[visionlist] Post-doctoral position in visual development

[matthew colonnese]

   A funded post-doctoral position is available in the Laboratory of
Systems Neural Development (P.I. Matthew T. Colonnese) in the Department of
Pharmacology & Physiology and Institute for Neuroscience at The George
Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC.  The lab studies the
development of sensory processing in cortical networks using the visual
system of behaving rodents as a primary model.  To this end we combine
simultaneous multi-electrode array and whole-cell patch clamp recordings
with optical imaging of blood flow and voltage in behaving neonatal and
infant rodents to determine the intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of
cortical activity during early neural circuit formation.



Interested candidates must have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Electrical
engineering, Physics or a related field, and demonstrated expertise in one
or more of the following areas:  computational analysis of multi-electrode
recordings, whole cell recording *in vivo* or in slices, visual receptive
field mapping in animal models. Opportunities for participation in
collaborative clinical studies may exist. The lab is part of a rapidly
expanding group of investigators at GW and Children’s National Medical
Center dedicated to the study of neural development in health and disease (
www.gwumc.edu/neuroscience).



Position available immediately, competitive salary and benefits. Please
send a CV and letter of interest to colonnese at gwu.edu.



Relevant work:

   1. *Colonnese MT*, Khazipov R. (2012) Spontaneous activity in developing
   sensory circuits:  Implications for resting state fMRI. *Neuroimage* in
   press online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.031
   2. Minleabev M, *Colonnese MT, *Tsintsadze T, Sirota A, Khazipov R.
   (2011). Gamma oscillations synchronize developing thalamus and
cortex. *Science
   334:*226-9.
   3. *Colonnese MT*, Kaminska A, Minleabev M, Milh M, Lescure S, Moriette
   G, Chiron C, Ben-Ari Y, Khazipov R. (2010) A conserved switch in sensory
   processing prepares developing neocortex for vision. *Neuron 67(3)*:
   480-98. PMID:20696384
   4. *Colonnese MT*, Khazipov R. (2010) 'Slow activity transients' in
   infant rat visual cortex:  a spreading synchronous oscillation patterned by
   retinal waves.  *J Neurosci*.* 30(12)*:  4325-37.
   5. *Colonnese MT*, Phillips MA, Constantine-Paton M, Kaila K, Jasanoff
   A. (2008) Development of hemodynamic responses and functional connectivity
   in rat somatosensory cortex. *Nat Neuroscience 11(1): *72-9.
   PMID:18037883
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