The International Center for Primate Brain Research (ICPBR), co-directed by Prof. Mu-Ming Poo and Prof. Nikos K. Logothetis, affiliated with the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT, http://english.cebsit.cas.cn/), the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai is a newly established international research facility for conducting highest-level primate brain research.

The Dynamic Embodied Brain Laboratory (DEB Lab) at the ICPBR seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Fellow with experience in multivariate data analysis including electrophysiological data analysis (spike and LFP), with an interest to analyze unique concurrent electrophysiology and fMRI (ePhys/fMRI) data (e.g., Nature 2012; Nature 2021), and with the possibility to also contribute to the acquisition of novel experimental data.

The DEB Lab examine the structural and functional organization of neural pathways engendering subjective awareness of feelings in humans. This examination is made in non-human primates (NHP) with specific aims relating to (1) how internal bodily states (interoception) are represented in the brain, (2) how interoception embodies emotion and shapes cognitive processes, and (3) how interoception contributes to functional network dynamics in a context that may serve access consciousness processes (Frontiers 2019). The DEB Lab combines cutting-edge methods including high-resolution tract tracing, electrophysiology, fMRI, optogenetics, and single cell Patch-Seq, with a particular interest for the von Economo neuron (Neuron 2012). Over the years, the DEB Lab has acquired unique ePhys/fMRI data that contribute to our understanding of the fundamental body-brain-mind interactions.

Description of the position: http://english.cebsit.cas.cn/lab/HENRYEvrard/Join_28936/202206/t20220607_306254.html

More information of the DEB Lab: http://english.cebsit.cas.cn/lab/HENRYEvrard/research/

To get more information, please do not hesitate to contact the lab manager Qian Liang ([email protected]) or directly contact the principal investigator Dr. Henry Evrard ([email protected]).

International Center for Primate Brain Research(ICPBR),

Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT),

Institute of Neuroscience (ION),

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

DEB Lab

500 Qiang Ye Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201602, China 

Email:  [email protected]