Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Psychology ROYAL HOLLOWAY University of London Salary is in the range £24,466 to £26,537 inclusive of London Allowance. A 23 month, full-time postdoctoral research position is available to investigate the neural basis of learning in the human brain using functional MRI. The project will study the dynamic changes in activity that accompany the acquisition of cognitive and motor skills, and will focus on information processing in the prefrontal cortex, the cortical motor system and interconnected areas of the cerebellum (see Ramnani (2006), Nature Reviews Neuroscience 7(7):511-522). The project is funded by a BBSRC grant to Dr. Narender Ramnani. Facilities include an on-site, research-dedicated 3T Siemens Trio MRI scanner hosted by the Psychology Department at Royal Holloway (Surrey, 35 minutes to central London). Candidates should hold (or should expect to be awarded) a PhD in the behavioural or cognitive neuroscien

The Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) 1458 “Notational Iconicity. On the Materiality, Perceptibilty and Operativity of Writing” at Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), is offering from 1st October 2008 12 Ph.D studentships (full-time) and 3 postdoctoral fellowships for a duration of 2 years (the Ph.D studentships are extendable for another year). Closing date for applications: 26th April 2008. The research training group is dedicated to investigating script/writing as a key subject in the humanities. Its aim is to contribute to a change of perspective from a phonographic, language-centred concept of writing to an iconographic, language-neutral concept of writing. The founding hypothesis is that both alphabetic and non-alphabetic scripts are hybrid forms that combine discursive and iconic components and that writing is therefore more than simply a medium used to record spoken language. The research training group investigates systematica

Department: TSSG (Telecommunications Software & Systems Group) Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland Minimum Qualification Required: * Possess a Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. * Have strong programming skills of Java and experience of implementing numerical algorithms with Java * Have a good understanding or some experience in the following areas: database, statistics, machine learning, or data mining. * With good written and spoken English, and ideally some existing publications Major Duties: * Develop the novel algorithms and scalable software systems for Predictive Analytics and Web services based on Semantic Web mining. * Study novel techniques of distributed data mining. Applications should include: * a curriculum vitae with a list of publications, * a cover letter and a statement of research interests, * the names and e-mail addresses of two references. Applications should be sent by e-mail with

Specified Use The Brooks World Poverty Institute ( BWPI ) in collaboration with the Institute for Development Policy & Management ( IDPM ) is offering the bursary for full time study on the new MSc in Poverty & Development. This new programme forms part of the established International Development pathway programme within IDPM. Tenable period The bursary is for the 2008-09 Academic year. Number available: 5 Academic requirements * Second Class Honours, Upper Division or above, or overseaas equivalent. Please contact the School’s Recruitment & Admissions office for equivalency information. * Applicants whose first langauge is a language other than English must have 7.0 IELTS or equivalent from another recognised English Language test e.g. (TOEFL) This funding is available to all nationalities. Application procedure All applicants who recieve an offer are automatically considered for the bursary. Closing date: 30 Jun 2008 Applications received after the 30th June 200

Project Title: Computational Nanomechanics of Nanocomposites Supervisor: Professor Michael McCarthy, Chair of Aeronautical Engineering ( http://www.ul.ie/~engineer/moredetails.php?sku=127 ) Location: Material and Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland ( http://www.ul.ie/mssi/ ) In Collaboration with: Professor William A. Curtin, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA ( http://www.engin.brown.edu/people/Faculty/facultypage.php?id=1106969990 ) Funding Duration: Funding is provided for up to four years from Autumn 2008 (subject to satisfactory progress). Earlier completion feasible. Funded by: The Higher Education Authority of Ireland, through the PRTLI funded Project: Nanoscience and Nano-scale technologies for Ireland Candidates with an engineering, physics, materials science or applied mathematics background are being sought for a four-year Ph.D. scholarship in Computational Nanomechanics of Nanocomposites, beginning Autumn 2008. The outstanding mechanical properties o

The discipline of Geogrpahy at the University of Manchester is pleased to announce that it will be offering a number of bursarys for International fee paying students. The value of the bursary is £2,000, which is automatically deducted from the student’s fee at enrolment. Bursaries are for study on Full time Postgraduate Taught Masters within the discipline of Geography, as detailed below: * MA Human Geography * MSc Environmental Governance * MSc Environmental Monitoring, Modelling & Reconstruction * MSc Geographical Information Science Academic requirements * Second Class Honours, Upper Division or above, or overseaas equivalent. Please contact the School’s Recruitment & Admissions office for equivalency information. * Applicants whose first langauge is a language other than English must have 7.0 IELTS or equivalent from another recognised English Language test e.g. (TOEFL) This funding is available to international students. Application procedure All a

