Postdoctoral position available for research at the Kavli Institute on Brain and Mind at University of California San Diego to perform experiments on visually driven behavior and optical recording of neuronal activity in the Drosophila brain. A collaboration with network theorist, emphasizing network dynamics and its link to behavior.

Contact:
Ralph J. Greenspan
Associate Director
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
University of California San Diego
http://kibm.ucsd.edu/labs/GreenspanLab/networks_fly.html
http://kibm.ucsd.edu/

Send CV and list of references to:
rgreenspan@ucsd.edu

[Posted 1 February 2012]

We are looking for candidates to take up postdoctoral positions in the López-Schier group, when it moves to the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, early in 2012.

One or two positions are for candidates with a background in informatics, physics or maths to work on information processing and transmission, mainly applying information theory. The project would initially be mainly theoretical and/or computational, but ideally based on the fish lateral line as a biological correlate.

A second position is open to work within an ERC-funded project on the cellular and neurophysiological bases of mechanosensation and sensorimotor integration using the lateral line of the zebrafish as a model system. Preference will be given to candidates with a strong background or hands-on experience in cellular neurobiology, electrophysiology or optogenetics.

A third position is available for a candidate interested in developing a project on mechanosensory biology in Drosophila. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in electrophysiology.

Candidates should be ambitious and independent. Recent doctorates (or about to obtain a Ph.D.). At least one first-author publication is a must for postdoctoral candidates.

Applications should include a letter of presentation, a CV and the names and contact information of three academic references.

[Posted 1 December 2011]