[vslist] POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE at UCONN-SUNY

[Jose-Manuel Alonso]

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE

Two postdoctoral positions are available as part of a collaboration between 
Profs. Swadlow and Alonso at The University of Connecticut (Storrs) and 
SUNY-Optometry (Manhattan). The postdoctoral positions are funded by two 
separate NIH grants that aim to study the relative role of arousal and 
selective visual attention at early stages of the visual pathway. We use 
chronically implanted multielectrode arrays in awake rabbits and awake 
behaving primates. The arrays have been designed to record single unit 
activity from electrodes that can be independently moved and be closely 
spaced within the same or near orientation columns at different cortical 
layers.  Profs. Susana Martinez-Conde and Steve Macknik act as consultants 
in the primate project. The Department of Psychology offers a rich 
environment with strong emphasis in multielectrode recordings and sensory 
thalamocortical connections (e.g. Prof. Swadlow, Alonso, Escabi, Read). 
SUNY-Optometry offers a great environment in visual research that includes 
Clinical (e.g. Prof. Swanson), Psychophysical (e.g. Prof. Zaidi), 
electrophysiological approaches (e.g. Prof. Lee, Alonso and Swadlow) and 
the possibility of interacting with the increasingly larger visual 
neuroscience community in the New York area 
(http://email.rutgers.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=vision_seminars&A=1). 
Applicants should have prior experience in electrophysiological techniques. 
Please, send vita and names of two references to any of the addresses given 
below and do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information.

Harvey Swadlow, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Connecticut
406 Babbidge road
Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: (860) 486-2252
Email: swadlow@psych.psy.uconn.edu
  http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~wwwpsyc/mainsite.html

Jose-Manuel Alonso, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
SUNY-Optometry
33 West 42nd street
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 780-0523
Email: jalonso@sunyopt.edu
  http://www.sunyopt.edu/research/res_fac.shtml





Jose-Manuel Alonso, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
State University of New York (SUNY-Optometry)
Department of Biological Sciences
33 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 780-0523
Fax: (212) 780-5194