PhD in Neuroimaging, Genetics & Cross-Species Brain Evolution

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ABP pension

Commuting allowance

Holiday allowance 8%

End-of-year bonus 8.3%

Personalized benefits package

Job summary

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam invites applications for a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the Connectome Lab at CNCR. The project explores how brain variation relates to evolution using large human and cross-species datasets, with emphasis on LLM-assisted data mining.

You will work on structural, diffusion, and resting-state MRI across individuals and species. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary researchers and contribute to reproducible workflows, manuscripts and teaching

Qualifications

• Master degree in neuroscience or quantitative field.
• Hands-on experience with computational analysis is important.
• Experience with FreeSurfer, FSL and GWAS is advantageous.
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, R and Bash; AI/LLM familiarity is a plus.
• Experience with large neuroimaging datasets and replication of analyses.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large-scale structural MRI, diffusion MRI and resting-state fMRI datasets.
• Develop pipelines for cortical reconstruction, tractography and functional connectivity.
• Investigate individual variation and neurodiversity in brain structure and connectivity.
• Integrate genetics with neuroimaging.
• Perform cross-species analyses in context of brain evolution.
• Integrate findings across datasets and imaging modalities.
• Apply computational and statistical methods for brain networks.
• Contribute to reproducible neuroimaging workflows.
• Collaborate within CNCR and international networks.
• Present findings at national and international meetings.
• Prepare scientific manuscripts and contribute to teaching.

Skills

Computational analysis

Scientific programming

Python

MATLAB

R

Bash

AI/LLM

Education

MSc in neuroscience or related quantitative field

Tools

FreeSurfer

FSL

GWAS

High-performance computing

Job description

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam invites applications for a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the Connectome Lab at CNCR. The project explores how brain variation relates to evolution using large human and cross-species datasets, with emphasis on LLM-assisted data mining.

You will work on structural, diffusion, and resting-state MRI across individuals and species. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary researchers and contribute to reproducible workflows, manuscripts and teaching