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Distance Learning Course on Cognitive Ageing Research Methods for Medical Scientists

2012-07-31

This one-year online distance learning Certificate run by the University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology is designed for fully registered medical practitioners in higher specialist training, or for those with a cognate-related undergraduate degree looking to further their qualifications in the field of cognitive ageing research. The Certificate also aims to provide medical scientists with a strong training environment for those wishing. Applications are now open for 2012/13.

Interested in a postgraduate research career in cognitive ageing?

If your answer to this question is yes then the Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Ageing Research Methods for Medical Scientists (CARMMS) is the educational programme for you!

With an increasingly ageing population, the need for strong research into cognitive ageing and the impact of intelligence on health through the life-course is growing. As a result there is now an increasing need for medically qualified research professionals in ageing.

This one year online distance learning postgraduate certificate, developed in collaboration with the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE) at the University of Edinburgh, is specifically designed to equip medical scientists, or scientists in a related discipline, with the educational resources to advance future research in cognitive ageing. The programme will cover a range of cognitive ageing topics including:

Cognitive epidemiology Human cognitive ageing Stress, hormones and cognitive ageing Animal models of cognitive ageing and neural health Research methodologies and governance (research statistics, genetics of brain ageing and brain imaging)

On completion of this programme you will have developed a strong basis in the research skills required to begin your career as a research scientist in cognitive ageing.

more information and to apply: http://carmms.mvm.ed.ac.uk/

MSc in Translational Neuroscience

2012-07-31

The University of Sheffield has been named UK University of the Year in the 2011 Times Higher Education Awards.

The course is delivered mainly at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), which was opened by Her Majesty the Queen in November 2010. Combining the research strengths from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health and the Faculty of Science, leading international basic and clinical scientists will provide an innovative and progressive programme. You’ll study basic neurobiology and molecular biology through to neuroimaging and applied clinical practice. The MSc will provide you with up-to-date knowledge of advances in the field, research experience with internationally renowned research groups and transferable skills to provide a springboard for your future career.

See our website at: www.shef.ac.uk/transneuro

Distance learning Course in Neuroimaging for Research (MSc/Dip/Cert/CPD)

2012-07-15

For those who use Neuroimaging in their research or who use it clinically, The University of Edinburgh is offering a masters level programme, delivered entirely online. Our students develop an understanding of cutting edge Neuroimaging applications in research and clinical contexts, while obtaining an advanced qualification from a world class university. The programme is offered part-time and online in a flexible modular format suited to working professionals, including the full Masters as well as stand-alone CPD / CME Neuroimaging “Bitesized” packages. It is accredited by Royal College of Radiologists, UK for their Continued Professional Development Credits (CPD).

Are you using neuroimaging as a neuroscientist, psychologist, physicist, computer scientist, linguist, radiographer, neurologist, neurosurgeon, or radiologist? Do you want to expand and improve your knowledge and skills necessary for understanding studies which use neuroimaging techniques? Do you design, set up and analyse experimental neuroimaging projects? Do you need a flexible learning approach to fit around your other commitments? Then Neuroimaging for Research is the Programme for you!

For more information and to apply visit: http://www.neuroimage.ed.ac.uk/elearninfo/default.asp

Professor, Reader, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer posts available at new Division of Brain Sciences

2012-06-30

The new Division provides a unique career opportunity for individuals with the vision, leadership ability and ambition to be among the best. The level of appointment (Professor, Reader, Senior Lecturer or Lecturer) and a generous support package will be determined according to experience with a focus on long-term career development and success within the College. Applications are particularly (but not exclusively) encouraged from outstanding clinical or non-clinical scientists with expertise in stroke and the neurology of traumatic brain injury, neuroprotection and brain repair, neuroimmunology, the neurobiology of affective disorders, the neurobiology of addiction, personality disorders, cognitive neuroscience, dementia and neurotechnology.

Lecturers/Readers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

2012-06-22

New posts at Lecturer and Reader level are available in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience, based in the successful Reading School of Pharmacy.Your research will complement our current activities and you will take a proactive role in helping us achieve our research potential. Applicants working in areas related to neuroprotection or hyperexcitability are particularly welcome.You will have:An excellent research track record as shown by publications and research funding. Research interests allied to cellular and molecular neuroscience, in particular research to define, understand and/or exploit therapeutic targets. The research skills and experience to develop an independent, externally-funded research programme. The desire to collaborate with other academics to develop new research opportunities. The desire and aptitude to contribute to pharmacology and therapeutics teaching to Pharmacy students.As part of the application process, applicants should submit a short (approx 2 page) document outlining their ideas for their future research programmes

Henderson Scholarship for Summer Vacation Work

2012-05-31

The WR Henderson Scolarship is awarded annually and aims to allow motivated students to gain experience and opportunities that will promote their future research careers in brain sciences. It will be awarded to undergraduate students (including those in their final year of study) to allow them to pursue laboratory research within the School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, over the summer vacation.

Eligibility Criteria:

You should be an undergraduate student at the time of application, although you may be in your final year of study. Your proposed research project must be in a neuroscience-related field and be undertaken within a laboratory based in the School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh. Your proposed research would normally take place between June and September of the year of application. You should be prepared to write a report on the outcome of your research project.

More information on how to apply:

http://www.edinburghneuroscience.ed.ac.uk/henderson/

Warwick Global Research Fellowships

2012-05-28

Fellowships at the University of Warwick

The University of Warwick’s Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) seeks to recruit 10 high calibre postdoctoral scientists to its Warwick Global Research Fellowships.

These Fellowships will be between 3 – 5 years in duration and are designed to facilitate global interdisciplinary collaboration.

Candidates with neuroscience backgrounds, especially in neurodegeneration, synaptic plasticity, neuro/glia interactions and/or experience in optogenetic techniques are encouraged to contact Professor Nicholas Dale (n.e.dale@warwick.ac.uk) or Professor Bruno Frenguelli (b.g.frenguelli@warwick.ac.uk) for further information regarding Neuroscience at Warwick, and the Warwick/Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore) initiative in optogenetics in glial cell biology.