[visionlist] Postdoctoral position at University Hospital in Zurich

[Bockisch Chris]

A three-year postdoctoral position supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation is available immediately at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Vertigo and Balance Disorders at the University Hospital in Zurich to perform modelling and experimental studies in the control of human eye movements.  The project extends our previous research on the function of the oculomotor neural integrator by conducting modelling studies of the neural integrator and experiments on gaze control in healthy subjects.   [See  Hegemann, S, Straumann, D, Bockisch, CJ. (2007). Alexander's law in patients with acute vestibular tone asymmetry - evidence for multiple horizontal neural integrators. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. (4):551-61; Bockisch CJ, Hegemann, S. (2008). Alexander's law and the oculomotor neural integrator: three-dimensional eye velocity in patients with an acute vestibular asymmetry. Journal of Neurophysiology, 100(6), 3105-16]

A PhD in neuroscience or a related field is required. Candidates with engineering or physics backgrounds will also be considered.  Prior experience in computational modelling and research on the human oculomotor system would be most useful.  Expertise in computer programming (MatLab, C, or similar languages) is essential.

The Vestibulo-Oculomotor laboratory at the Zürich University Hospital (www.vertigocenter.ch) conducts research on the neural systems controlling balance, eye, head, and reaching movements. We are particularly interested in the diagnosis and treatment of central and peripheral diseases of the ocular motor and vestibular systems in humans. Our laboratory is equipped with unique devices (3D turntable and hexapod motions stimulators;  3D eye movement recordings with scleral search coils and video) that allow us to precisely control and measure human movements in order to study the sensorimotor interactions that are necessary to help us move in dynamic environments.

Inquiries about the position may be directed to
Dr. S. Hegemann
Zurich University Hospital
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngolgy, Head & Neck Surgery
Frauenklinikstr. 24
CH-8091 Zurich
Email: stefan.hegemann at usz.ch<mailto:stefan.hegemann at usz.ch>
Phone: +41 (0)44 2555816


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Christopher J Bockisch, Ph.D.
Neurol. Universitaetsklinik
Frauenklinikstr. 26
8091 Zuerich, Switzerland
Work  41-44-255-3996
Home  41-41-710-3570
http://www.vertigocenter.ch
http://www.bockisch.net



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