[visionlist] Postdoctoral Position in Visual Neuroscience at SISSA

[Davide Zoccolan]

Postdoctoral position in Visual Neuroscience at SISSA (Trieste, Italy)

A postdoctoral position is available in the Visual Neuroscience Lab (http://people.sissa.it/~zoccolan/ 
) that Dr. Davide Zoccolan has recently established at the  
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste (Italy).  
The lab investigates the neuronal basis of visual object recognition,  
using a combination of psychophysics and multi-electrode neuronal  
recordings in rodents, as well as computational models and machine  
learning tools. SISSA (http://www.sissa.it) is one of the leading  
scientific institutions in Italy, and a noted center on the  
international stage for cutting-edge research in different areas of  
Physics, Mathematics, and Neurosciences.

Applications are welcomed from candidates with two kinds of research  
experience: (1) in-vivo electrophysiology and/or (2) molecular  
neurobiology.

1) In-vivo electrophysiology - Candidates should have a solid  
background in systems neuroscience and research experience with multi- 
electrode neuronal recordings in awake, behaving animals. Strong  
quantitative skills and good knowledge of scripting languages for data  
analysis and computation (such as Matlab or Python) are also required.  
Programming skills in C++, Objective C, Cocoa and OpenGL, as well as  
experience with machine learning tools are a plus.

2) Molecular neurobiology - Candidates should have a strong experience  
with immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization in brain slices,  
and should be able to apply these techniques with a high degree of  
independence. Previous experience in visualizing the patterns of  
expressions of immediate-early gene markers (e.g., c-fos and zif268)  
is a plus.

Candidates must have a doctoral degree and must be less than 37 years  
old at the time of the application. The appointment is for two years,  
with starting date between September and December 2009. Candidates  
should contact by e-mail Dr. Zoccolan (zoccolan at sissa.it) and send a  
CV, a brief statement of research interests, the expected date of  
availability, and the names of 3 references.

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Davide Zoccolan, Ph.D. 	 (Tel. +39 040 3756 532)
Neurobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience Sectors
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
Web: http://people.sissa.it/~zoccolan











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