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BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

FUNDED POSTDOCTORAL POSITION – CONSCIOUSNESS Group

Research Field: Neurosciences 
Sub Research Field:  

Job Summary

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain) is offering a 2-year funded Post-Doctoral opportunity. The post-doctoral fellow will work on a research project within the Consciousness research group. We are developing new protocols for real-time functional MRI, coupled with state-of-the art computational models, in order to understand consciousness and metacognition, and their role in guiding human behaviour.

Job Description

The selected candidate will be involved in the improvement, refining and expanding of a pipeline for real-time fMRI using decoded neurofeedback and closed-loop Bayesian optimization, that we have been developing using different Python-libraries. The selected candidate must have excellent programming skills using Python and experience using machine learning models. Additional experience using functional MRI will be a plus. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to develop original experiments under the supervision and guidance of the PIs. The candidate must have excellent organization and communication skills to contribute towards the dissemination of the results at international scientific conferences (presentations/posters) and peer-reviewed journals.

PI and research group: candidate will form part of the Consciousness research group (https://www.bcbl.eu/en/research/research-groups/consciousness) led by Prof. David Soto (d.soto@bcbl.eu), who will be the main supervisor.

Benefits

Salary: Gross salary € 28.000 - € 30.000

Entitlements and other benefits: https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/what-is-like-to-work-bcbl

Training opportunities and Career development plan:

Researchers at any stage of their career, regardless of their contractual situation, are given an opportunity for professional development and for improving their employability through access to a Personal Career Development Plan which includes:

(1) Training through individually personalized research projects under senior supervision

(2) Exchanging knowledge with the scientific community and the general public

(3) Network-wide training in theory and methods

(4) Complementary training courses

(5) Involvement in proposal writing, task coordination

(6) Development of skills for the organization of training and scientific events

Comment/web site for additional job details

https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/job-offers/funded-postdoctoral-position-consciousness-group

FP7 / PEOPLE / Marie Curie Actions

Research Framework Programme/
Marie Curie Actions
No 
SESAM Agreement Number  

Job Details

Type of Contract Temporary 
Researcher profile Recognised Researcher (R2), Established Researcher (R3)  
Status Full-time 
Hours Per Week 35  
Company/Institute BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language 
Country SPAIN 
State/Province  
City  

Organization/Institute Contact Data

Organization BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language 
Organization/Institution Type Research Laboratory 
Faculty/Department/Research Lab  
Country SPAIN 
City Donostia - San Sebatian 
State/Province Gipuzkoa 
Postal Code E-20009 
Street Paseo Mikeletegi, 69 - 2 
E-Mail hr@bcbl.eu 
Website http://www.bcbl.eu 
Phone +34 943 309 300 
Mobile Phone  
Fax +34 943 309 052 

Application Details

Envisaged Job Starting Date 2023-07-02 
Application Deadline 2023-03-01 
How To Apply http://www.bcbl.eu 

Additional Requirements

Skill

Required skills:

Applicants should have a Master and a PhD (or nearly completed) degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Science, Engineering and/or related areas.
The applicants must demonstrate excellent communication skills in English.

Programming skills using Python libraries.

Machine learning and computational modelling knowledge.



Desirable skills:

Neuroimaging experience (fMRI)

 
Specific Requirements