connections in patients and/or healthy individuals, and in this way impact on cognition and disease risk. The project is aimed at making a substantial contribution to the knowledge about a) the development of tools to investigate different types of brain connectivity, b) how brain connectivity is affected in ADHD, and c) how ADHD genes affect brain connectivity.
Scans the participants (together with a second PhD student)
Optimizes and develops new methodology for the analysis of brain connectivity (structural, functional and effective) and use in genetics studies
Optimizes and develops new methodology for the analysis of brain connectivity (structural, functional and effective) and use in genetics studies
Requirements
- Master in neuroscience or comparable
- Strong background in systems level neuroscience/neuroimaging
- Good programming skills (Matlab)
- Strong interest in molecular genetics, high affinity with fundamental research related to human disease
- Interest in working with ADHD patients, good communicational skills
- Highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary environment at the cutting edge of science
Conditions of employment
Temporary 4 years
36 hrs per week
Salary level 10A: maximal € 2,673 gross per month
Maximum all-in yearly salary on full time basis is € 37,700 gross
36 hrs per week
Salary level 10A: maximal € 2,673 gross per month
Maximum all-in yearly salary on full time basis is € 37,700 gross
Organisation: UMC St Radboud
Department: Human Genetics
The Department of Human Genetics provides counseling and diagnostics for patients with inherited and acquired diseases. The research groups perform cutting-edge studies to investigate the relationship between genes and diseases, in particular cancer, deafness, blindness, mental retardation, and congenital abnormalities. State-of-the-art facilities are available for sequence-, genescan-, linkage-, and microarray analyses.
Application Deadline: 2011, January 17
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