Job Opportunities

BIOTACT JOB AND PHD OPPORTUNITIES

Research topic: Mechanisms of active sensing in behaving rodents

Job description

A 3 year postdoctoral position is available in Prof. Ehud Ahissar's laboratory at The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel from August 1, 2008 to study mechanisms of active sensing in behaving rodents. We are using high-resolution, high-speed video-based measurements of head and whisker motion during performance of behavioral tasks and recording of neuronal activity in order to understand the principles by which the vibrissal system explores objects in the environment. We strive to mimic natural conditions as much as possible. Experiments will involve the above aspects and development of new paradigms. The postdoctoral fellow will be part of an international, multi-institutional research consortium (the BIOTACT project, http://www.biotact.org/), which involves frequent interactions with scientists with a broad range of expertise in rodent neuroscience, robotics, and computational neuroscience. He/She will also interact with other groups at the Weizmann Institute, which is a world renown, multi-disciplinary research institute.

Requirements

Applicant should have a recent Ph.D. in Neuroscience or Engineering. Experience in any of the following fields is advantageous, but not required: behavioral studies, electrophysiology, histology, image analysis, control systems and programming (Matlab). Applicants should be highly motivated, skilled, scientifically curious, and open minded. Candidates must have published at least one first author paper in a peer-reviewed English language journal.

Funding for visits by overseas candidates is available http://www.weizmann.ac.il/feinberg/student_visit/

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