Job Description
Scientific/Non-scientific: Academic support staff
Institute: NEDERLANDS HERSENINSTITUUT
Location: Amsterdam, NL
Closing Date: 10-7-2026
Max hours per week: 40
Salary Max (€): 3.881
Contract duration: 4 jaar
About the project
The human brain is folded in a unique way, much like a fingerprint. These folding patterns vary substantially across individuals and are often altered in neurological and psychiatric disorders. Yet one of the most fundamental questions in neuroscience remains unanswered: why does the brain fold at all?
In this NWO-funded project, we will investigate whether individual brain folding patterns reflect computational principles that optimize neural communication and brain organization. We hypothesize that cortical folding minimizes the wiring required between functionally connected neural populations, cr...