[vslist] POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - Visual Neuroscience

[Miguel Castelo-Branco]

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION In Visual Neuroscience
(Psychophysics, Electrophysiology and Neuroimaging)



Candidates are invited to apply for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
(€1.495 /month, which starts beginning 2004) within the scope of the project
POCTI/NSE/46438/2002 (Visual function in occipital and temporal lobe
epilepsy: psychophysics, electrophysiology and imaging), financed by the
FCT, Portugal.


The project will take place at Instituto Biomédico para a Investigação da
Luz e Imagem, Coimbra, Portugal. This Fellowship will have a maximal
duration of three years and follows the rules postulated by the Portuguese
Law.

Applicants should have a doctoral degree in a discipline within the scope of
biomedical sciences or biophysics. A letter of motivation, CV and two
recommendation letters should be sent to the address given below, during the
period between 1st and 18th of December 2003. A first selection will be
made, on the basis of the CV and recommendation letters, and for the final
decision selected candidates will then be invited for an interview.

Selected publications:
Castelo-Branco, M.  Formisano, E.  Backes, W.  Zanella, F. Neuenschwander,
S.,  Singer, W.  & Rainer Goebel (2002) Activity patterns in human motion
sensitive areas depend on the interpretation of global motion Proceedings of
Nacional Academy of Sciences, USA, 99(21): 13914-13919.
Castelo-Branco M., Goebel, R. Neuenschwander S., and Singer W. (2000)
"Neural synchrony reflects surface segmentation rules." Nature
405(6787):685-689.
Castelo-Branco, M.  Faria, P.  Forjaz, V.  Kozak L. R. and Azevedo H.
(2003) Early and late damage of parvo and koniocellular function in ocular
hypertension and glaucoma Investigative Ophtalmology and Visual Sciences, in
press




Miguel Castelo-Branco (or att. Alda Gonçalves)
Laboratório de Psicofisiologia da Visão
Instituto Biomédico para a Investigação da Luz e Imagem (IBILI)
Faculdade de Medicina
Coimbra
Portugal
Telef: 00 351 239480286/ 00351936360050
Fax: 00 351 239480280
Email: mcbranco@ibili.uc.pt