Postdoc in combined human fMRI and depth electrode programme

[teki <radiotek@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear list members,

Please see the advert below for a postdoctoral position with Prof. Tim Griffiths and Dr. Matt Howard  - 

We seek to appoint a postdoctoral worker who would be based in Iowa 
and carry out studies of neurosurgical patients under the 
care of Dr 
Matt Howard. The post is related to a programme of work in collaboration
 with Dr Tim Griffiths in the UK funded by the 
Wellcome Trust (UK) for 
five years. The work involves recording of electrical responses to sound
 stimuli from the auditory cortex 
of patients undergoing presurgical 
evaluation for epilepsy and carrying out auditory fMRI on the same 
patients. Unique custom 
facilities for both are available in Iowa. A 
series of experiments is underway to examine pitch and object perception
 (refs).

We require a flexible scientist able to work with a multidisciplinary 
team. We expect work of this nature to attract applicants with
a variety
 of backgrounds that might include animal neurophysiology or human 
imaging.  

Tim Griffiths (t.d.griffiths@xxxxxxxxx) and Matt Howard (matthew-howard@xxxxxxxxx)  would be pleased to answer any further questions.

Refs:
1) Griffiths TD, Kumar S, Sedley W, Nourski K, Kawasaki H, Oya H, Patterson RD, Brugge JF, Howard MA (2010). Direct recordings of pitch responses from human auditory cortex. Current Biology
2) Kumar S, Sedley W, Nourski KV, Kawasaki H, Oya H, Patterson RD, Howard MA, Friston KJ, Griffiths TD (in press). Predictive coding and pitch processing in the auditory cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.



Sincerely,
Sundeep

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Sundeep Teki
PhD Student

Auditory Research Group
Newcastle University Medical School, and
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
University College London

Email:   s.teki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web:     http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~steki