PhD: Threat Circuits & Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback

KNAW (Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen); Amsterdam; Vor Ort; EUR 36.000 - 45.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Travel allowance

ABP pension

Zusammenfassung

The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam, jointly with Maastricht UMC+, seeks a PhD student to investigate how brain circuits govern threat and stress and to develop neurofeedback approaches in humans.

You will first study mouse defensive behaviors and circuit regulation, using TRAP2, viral tracing, optogenetics, and fiber photometry, then translate findings to humans with 7T fMRI and real-time neurofeedback paradigms.

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree in neuroscience or closely related field.
• Strong interest in neural circuits and behavior.
• Experience with interdisciplinary collaboration and English proficiency.

Aufgaben

• Work on mouse models to identify brain regions regulating defensive behavior.
• Apply TRAP2, viral tracing, optogenetics, fiber photometry and data analysis.
• Translate findings to humans with 7T fMRI and real-time neurofeedback development.
• Collaborate across neuroscience and clinical psychiatry teams; communicate results.

Kenntnisse

Neural circuits

Behavioral analysis

Data analysis

English proficiency

Collaborative work

Ausbildung

Master's degree in neuroscience

Tools

TRAP2

7T MRI

Real-time fMRI

Viral tracing

Jobbeschreibung

The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam, jointly with Maastricht UMC+, seeks a PhD student to investigate how brain circuits govern threat and stress and to develop neurofeedback approaches in humans.

You will first study mouse defensive behaviors and circuit regulation, using TRAP2, viral tracing, optogenetics, and fiber photometry, then translate findings to humans with 7T fMRI and real-time neurofeedback paradigms.