IndiBrain advances a new era of personalised computational neuroscience, focused on understanding how and why brains differ from one another. Although all human brains share a similar structure, every individual shows unique neural patterns, developmental trajectories, and responses to disease or treatment. Understanding these individual differences is essential for transforming neuroscience from group-averaged knowledge to brain-specific prediction, diagnosis, and rehabilitation. IndiBrain brings together expertise in:
- Advanced neuroimaging (including ultra-high-field and ultrafast MRI);
- Computational and network neuroscience;
- Machine learning and biologically inspired AI;
- Vision science and predictive coding;
- Clinical neuroscience and neurotechnology.
Vision serves as our core model system, allowing us to link detailed neural mechanisms to perception, behaviour, and disease. With this in mind, IndiBrain focusses on three key research topics:
- Build next-generation computational models of the human brain. We develop tools and models that capture individual brain structure and function including methods for modelling brain dynamics, neural circuit interactions, and excitation–inhibition balance.
- Understand individual variability in brain networksWe investigate how individual differences shape perception, cognition, and recovery in both healthy individuals and people with visual or neurological conditions.
- Translate neuroscience into personalised brain healthBy developing biomarkers and mechanistic models, we aim to improve early diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and rehabilitation strategies for visual and neurological disorders.
Training
We offer 15 (3-year) full-time PhD positions. As a PhD student, you will follow a multidisciplinary PhD training consisting of a number of high-level training courses and workshops. As you will be able to experience working in industrial, health care and academic environments, you will have the opportunity to develop both your academic as well as your entrepreneurial skills.
IndiBrain is supported by a MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE grant from the European Union which requires transnational mobility. Therefore, to be eligible for a PhD position, you cannot have resided or carried out your main activity in the country of the recruiting institution for more than 12 months during the previous 36 months at the time of appointment. Furthermore, we can only recruit researchers who are not already in the possession of a doctoral degree at the date of appointment. Please keep this in mind when applying. Please keep in mind that you need a Master Degree to start a PhD.
