[vslist] postdoc position: motion psychophysics & primate retina, Salk Institute

[E.J. Chichilnisky]

I welcome postdoc applications from candidates with quantitative 
psychophysics research experience who would like to use their skills 
to study the neural constraints on motion processing imposed by the 
primate retina.  My lab is currently focused on understanding how 
visual processing in the retina constrains and influences motion 
sensing in primates.  To do this we perform multi-electrode 
recordings from collections of parasol (magnocellular-projecting) 
retinal ganglion cells presented with moving stimuli and develop 
approaches to read out the population-coded motion signal in these 
cells.  With this unique experimental approach we would like to 
establish a quantitative connection between retinal processing and 
behavioral motion sensing in primates.  I seek a postdoc with 
quantitative psychophysics research experience who would like to 
develop stimuli appropriate to make this comparison, perform the 
psychophysical experiments on humans, collaborate with others who 
perform the neurophysiological measurements (and learn them along the 
way, if desired), and develop quantitative approaches to comparing 
psychophysical and retinal motion signals.  The Salk Institute 
provides a stimulating research environment with a particular 
strength in vision research.

Thank you,

ej


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E.J. Chichilnisky
Assistant Professor, Systems Neurobiology
The Salk Institute
10010 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037-1099
Phone: (858) 453-4100 (x1286)
Fax: (858) 455-7933
mailto:ej@salk.edu
http://www.salk.edu/faculty/chichilnisky.html