Postdoctoral Position: Visual Motion Processing in Primate Retina
A postdoctoral position is open immediately for studying visual
motion processing in the primate retina at the Salk Insititute in La
Jolla, California. We use multi-electrode recording to study visual
signals encoded by dozens of simultaneously-recorded retinal ganglion
cells in vitro and psychophysical methods to determine the role of
these signalling patterns in visual perception. We seek a
postdoctoral fellow interested in studying how visual motion signals
are represented in populations of primate retinal ganglion cells,
what algorithms must the brain use to extract visual motion
information from them, how retinal motion signals constrain
psychophysical motion sensing, and how color influences population
motion signals in the retina. Our lab is currently the only one in
the world investigating population coding of visual information in
the primate retina. The Salk Institute and the San Diego community
in general provide an outstanding environment for neuroscience
research at all levels.
The ideal candidate would be a recent Ph.D. with background in visual
neuroscience and electrophysiology, significant programming skills,
and familiarity with quantitative modeling. Applications should
include a brief statement of research interests, recent CV, two
sample manuscripts, and a list of three references with telephone
numbers and email addresses. Salary level will be commensurate with
experience.
E.J. Chichilnisky
The Salk Institute
10010 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
Email: ej@salk.edu
Web: http://www.salk.edu/faculty/chichilnisky.html
The Salk Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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