jeudi 21 octobre 2010

Postdoctoral position to study encoding of natural sounds, Philadelphia, fin : 25 oct. 2010

Postdoctoral fellow:

Postdoctoral positions are available at the Laboratory of Auditory Coding at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to study encoding of natural sounds by multi-neuronal assemblies in the auditory cortex of awake rodents. We invite applications from talented and motivated candidates with (or expecting) a Ph.D. in life sciences interested in:

-electrophysiology and imaging: multi-neuronal recordings in behaving rodents
-molecular biology: optogenetic manipulations targeting specific neuronal subtypes
-theory and computation: sound analysis and analysis of dynamics in cortical networks

Strong computational skills and experience in sensory neuroscience are a strong plus. Our laboratory is part of the Hearing Sciences Center at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Department of Neuroscience and the Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences. UPenn has a very active neuroscience community, and there will be ample opportunity for collaboration both within the department and with faculty in biology, physics and engineering.
Please submit your application, including a CV, a brief statement of past and future research interests, links to recent publications, and recommendation letters (a letter from Ph.D. advisor is required) to mgeffen [ à ] med.upenn.edu .

Dr. Maria Neimark Geffen
Assistant Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Department of Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
5 Ravdin
3400 Spruce St.
Philadelphia PA 19104

Tel.: 215.898.7504
Fax: 215.898.9994
mgeffen [ à ] med.upenn.edu

http://www.med.upenn.edu/hearing