VisionScienceList: Postdoctoral Position in Retinal Neurophysiology, Harvard
Richard H. Masland (masland@helix.mgh.harvard.edu)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 14:42:53 -0600
A postdoctoral position is open in a laboratory focused on the
microcircuitry of the retina. Our approaches have their roots in cell
biology: we use techniques of cellular and molecular neurobiology to create
markers that define cell populations for further study. One branch of our
work uses such technologies for anatomical studies. A second is focused on
the role of individual elements within the retina’s circuitry in creating
the final responses of the ganglion cells. For this, we often use
visually-guided extracellular or intracellular recording, a collection of
methods first developed in this lab. We are particularly interested in the
mechanism of direction selectivity in retinal ganglion cells. We think
this problem is near its solution; join us and see it to the end.
For more about our lab see our website at http://www.retina.mgh.harvard.edu.
Our laboratory is supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, an
equal opportunity employer.
Interested people should send a C.V. and names of three references (with a
phone number or e-mail address) to:
Dr. Richard Masland
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Wellman 429
Massachusetts General Hospital
50 Blossom Street
Boston, MA 02114
phone: (617) 726-3888
fax:(617) 726-5336
e-mail: masland@helix.mgh.harvard.edu