[Comp-neuro] Postdoctoral position in Neurophysiology

One postdoctoral position is available in the group of Prof. Aldo Genovesio.

Applicants are invited to apply for a three years postdoctoral position in the field of Behavioral Neurophysiology with the focus on the study of the

Prefrontal Cortex of Primates. The ideal candidate should have a doctoral degree, in a relevant discipline (Neurophysiology, Computational Neuroscience,

Cognitive Neuroscience).

Good Quantitative and Programming skills in Matlab or C/C++ are required.

Good communication and social skills are also important for working with the members of the laboratory.

The work will be performed at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology of the University of Roma "La Sapienza" in Rome Italy.

For more information about the Department look at http://w3.uniroma1.it/fisiofarm/

The appointment can start approximately around March 2012 and the salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Applications including a CV, a motivation letter and the names of two references must be sent electronically to Aldo Genovesio (aldo.genovesio@uniroma1.it).

The post will be funded three years by a FIRB grant (Futuro in Ricerca). The postdoc will be supervised

by Prof. Aldo Genovesio  (http://w3.uniroma1.it/neurophys/cvs/aldo-cv-comp.htm).

Selected Recent Relevant Publications:

[1] Tsujimoto, S., Genovesio, A., Wise, S.P. (2011) The Frontal Pole Cortex: Encoding Ends at the End of the Endbrain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 15, 169-176.

[2] Tsujimoto, S., Genovesio, A., Wise, S.P. (2010). Evaluating self-generated decisions in frontal pole cortex of monkeys. Nat Neurosci.  13, 120-126.

[3] Genovesio, A., Brasted, P.G., Wise, S.P. (2006). Representation of future and previous goals by separate neural populations in prefrontal cortex.  J Neurosci. 26, 7305-7316.

[4] Genovesio A., Brasted, P.G., Mitz, A.R., Wise, S.P. (2005). Prefrontal cortex activity related to abstract response strategies. Neuron. 47, 307-320.