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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dear all,</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD student position at the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
(UK). The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Dr Roman Bauer and Dr Evelyne Sernagor, and do computational modeling as well as wet-lab work on neuronal development and self-organization in the retina. There is also the possibility for the
student to be involved in a collaborative project with CERN openlab and Intel as a project partner.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Applicants should be highly motivated and should have a strong background in physics, computer science, neuroscience or a related disciplince. Good computational
skills and experience in a major programing language such as C++ or Java are required.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Institute of Neuroscience (IoN) is a well-established research institute integrating over 75 principal investigators, and was ranked in UK top 10 for
overall quality of research. The university’s Faculty of Medical Sciences, of which IoN is part of, is ranked in the top 50 worldwide for biomedical and health sciences in the Leiden Ranking.</span></div>
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<font face="Calibri">UK/EU and International students are eligible to apply, but international students will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. </font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The deadline is May 13th, 2016.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">More details on this job posting can be found here:</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Best regards,</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Roman Bauer</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Roman Bauer, Ph.D.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">School of Computing Science</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Newcastle University</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">tel: +44 (0) 191 208 7975</span></div>
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