3-year PhD studentship at the UCL Ear Institute ("Schaette, Roland" )


Subject: 3-year PhD studentship at the UCL Ear Institute
From:    "Schaette, Roland"  <r.schaette@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:48:29 +0000
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--_000_A50FEE3C107D9944AE84A84CD4EDE6BF0CF23D75DB3PRD0104MB106_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable - Apologies for cross-posting - UCL Ear Institute 3-year PhD studentship funded by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf A 3 year PhD studentship funded by the Royal National Institute for the Dea= f is available at the UCL Ear Institute, a multi-disciplinary facility with= the remit of "understanding hearing and fighting deafness". The studentshi= p will investigate brain mechanisms contributing to perception of tinnitus. This project is intended to gain a better understanding of the neural mecha= nisms that lead to the development of tinnitus - the perception of sound in= the absence of any sound source. The goal is to identify a minimal trigger= for tinnitus, and to examine evidence for a common mechanism of tinnitus d= evelopment with and without apparent hearing loss. Using experimental anima= l models, the project aims to determine whether relevant neuro-plastic chan= ges potentially underlying the emergence of tinnitus arise at the level of = the auditory midbrain. By identifying a mechanism, and pinpointing where in= the brain it might be located, it is possible to conceive of targeted trea= tment strategies aimed at alleviating and abolishing this often debilitatin= g condition. The successful graduate is expected to have an interest in neuroscience/phy= siology with at least an upper second class honours degree from a UK univer= sity, or the equivalent in another EU country. The project will start on Oc= tober 1st 2011 and is based at the UCL Ear Institute, part of UCL's School = of Life and Medical Sciences. For an informal discussion please contact the project supervisors: Professor David McAlpine (Tel: 020 7679 8938, email: d.mcalpine@xxxxxxxx<m= ailto:d.mcalpine@xxxxxxxx>) Dr Roland Schaette (Tel: 020 7679 8946, email: r.schaette@xxxxxxxx<mailto:= r.schaette@xxxxxxxx>) Funding Notes 3 year Royal National Institute for the Deaf Studentship. The studentship is tenable for 3 years from October 2011. The award covers = tuition fees at the UK/EU rate and an annual stipend of =A318,435 per annum= . International students may apply but they will need to be able to source = additional funding to meet the difference in cost between UK/EU tuition fee= s and international fees. To apply, please send, by email, a curriculum vitae, an overview of your re= search interests, and the names of at least two referees by Wednesday 31st = August 2011 to: Professor David McAlpine UCL Ear Institute 332 Grays' Inn Road London, WC1X 8EE Tel. +44 (0)20 7679 8938 Email: d.mcalpine@xxxxxxxx --_000_A50FEE3C107D9944AE84A84CD4EDE6BF0CF23D75DB3PRD0104MB106_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph {mso-style-priority:34; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @xxxxxxxx WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 2.0cm 70.85pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3D"DE" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">- Apologies fo= r cross-posting - <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><b><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;= </o:p></span></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><b><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">UCL Ear Ins= titute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><b><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">3-year PhD = studentship funded by the </span></b><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&= quot;sans-serif&quot;">Royal National Institute for the Deaf</span></b><b><= span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif= &quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A 3 year PhD s= tudentship funded </span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sa= ns-serif&quot;">by the </span> <span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-seri= f&quot;">Royal National Institute for the Deaf is available at the UCL Ear = Institute,</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sa= ns-serif&quot;">a multi-disciplinary facility with the remit of &#8220;<i>u= nderstanding hearing and fighting deafness&#8221;. </i>The studentship will investigate brain mechanisms contributing to perce= ption of tinnitus.</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-family:&quot;Ar= ial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This project i= s intended to gain a better understanding of the neural mechanisms that lea= d to the development of tinnitus &#8211; the perception of sound in the absence of any sound source. The goal is to identify a minimal trigger= for tinnitus, and to examine evidence for a common mechanism of tinnitus d= evelopment with and without apparent hearing loss. Using experimental anima= l models, the project aims to determine whether relevant neuro-plastic changes potentially underlying the emergenc= e of tinnitus arise at the level of the auditory midbrain. By identifying a= mechanism, and pinpointing where in the brain it might be located, it is p= ossible to conceive of targeted treatment strategies aimed at alleviating and abolishing this often debili= tating condition.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The successful= graduate is expected to have an interest in neuroscience/physiology with a= t least an upper second class honours degree from a UK university, or the equivalent in another EU country. The project will start on October= 1<sup>st</sup> 2011 and is based at the UCL Ear Institute, part of UCL&#82= 17;s School of Life and Medical Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">For an informa= l discussion please contact the project supervisors:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Professor Davi= d McAlpine (Tel: 020 7679 8938, email: <a href=3D"mailto:d.mcalpine@xxxxxxxx">d.mcalpine@xxxxxxxx</a>)<o:p></o:p= ></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Dr Roland Scha= ette (Tel: 020 7679 8946, email: <a href=3D"mailto:r.schaette@xxxxxxxx">r.schaette@xxxxxxxx</a>) <o:p></o:= p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US"= style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Funding Not= es<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-US"= style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">3 year Roya= l National Institute for the Deaf Studentship.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The studentshi= p is tenable for 3 years from October 2011. The award covers tuition fees a= t the UK/EU rate and an annual stipend of =A318,435 per annum. International students may apply but they will need to be able to source a= dditional funding to meet the difference in cost between UK/EU tuition fees= and international fees.</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:&q= uot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= ><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= >To apply, please send, by email, a curriculum vitae, an overview of your r= esearch interests, and the names of at least two referees by Wednesday 31<s= up>st</sup> August 2011 to:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= >Professor David McAlpine<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= >UCL Ear Institute<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= >332 Grays&#8217; Inn Road<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= >London, WC1X 8EE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-US"= >Tel. &#43;44 (0)20 7679 8938<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><i><span lang=3D"EN-GB"= >Email:&nbsp; d.mcalpine@xxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-= family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span>= </p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_A50FEE3C107D9944AE84A84CD4EDE6BF0CF23D75DB3PRD0104MB106_--


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