[vslist] Visuomotor post-docs for 2004

[Doug Crawford]

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF SPATIAL CODING AND 
HEAD-FREE 3-D GAZE CONTROL

Location:  Doug Crawford's lab at the York Centre for Vision Research, 
York University, Toronto, Canada.

Projects: Funding is currently available for upcoming post-doc projects 
in our primate neurophysiology labs, in the following areas:  (1) 
Reference frames for visuomotor coding in cortical and subcortical 
structures like the superior colliculus and the supplementary eye 
fields.  (2)  Cortical and Subcortical mechanisms of spatial updating of 
3-D space.  (3) Neural Mechanisms of eye-head coordination  (4) Neural 
mechanisms of 3-D head posture.   For more information see 
http://www.yorku.ca/jdc/

Project Resources:  An recently expanded, integrated primate facility 
that includes animal housing, surgery, and 5 laboratory set-ups, each 
equipped with 3-D eye coil systems for head-free recordings, Plexon and 
alpha-omega multi-unit recording systems, visual and vestibular stimuli. 
   Strong surgical, technical, and programming support. Central office 
space in Centre for Vision Research.  Regular Vision Seminar Series and 
laboratory meetings.  CIHR Strategic Training Program in Vision Health 
Science.

Salary Support: Funding at or above CIHR scholarship levels for two or 
more years.

Start-time:  2004

Qualifications.  Ph.D. in a neuroscience-related field.  Preference will 
be given to candidates with experience in recording and analysing single 
/ multiple unit data in alert animals.  Skills in quantitative analysis, 
programming, eye movement recording, motor control, vision, cognitive 
neuroscience, and/or modelling would be an asset.

Contact:   Send CV, statement of background and interests, and names of 
2 referees to: Doug Crawford, Canada Research Chair in Visuomotor 
Neuroscience, York Centre for Vision Research, York University, 4700 
Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J-1P3;  jdc@yorku.ca


People interested in this position can see our work and meet people from 
the lab at the upcoming society for neuroscience meeting in New Orleans:

555.2	Tuesday, Nov. 11, 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Slide MACAQUE SUPPLEMENTARY 
EYE FIELDS ENCODES GAZE IN HEAD CENTERED COORDINATES. Morial Convention 
Center - Room 388 J.C.Martinez-Trujillo*; H.Wang; J.D.Crawford	

79.4	Saturday, Nov. 8, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  Poster NETWORK PROPERTIES IN A 
PHYSIOLOGICALLY REALISTIC MODEL OF UPDATING TARGET POSITION ACROSS 
SACCADES. I100 G.P.Keith; M.A.Smith; J.Crawford*	

187.16	Sunday, Nov. 9, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Poster WHY AREN'T OBLIQUE 
SACCADES SUPER-FAST?	J29 M.Niemeier; J.Crawford; D.B.Tweed*	

386.9	Monday, Nov. 10, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Poster EFFECTOR-SPECIFIC 
TOPOLOGY OF TARGET LOCATION IN HUMAN PPC DURING POINTING AND SACCADES. 
H27 W.P.Medendorp*; H.C.Goltz; J.D.Crawford; T.Vilis	

499.7	Monday, Nov. 10, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Poster THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL 
NEURAL INTEGRATOR USES EFFECTOR-SPECIFIC COORDINATE SYSTEMS. I9 
E.M.Klier*; H.Wang; J.D.Crawford		

499.12	Monday, Nov. 10, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Poster 3-D EYE AND HEAD 
COORDINATION DURING INACTIVATION OF THE INTERSTITIAL NUCLEUS OF CAJAL 
(INC) IN THE PRIMATE. I14 F.Farshadmanesh; H.Wang*; E.M.Klier; 
A.G.Constantin; J.D.Crawford	

499.15	Monday, Nov. 10, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Poster NEURAL MECHANISMS FOR 
CONTEXT-DEPENDENT EYE HEAD COORDINATION STRATEGIES: ROLE OF PARALLEL AND 
SERIAL PATHWAYS. I17 A.Constantin*; H.Wang; J.Crawford	

515.17	Monday, Nov. 10, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Poster TRANSSACCADIC 
INTEGRATION OF LINE ORIENTATION AND LOCATION. W6 S.L.Prime; 
M.Niemeier*; D.Crawford	

597.3	Tuesday, Nov. 11, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Poster THE PROCESSING OF 
INDIRECT VISUOMOTOR TRANSFORMATIONS IN PRIMATES: KINEMATIC ANALYSIS. G66 
M.S.Barr; X.Yan; J.D.Crawford; L.E.Sergio*	

658.2	Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM Slide ERRORS IN REACHING IN 
UNILATERAL OPTIC ATAXIA REFLECT A FAULTY EYE-CENTRED SPATIAL 
REPRESENTATION.	Morial Convention Center - Room 268 A.Z.Khan*; 
L.Pisella; J.D.Crawford; Y.Rossetti


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J. Douglas Crawford
Canada Research Chair in Visuomotor Neuroscience &
Associate Director, York Centre for Vision Research,
CIHR Group for Action and Perception,
Associate Professor of Psychology, Biology, and Kinesioloy & Health Sciences
York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3
Web: http://www.yorku.ca/jdc
Phone: 416 736-2100 x 88621
Fax:  416 736-5857