Neuroscience
Write your master thesis in combination with a student job at our new project:

• Collaborative project between the Movement Disorders & Neuromodulation Unit at the Neurology
  Department Charité Campus Mitte and the MEG Research Group at the
  Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Berlin
• Dyskinesia are abnormal, involuntary movements and are a common side effect of common
  medication in Parkinson’s disease
• Project aim 1: Understanding cortical neurophysiology within the development of treatment-
  induced dyskinesia in Parkinson patients.
• Project aim 2: Predicting dyskinetic states in both movement absence and movement
  presence based on cortical features extracted from OPM-MEG data.
• Patients will be recorded with a novel magneto-encephalography method (optically-pumped
  magnetometers, OPM-MEG), combined with kinematic analysis and clinical assessments.

Your project tasks:

• Gain knowledge on neurophysiology (especially OPM-MEG) and Parkinson’s disease
• Develop workflow to pre-process OPM-MEG data, using available open-source packages (i.e.,
  MNE python)
• Develop workflow to combine OPM-MEG data with individual neuro-anatomy (MRI)
• Extract spectral features per cortical region and characterize and classify movements and
  dyskinetic states using machine learning methods
• Code development preferably in Python

Requirements:

• At least basic experience in Python programming
• Interest in computational neuroscience
• Advanced English, as we are an international research group (but direct supervisors speak German)

• Dedicated post-doctoral supervision regarding neuroscience, neurophysiology, machine learning,
  programming, and project management
• Flat hierarchies and a safe and supportive research atmosphere
• Working space at Charité Campus Mitte
• Being part of inter-regional Research Collaboration ReTune and it’s educational activities
• Part-time appointment as “Hi-Wi” (€ 13 / hour, 40 – 60 hours per month) for 6 months
• Results and Methods will be used for scientific publication(s)
  No guarantee on project finishing timelines, co-authorship possible.

Send your questions or directly apply by sending your motivation letter and CV to both of us:
Dr.-Ing. Christina Salchow-Hömmen: christina.salchow@charite.de
and
Jeroen Habets, MD PhD: jeroen.habets@charite.de