<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">PhD Position in Experimental and Computational
Neuroscience</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"> </span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Federated Department of Biological Sciences<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Rutgers University /</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) <span></span></span></p>
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Applications are to work in joint projects of the research groups led by Profs.
Horacio G. Rotstein and Jorge Golowasch to work on project that address the
problem of the relationship between intrinsic/network neuronal variability and
stability of neuronal activity: How can neuronal activity be stable if the
ionic currents that generate this activity are highly variable? (See
publication examples below).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Golowasch, J. <i>Mechanisms
underlying nervous system plasticity and stability</i>. BioScience, <u>64</u>(7):
570-580, 2014;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Rotstein, H.G., Olarinre, M. and
Golowasch, J. (2016) Dynamic compensation mechanism gives rise to period and
duty-cycle level sets in oscillatory neuronal models. <i>J. Neurophysiol</i>., <u>116</u>:
2431-2452)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Georgia,serif">The successful applicant will be eligible
for NSF-funded support. Student applicants should have a strong background in
neuroscience, biology or applied mathematics/physics and a genuine interest in
conducting interdisciplinary research. Training will be provided in the other
areas. In addition, students must be able to show English proficiency both
written and verbal as required by US universities.</span><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The ideal candidate would be highly motivated,
technically skilled, a team player and show signs of independent and critical
thinking. The PhD program will contribute to the further development of these
skills. PhD students have also the opportunity to teach and write grant
proposals. Overall, the PhD program is designed to prepare the participating
students for a large variety of jobs both academic and in industry.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Research in Neuroscience at the Rutgers/NJIT
campus is thriving, with a well-funded faculty interacting and collaborating on
many projects across disciplines. Students have the possibility of attending a
wide variety of seminars and colloquia across campus (biology, neuroscience,
mathematical biology).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The campus is less than 30 min from Manhattan
and the many academic and cultural activities the city has to offer. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Interested candidates please contact Dr.
Jorge Golowasch (</span><a href="mailto:golowasch@njit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">golowasch@njit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">) or Dr. Horacio G. Rotstein (</span><a href="mailto:horacio@njit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">horacio@njit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">) for informal enquiries. Please e-mail (i) CV, (ii) brief
statement of scientific research, and (iii) three reference letters. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Formal applications </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">will be accepted until <span class="gmail-aqj">December 15th, 2017</span>
for enrollment in the next academic year through NJIT's Admissions Office. Full
list of requirements can be found in <a href="http://biology.njit.edu/academics/graduate/phd-program.php">http://biology.njit.edu/academics/graduate/phd-program.php</a>.</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span></span></span></p></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>--<br><div>Jorge Golowasch<br><br>Professor <br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Biology co-Director of Undergraduate Studies</span><br><br>Federated Department of Biological Sciences<br>New Jersey Institute of Technology/Rutgers Univ-Newark<br>337 Central King Building, 100 Summit St<br>University Heights<br>Newark, NJ 07103<br><br>Phone: (973) 596-8444<br>Fax: (973) 596-5689<br><a href="http://cancer.rutgers.edu/jorge_golowasch/english.html" target="_blank">http://stg.rutgers.edu/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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