VisionScienceList: POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT UC SAN FRANCISCO: TETRODE RECORDINGS IN CAT V1

From: Ken Miller (ken@phy.ucsf.edu)
Date: Tue May 08 2001 - 23:14:31 PDT

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    POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT UC SAN FRANCISCO: PHYSIOLOGIST FOR TETRODE
    RECORDINGS IN CAT V1

    I have a position funded on an NIH grant for a neurophysiologist to
    study functional connectivity in cat V1 using our tetrode recording
    system. Tetrode recording allows simultaneous isolation of 3-9 cells
    at single sites in V1. We are equipped to record simultaneously from
    multiple tetrodes. The major goals of our studies are (1) to
    functionally characterize the simultaneously recorded cells and (2) to
    characterize the connectivity among them through cross-correlation
    analysis. To simultaneously functionally characterize multiple cells,
    we are using naturalistic noise stimuli and developing methods of
    analysis that allow characterization of complex as well as simple
    cells. To analyze connectivity, we may use chemical excitation of
    cells as well as visual stimulation. Cell layers will be determined
    by post-recording histology. Our lab combines modeling of the
    circuitry underlying functional responses with the experimental work,
    and many other questions that arise from our modeling studies as well
    as from your own interests may be addressed.

    We have superb software and support staff (for details click on
    'tetrode recording' on my home page, www.keck.ucsf.edu/~ken). The
    candidate should be an experienced neurophysiologist; strong
    quantitative and/or computational skills will be very helpful.

    Send a cv, a description of past research and research interests, and
    arrange to have two letters of recommendation sent to:

    Kenneth Miller
    Dept. of Physiology
    UCSF
    513 Parnassus
    San Francisco, CA 94143-0444
    ken@phy.ucsf.edu

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