[visionlist] Postdoctoral position in retinal neurophysiology

[Evelyne Sernagor]

A postdoctoral position (Research Assistant/Associate) in visual neuroscience is available in the laboratory of Dr Evelyne Sernagor at the Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Project Description: 
The research position is part of the EU project RENVISION awarded within the initiative of Future Emerging Technologies: Neuro-Bio-Inspired Systems (NBIS). The project is highly interdisciplinary, including neuroengineering, electrophysiology, high-resolution microscopy imaging, computational modelling, data analysis, machine learning and computer vision.
The consortium consists of the following partners:
*       Pattern Analysis and Computer Vision, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, IT (Coordinator)
*       Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, IT
*       Nanophysics dept., Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, IT
*       Institute of Neuroscience Newcastle University, UK
*       Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh, UK
*       Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Nice, FR. 
The overall aim of the project is to understand how retinal ganglion cells encode complex visual scenes and to develop new models of retinal coding to be applied to machine vision algorithms. In Newcastle, activities will focus on performing and analysing all the retinal electrophysiological recordings using a large scale high-density multielectrode array consisting of 4,096 channels and to participate in structural and functional light sheet imaging experiments in Genova. 
Generous travel funds are available to visit the project partners, to enable effective collaboration. The candidate would join one of the leading neuroscience centres in the UK.
Experience and Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have a first degree in Biology/Neuroscience, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics and a PhD in Neurophysiology or a closely-related discipline. He/she should have an interest in retinal function. He/she should have solid experience in neurophysiology and should also demonstrate basic knowledge in retinal physiology, cellular imaging and programming for data analysis (Matlab). 
Skills and Qualities
The candidate is expected to be able to undertake independent research, have a critical analytical approach to problem solving. He/she is also expected to be willing to interact with people across disciplines and have good communication skills.
Special circumstances
The post requires the candidate to spend prolonged periods in Genova (Italy) to help with the light sheet experiments
Duration of post: 3 years, starting date 1 March 2013
Informal enquiries regarding the post should be directed to 
Dr Evelyne Sernagor
evelyne.sernagor at ncl.ac.uk
Further information on the Institute of Neuroscience can be located at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ion
To apply for the position, use the following link:
http://www15.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_newcastle02.asp?newms=jj&id=47159&newlang=1
Closing date: 20 January 2013





Dr Evelyne Sernagor
Reader in Developmental Neuroscience
Institute of Neuroscience
Newcastle University Medical School
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
UK
Tel: 44-191-2228541 (office)
      44-191-2226812 (lab)
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