Phd Position Department of Cognitive Neuroscience

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Maastricht, Nederland Maastricht University Voltijd

PhD position: Creating a probabilistic retinotopic laminar atlas of the LGN as a target for a visual prosthesis.

Are you interested to investigate the detailed organization of the human lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) using ultra-high field MRI? Do you want to contribute to the creation of a novel visual prosthesis for the late blind? Then join the ZonMw-funded project 'EVISIION' as a PhD student.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
While there is progress in developing visual prostheses for the blind in the visual pathways, especially in primary visual cortex, coverage of large parts of the visual field remains a challenge. The ZonMw project "EVISION: Electronic neuroprosthesis for VISION restoration " aims to overcome this issue by targeting the LGN, the deep brain structure that provides input to the visual cortex. The LGN has full coverage of the contralateral hemifield in a small volume (~120 mm3 ), making it a promising target for a visual prosthesis. Before implanting a visual LGN prosthesis in humans, high-resolution LGN data is needed to optimally guide the surgical placement of electrodes. EVISION consists of two parts: 1) the development of a high-resolution laminar retinotopic fMRI atlas of the human LGN headed by Prof. Rainer Goebel, and 2) the development and implantation of the actual prosthesis in animals and later humans headed by Prof. Pieter Roelfsema (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam). The available position is for part 1. Your work in this sub-project involves mapping the laminar and retinotopic organization of the LGN in about 30 people using anatomical and functional 7 Tesla MRI. Your data will be used to create a probabilistic LGN atlas. Besides of its value for the neuroimaging community, the created porbabilistic atlas will serve as guidance for the implantation of a future LGN prosthesis in humans.

You will join the “Vision" lab (also known as the ‘computational architecture of visual processing streams’ section) led by Rainer Goebel, embedded in the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University. You will work with a very open minded group of PhDs, postdocs and PI’s working in the spirit of team science, in a very cooperative, collegial, and interdisciplinary work climate. We value and actively engage in local, national and international collaborations. With our empirical, theoretical and computational expertise we aim to contribute to our understanding of the psychological and neural mechanisms of the mind.

You will have the following responsibilities:

- Become a certified user to run ultra-high field MRI experiments.
- Design anatomical and functional 7 Tesla MRI studies.
- Co-develop a pipeline to optimally analyse obtained 7 Tesla MRI data of the LGN.
- Co-develop optimal alignment tools to create a probabilistic laminar LGN atlas.
- Write scientific papers.
- Share the individual data and the generated atlas with the community.
- Teach in master and bachelor level courses.
- Contribute to a nice and open group atmosphere.

**REQUIREMENTS**

Background:

- A master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, cognitive psychology).
- You are excited about research and wish to pursue a career in science.
- You have experience with programming languages such as Python (preferred) or Matlab.
- You have basic experience with acquiring and analysing fMRI data; experience with ultra-high field imaging is a plus.
- You like working in a team and have good communication skills.
- You have an excellent command of written and spoken English.

**What we offer**
**As a PhD **at the **Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience**, you will be employed by the most international university in the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht. In addition, we offer you**:

- Good employment conditions. The position is graded in scale PhD according to UFO profile PhD, with corresponding salary based on experience ranging from €2770,00 in the first year and €3539,00 gross per month in the fourth year (based on a full-time employment of 38 hours per week). In addition to the monthly salary, an 8.0% holiday allowance and an 8.3% year-end bonus apply.
- An employment contract for a period of 12 months with a scope of 1.0 FTE. Upon a positive evaluation, an extension of 3 years will follow.
- At Maastricht University, the well-being of our employees is of utmost importance, we offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home if the nature of your position allows it. You will receive a monthly commuting and internet allowance for this. If you work full-time, you will be entitled to 29 vacation days and 4 additional public holidays per year, namely carnival Monday, carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, and Liberation Day. If you choose to accumulate compensation hours, an additional 12 days will be added. Furthermore, you can personalize your employment conditions through a collective labor agreement (

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