[Comp-neuro] postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience at University of Glasgow

I have a postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience available in my laboratory at the University of Glasgow. The position if funded for three years and application deadline is April 2^nd 2013.

 

The project aims at developing a novel set of novel information theoretic algorithms for the analysis of simultaneous recordings from large populations of retinal ganglion cells under dynamic natural visual stimulation. The purpose of these algorithms is to understand how interactions among groups of neurons contribute to visual processing. These algorithms will be applied to analyse the functional response properties of these cells and will expose new principles of spike timing encoding that bridge the gap between single cell and population information processing. 

The post is funded by the European Union Future Emerging Technology "VISUAL MODELLING USING GANGLION CELLS" grant. The project will involve collaborations with a retinal neurophysiology laboratory at Gottingen University (Prof Tim Gollisch), as well as collaborations with neuromorphic electronic engineers and roboticists (University of Zurich, and University of Ulster) to contribute to the development of novel theoretical and hardware models of biological retinal ganglion cell types for dynamic vision applications.

 

Salary will be on the University's Research and Teaching Grade 7 £32,267 - £36,298 per annum

 

Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact me by email (stefano.panzeri@glasgow.ac.uk).

 

For further information about how to apply, please visit http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AGC660/research-associate/

 

For further information about the institute, please visit http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/neurosciencepsychology/

 

Regards

Stefano Panzeri

University of Glasgow

http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/neurosciencepsychology/staff/stefanopanzeri/