PhD: Impacts of Meditation Training on the Organisation of Resting State Intrinsic Connectivity Networks in the Brain: Implications for the Study of Cognition, Well-being and Ageing

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The 3-year-funded position can be filled as soon as September 1st 2024 and up to September 2025. The fellowship will involve working on several large brain imaging dataset on meditation including the ERC consolidator Brain& Mindfulness, and EC-funded Silver Santé Study –research project investigating the impacts of mental training techniques, such as meditation and language-learning, on mental health and well-being in Europe’s ageing population (or watch the project’s 3-minute film at  http://ow.ly/Lhle30lUZqp).

 

For you, what means “BBB”?

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At the crossroads of neurosciences and philosophy, a reflection proposing the geopolitical metaphor of borders to better describe the interfaces regulating the exchanges between the blood and the brain. So, “Blood-Brain Barriers”, or “Blood-Brain Borders” ? 

A successful exchange program between CRNL and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

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Fiona Qiu received a Scholarship from the AINSE/ANSTO/French Embassies (SAAFE) Research Internship Program, and is a laureate of the UCBL1 Neurograduate School Doctoral Mobility Award. She joined the FLUID Team in a collaborative venture with the Norman Saunders Neuroscience laboratory in Melbourne. She will explore the mechanisms by which the developing brain protect itself from drugs and environmental pollutants. 

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