Research Summer School: Brain and Behaviour
Applications for funding have now closed.
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 4 July – 2 Sept 2012 (8 weeks)
If you are over 18, have or are in university education and are looking to move into research the Institute of Neuroscience may be able to offer you an place at the Research Summer School 2012.
This summer school includes an eight-week research project with a member of the Institute (see list below) as well as a one-week training component in the Neurosciences. Scholarships for select undergraduate and postgraduate students are available. Our areas of research span from the basic biology of neurons to the abnormal activity associated with epilepsy, from music perception to mood disorders, from visual object recognition to retinal prostheses for the blind, from animal decision-making to animal welfare, from mitochondrial genetics to neurological disease. This breadth of interests stimulates innovative approaches to our science and provides a wealth of opportunities for exciting new research projects.
We invite applications from national and international undergraduate students,master and doctoral students, and post-docs conducting research in the interdisciplinary fields of:
- Animal Cognition and Behaviour (including Animal Welfare)
- Psychology and Cognitive Neurosciences
- Developmental Neuroscience, Ageing and Neurodegeneration
- Neural Circuits and Neuroimaging
- Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Motor Control
- Neuropharmacology and Neurotechnology
- Psychiatric Neurosciences
- Visual, Auditory and Sensory Neuroscience
The following hosts are able to offer Research Summer School places in their laboratories:
- Dr Andrew Jackson, Wellcome Trust RCD Fellow (Movement Laboratory)
- Dr Candy Rowe, Reader in Animal Behaviour and Cognition (Predator behaviour and the evolution of prey defences)
Dr Chris Petkov, Senior Lecturer (Comparative Neuropsychology) - Dr Gilbert Roberts, Senior Lecturer (Centre for Behaviour and Evolution)
- Dr Jenny Read, Royal Society University Research Fellow (Binocular Vision Research)
- Dr Marcus Kaiser, Reader in Neuroinformatics (Connectomics and Neuroimaging Laboratory)
- Dr Mark Cunningham, Senior Lecturer in Neuronal Dynamics (Neuronal oscillations laboratory)
- Dr Patrick Degenaar, Senior Lecturer (Neuroprosthesis)
- Dr Rob Forsyth, Senior Lecturer in Child Neurology (Paediatric neurology)
- Dr Tom Smulders, Senior Lecturer (Neuroecology of Learning and Memory)
- Professor Tim Griffiths, Professor of Cognitive Neurology (Auditory Group Clinical Laboratory)
- Dr Melissa Bateson, Reader in Ethology (Animal Behaviour/cognition and welfare)
- Dr Ben Brilot, Research Associate (Centre for Behaviour and Evolution)
Applications for funded placements at the Research Summer School have now closed .
Self funded students and postdocs can continue to apply up until the deadline of Wednesday 20 June 2012. Applications will be forwarded to your preferred host laboratories and places offered at their discretion. Please note:
- "self funded" in this context means you would be able to cover your own expenses while taking part in the Research Summer School
- the deadline is mainly for administrative purposes, to ensure we can register you in time for the start of the Research Summer School; applications received before the deadline will be forwarded immediately and placements can be offered before the deadline for applications closes. As such, we recommend you send your application as soon as possible.
If you are interested in applying for a place at the Research Summer School please send a short (no more than 500 words) personal statement and current CV to Laura Pereira by email on laura.pereira@ncl.ac.uk. In your personal statement you should outline your scientific background, the area(s) of research that you are interested in pursuing and why and the name(s) of the host laboratories you are interested in working in.
Once we have received your personal statement and CV, we will forward this information onto participating academics. Places are not guaranteed and would be dependent on the availability and interests of our academics.
If you have any queries, please contact Laura Pereira on 0191 222 8320 or laura.pereira@ncl.ac.uk