A postdoc position in the field of first-principles computer simulations of materials at high pressure is available in the group of Prof. Burkhard Militzer at UC Berkeley. The work focuses on the application of condensed matter simulation techniques to planetary science problems in order to improve our understanding of the interior of planets. Physicists with a background in computational methods are encouraged to apply. The project has two parts. Quantum Monte Carlo calculations are applied to minerals in the deep Earth and density functional based methods are used to study fluids at high pressure including hydrogen-helium mixtures in giant planets.The position will be hosted at the Department of Earth and Planetary Science but the project proceeds in collaboration with physics and astronomy. Application Candidates should have experience in first-principles methods and send their applications by email to militzer@berkeley.edu using PDF format and postdoc search in the subject line. Al

The University of Northern Iowa is seeking a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Axel Schwekendiek to work in plant metabolic engineering of hops. Hops are used in the brewing industry for flavoring beer and in nutriceutical, biofuel process, and animal feeds as anticancer, phytoestrogen, and antimicrobial agents. The successful candidate will oversee transformation projects at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA and transfer technology to an industrial setting. The candidate should be able to work in Iowa and in Washington, or abroad at hosting-academic institutions, according to project needs. The postdoc will lead several technicians, students and a doctoral student at both institutions in new facilities dedicated to hop tissue culture and interact with successful genomics and gene isolation efforts (see The Plant Cell, 20:186-200, 2008; J. Agric. Food Chem., 55: 7002-7009, 2007). Experience in plant tissue culture and genetic transformation is required. T

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join us at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) at the prestigious Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. We are a leading international provider of cutting-edge research, service and training in the field of Bioinformatics. The Rebholz Group is developing novel text mining solutions and pursues research in the biomedical text-mining embedded in bioinformatics research. As part of this work, performant information extraction solutions are applied to large-scale corpora to identify and assess sets of facts that support the work of biomedical researchers. In the current phase, the group is involved in ontology development for biomedical events and in the generation of a large-scale lexicon. Overall, the research team is doing research work in information extraction (IE) with semantics support. We are seeking a researcher who wants to contribute to ongoing research work. Different

Postdoctoral positions are available to study signaling mechanisms in synaptic remodeling. The goal is to understand the molecular mechanisms and biochemical pathways that mediate learning and memory as they pertain to brain function during health and disease. This research relates to aging, drug addiction, schizophrenia, PTSD, and ADHD. Other projects focus on the dysregulation of synaptic signaling as it pertains to neurodegenerative disorders including stroke and Alzheimers disease. Research will be conducted at a state-of-the arts premier facility that accommodates expertise in neuroscience, biochemistry, pharmacology, electrophysiology, behavior, histology, molecular biology and transgenic technology. Applicants must be near finishing or have just completed their doctoral thesis with publications in international peer reviewed journals. Application Qualified applicants should send their c.v. and list of references to: Dr. James A. Bibb Department of Psychiatry The University of Te

The School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science is seeking a candidate of outstanding ability to join the exciting programme of research on Carbon Footprinting of the Food and Drink Supply Chain. The PhD student will work on developing a methodology for estimation of greenhouse gases as well as other environmental impacts in the drink and supply chain. The work will also involve development of a methodology for carbon labelling of food and drink products. This is part of a GBP 1M project on Carbon Calculation of Industrial Activities over the Life Cycle (CCaLC) as well as the research carried out within the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester. A first or upper second honours degree, masters qualification or equivalent in engineering, science or mathematics are ideal academic qualifications for this studentship. An interest in environmental issues and sustainability is essential. The student should also have excellent communication and writing ski

Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship in Computational Genomics and Systems Biology at the Centre for Bioinformatics, Kings College London. The aim of the project will be the large-scale analysis of cellular gene networks and their interactions in order to link the structural and functional network properties and further our understanding of the rules governing species evolution and molecular interactions. Previous work involved the development of mathematical procedures for module discovery and data mining of microbial interaction networks. The work under this PhD studentship is expected to enhance these approaches through the use of appropriate database technologies, mathematical and statistical modelling as well as relevant computational biology software. The Kings College London Centre for Bioinformatics (KCBI) was established in September 2007 through a collaboration between the Schools of Physical Sciences & Engineering and Biomedical & Health Sciences. Re