Tenure track - Chaire - Using brain imaging to bridge between neuroscience and cognition

4 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

INSERM

Department

neurospin

Research Field

Neurosciences
Neurosciences

Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)

Country

France

Application Deadline

2 Apr 2024 - 16:40 (Europe/Paris)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Offer Starting Date

1 Oct 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Using brain imaging to bridge between neuroscience and cognition
The Inserm chair recruitments opened to Inserm are intended for researchers with strong potential to manage and lead research teams and participate in national, European or international projects.
This recruitment, based on research and teaching projects, is aimed at researchers with a doctorate or equivalent and a first post-doctoral experience. The position is offered on a fixed-term contract (CDD) with a view to tenure in the Inserm Research Directors personnel at the end of the contract.

Located 25 kilometers south of Paris, in the heart of the Paris-Saclay University, NeuroSpin forms, with its neighbor NeuroPSI, a center for excellence in neuroscience research. NeuroSpin is entirely dedicated to the study of the brain using non-invasive methods. In a building of 11,000 m², NeuroSpin brings together 200 technicians, engineers and researchers who develop tools and models to better understand how the brain works. Since its opening in 2007, NeuroSpin has established itself as a reference center for ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging of the human and animal brain. NeuroSpin hosts sophisticated instruments, some of which are unique in the world, including an 17.2 Tesla preclinical MRI and an 11.7 Tesla MRI for humans. A new magnetoencephalography machine (MEG) has been recently installed.To exploit this exceptional platform, NeuroSpin seeks to recruit a cognitive neuroscientist of international stature, who has proven his or her ability to jointly exploit multiple behavioral and brain-imaging techniques to shed light on the high-level cognitive functions of the human brain, its developmental and evolutionary origins.To exploit this exceptional platform, NeuroSpin seeks to recruit a cognitive neuroscientist of international stature, who has proven his or her ability to jointly exploit multiple behavioral and brain-imaging techniques to shed light on the high-level cognitive functions of the human brain, its developmental and evolutionary origins.

The goal of the Cognitive NeuroImaging Unit (Unicog) is to shed light on the brain mechanisms of higher cognitive functions in humans by developing and making use of the high-tech neuroimaging methods available at NeuroSpin, conjointly with experimental paradigms from cognitive psychology. Affiliated to CEA, INSERM, Paris-Saclay University and CNRS, the unit comprises five distinct teams entitled Brain computations (number, probability, confidence, decision making); Languages of the brain (language, math, music); Neuroimaging of Development (impact of development and education on infants and children’s brains); Cognition and Brain Dynamics (mental representation of time, brain dynamics); and Primate cognition and consciousness (conscious processing, anesthesia, disorders of consciousness). By comparing human adults, with or without education, with human children, infants, and non-human primates, the laboratory aims to shed light on which mechanisms are shared by all primates, and which might be specific to humans.

The unit aims to recruit a new researcher capable of starting a new line of research that fits with those overall goals. The researcher’s project should fit a number of criteria: (1) focus on resolving the cognitive and brain mechanisms of a well-defined high-level perceptual or cognitive computation; (2) feasibility given the existing methodologies available at NeuroSpin; (3) capacity to integrate multimodal data (e.g. fMRI+MEG+behavior; human + non-human primate data; etc); (4) explicit computational or mathematical modeling; (4) capacity to interact with other teams and researchers in the lab; (5) national and international funding and collaborations.

The recruited researcher will teach an advanced course (~40 hours) at the graduate level within the BioSigne Doctoral School of Paris-Saclay University, possibly within one of these two Masters 2 courses: M2 Computational Neurosciences and Neuroengineering | Université Paris-Saclay (universite-paris-saclay.fr) M2 Imagerie Biomédicale | Université Paris-Saclay (universite-paris-saclay.fr) The exact content will be dependent on the specific person being recruited, and will be co-constructed together with other professors in order to be complementary with those already taught by the existing faculty. A non-exhaustive list of possible topics includes: - Advanced methodologies for cognitive brain imaging - Educational cognitive neuroscience - Comparative cognitive neuroscience of human and non-human primates

Research contact: Stanislas DEHAENE: [email protected]

Administrative contact: [email protected]

Requirements

Research Field

Neurosciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

We expect the candidate to have a strong publication record, not only in specialized journals, but also in general publications, conferences, radio interviews, etc., that contribute to the dissemination of science in the general public. Candidates with a record of accomplishment of applications to education and the science of learning will be particularly appreciated. All software tools and all data produced will be ultimately made available to the international community.

It is expected the recruited researcher to become rapidly a group leader in the team. The candidate shoulddemonstrate ability to supervise Ph.D students, post-doctoral fellows and technical support staff. She/heshould have the capacity to obtain competitive funding to manage her/his group.
 

Specific Requirements

Education Level : Phd

Researcher Profile : R3/R4

Your application will be evaluated according to the following criteria :

Relevance and originality of the project related to the research field

International exposure in research projects

Your ability to raise funds

Participation in editorial and reviewing activities

Your teaching experience

Your ability to lead a team

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Research Field

Neurosciences

Years of Research Experience

4 - 10

Additional Information
Selection process

Successful candidates are chosen by a selection commission composed of six to ten members, the majority of whom are specialists in the fields of research concerned. The commission carries out an initial examination of the applications, focused in particular on candidate experience and skills relative to the research and teaching project presented above. A shortlist of candidates is then selected for interview. Only candidates selected by the selection committee on the basis of their applications will be invited to interview. The interviews are followed by a deliberation during which selection commission will discuss the quality, originality and, where appropriate, the interdisciplinarity of the research and teaching projects presented by the candidates, their motivation and their scientific and teaching supervision capacity. The candidates selected at the end of the selection process will be offered a researcher contract, following approval from the President and CEO of Inserm.

Website for additional job details

https://www.unicog.org/job-opportunities/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Inserm

Country

France

City

gif sur yvette

Postal Code

91191

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://eva3-accueil.inserm.fr/sites/eva/chaires/2024/Pages/default.aspx

Contact

City

Gif sur Yvette

Website

http://www.unicog.org

Street

CEA/SAC/DSV/DRM/NeuroSpin, Bat 145, point courrier 156

Postal Code

91191

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED