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*Karolinska Institutet
Invites applications for a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience with a focus on cognitive aging*

_Thanks to a generous donation from the Jochnick Foundation, Karolinska Institutet is now establishing a chair in Cognitive Neuroscience. Increased knowledge about normal aging processes in the brain is a prerequisite for being able to detect, prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases._

Karolinska Institutet is looking for a person who has a successful research program in cognitive function including memory and learning. The applicant should have knowledge about the substantial individual differences in how the brain ages and how cognitive abilities and functions develop through adulthood to late life. Research on training of cognitive functions to utilize the brain's potential for plasticity is a very important merit, as is research to identify early cognitive signs and biological markers in individuals who run a risk for developing neurodegenerative diseases.

Experience in combining cognitive and genetic research for a better understanding of how genes, environments and lifestyle interact in successful aging, cognitive impairment, and neurodegenerative diseases is particularly meritorious.

The successful candidate for this position has experience with many different methods, such as research in molecular biology / genetics, research at the cellular, synaptic, network, and cognitive level.
Experience with both cross-sectional and longitudinal methods is desirable.

The qualifications required for the post of Professor are both well documentad internationally leading research, academic skills and the ability to build and lead a successful program of research in cognitive neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet.

In the assessment of the applicant's merits, the required qualifications and experience carry the following weighting factors: pedagogical (1), scientific (3), and leadership, development and collaboration (2).

Contact persons Vice Dean of research, Professor Nancy Pedersen, nancy.pedersen@ki.se, +46-8-524 874 18. Union representatives: Hans Hjelmqvist (SACO), hans.hjelmqvist@ki.se, +46-8-585 863 36, and Solveig Wahling (OFR), solveig.wahling@ki.se, +46-8-524 836 42.

Please send your application, marked with reference number 1164/09-221, to reach us by no later than 2009-12-14, to Karolinska Institutet, Registrator, SE-171 77 Stockholm.

The following documents in quadruplicate should be enclosed with your application and written in English:
- CV, qualifications and a description of future research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualification portfolio http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio
- A selection of ten scientific papers

Please note that one copy of all documents will be kept by the college for a period of two years, in accordance with a directive from the National Archives. Published material submitted for review is excepted from this rule.

_Karolinska Institutet is one of the leading medical universities in Europe. Through research and education, Karolinska Institutet contributes to improving human health. Each year, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine._
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  <location>Stockholm Sweden</location>
  <title>Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience</title>
  <created-on type="datetime">Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0400</created-on>
  <expires-on type="datetime">Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0500</expires-on>
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