Research Assistant, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (0.5 FTE)

Radboud University of Nijmegen

Description

Research Assistant

  Employment: 0.5 FTE

  Maximum gross monthly salary: € 2,723

  Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging

  Required background: Research University Degree

  Duration of the contract: 18 months

  Application deadline: 20 December 2020We are looking for

Your responsibilities as an RA include assisting with fMRI/eyetracking and EEG scanning during tasks involving two participants at the same time. You will also administer standardised questionnaires and maintain a detailed measurement logbook. In addition, you will recruit neurotypical and autistic participants and conduct screening interviews over the telephone.

We ask

We are looking for a person who can speak Dutch, is highly motivated, resilient, resourceful, and holds at least a Bachelor's degree. You will be working closely with patient groups that require a patient and empathetic approach. Experience with fMRI and ASD patient groups is preferred. We expect you to be highly organised and able to improvise, as each dual scanning session involves the close cooperation of four researchers. As the scanning times depend on the scanner's availability, working hours will be flexible.

We are

The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour is a world-class interfaculty research centre that houses more than 700 researchers devoted to understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of the human mind. Research at the Donders Institute is focused around four themes: 1. Language and communication, 2. Perception, action and control, 3. Plasticity and memory, 4. Neural computation and neurotechnology. Excellent, state-of-the-art research facilities are available for the broad range of neuroscience research that is being conducted at the Donders Institute. The Donders Institute has been assessed by an international evaluation committee as excellent and recognised as a 'very stimulating environment for top researchers, as well as for young talent'. The Donders Institute fosters a collaborative, multidisciplinary, supportive research environment with a diverse international staff. English is the lingua franca at the Institute.

The mission of the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (DCCN) is to conduct cutting-edge fundamental research in cognitive neuroscience. Much of the rapid progress in this field is being driven by the development of complex neuroimaging techniques for measuring activity in the human brain - an area in which the Centre plays a leading role. The research themes cover central cognitive functions, such as perception, action, control, emotion, decision- making, attention, memory, language, learning and plasticity. The Centre also aims to establish how the different brain areas coordinate their activity with very high temporal precision to enable human and animal cognition. Our internationally renowned centre currently hosts more than 100 PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers from more than 25 countries, offering a stimulating and multidisciplinary research environment. The Centre is equipped with four MRI scanners (7T, 3x 3T), a 275-channel MEG system, an EEG-TMS laboratory, several (MR-compatible) EEG systems, and high-performance computational facilities.

You will be part of a team led by Dr Arjen Stolk and Dr Jana Basnakova studying communication in autism. This Synergy group within the Language in Interaction Consortium conducts unique dual fMRI and EEG studies where neurotypical and autistic participants interact on various communicative tasks. The project aims to understand how the brains of neurotypical and autistic individuals deal with situations which are fundamentally based on contextual information.

Radboud University

We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 22,000 students and 5,000 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!

We offer

  Employment: 0.5 FTE.

  A minimum gross monthly salary of € 1,914 and a maximum gross monthly salary of € 2,723 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 5).

  The exact salary depends on the candidate's qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience.

  In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.

  Duration of the contract: 16 January 2021 - 16 July 2022 (18 months).

  You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.

  Have a look at our excellent employment conditions. They include a good work-life balance (among other things because of the excellent leave arrangements), opportunities for development and a great pension scheme.

The institute involved is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and as such encourages applications from women and minorities.

Would you like more information?

For more information about this vacancy, please contact: Jana Basnakova, Postdoc Tel.: +42 19 48 50 66 23 Email: j.basnakova@donders.ru.nl

Arjen Stolk, Postdoc Email: a.stolk@donders.ru.nl

Apply directly

Please address your application to Jana Basnakova and submit it, using the application button, no later than 20 December 2020, 23:59 Amsterdam Time Zone.

Your application should include the following attachments:

  Letter of motivation.

  CV.

The first round of interviews will take place on Tuesday 22 December 2020.

We drafted this vacancy to find and hire our new colleague ourselves. Recruitment agencies are kindly requested to refrain from responding.

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