[visionlist] postdoc in Carandini-Jeffery labs at UCL

[Matteo Carandini]

POSTDOCTORAL BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENTIST

Applications are invited for the position of a postdoctoral Research
Associate at University College London (UCL). The post holder will be
jointly supervised by Matteo Carandini at the UCL Institute of
Ophthalmology (www.carandinilab.net) and by Kate Jeffery at the UCL
Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience
(www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/kate.jeffery/lab/).

The project aims to establish the neural correlates of perceptual
behaviours and choice, both in regions associated with vision, such as
the primary visual cortex, and in regions associated with navigation,
such as the hippocampus.

The successful applicant will hold a doctoral degree in neuroscience
or in a related discipline, and will have experience with
neurophysiology in vivo, ideally in the context of behaviour. The
ideal candidate will also have a quantitative background (e.g. maths,
physics or engineering) and will be facile with Matlab programming and
with the fundamentals of computational neuroscience or of cognitive
neuroscience.

Salary will be  between £29,704 and £31,513 yearly, depending on
experience, plus £2,781 London Allowance.  The post and the project
are funded by the Medical Research Council, and the duration of the
post will be for up to 2 years.

A job description and an application form may be obtained via email
at: education-ioo at ucl.ac.uk, In all communications please quote
reference number:  127306 in the subject line.  The closing date for
the receipt of applications is 15 August 2009.

-- 
Matteo Carandini, PhD

GlaxoSmithKline /  Fight for Sight Professor of Visual Neuroscience
www.carandinilab.net

UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
University College London 11-43 Bath St, London EC1V 9EL