[vslist] postdoctoral fellow/research assistant positions available
Ione Fine
ifine@usc.edu
Mon Mar 29 08:14:01 2004
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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW / RESEARCH ASSISTANT
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Postdoctoral and Research Assistant positions are available in the new
laboratory of Dr. Ione Fine at the Keck School of Medicine at the =
University
of Southern California.
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There are currently two ongoing research projects at the laboratory:=20
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The perceptual testing of retinal prostheses=20
The position will involve psychophysically testing patients who have =
been
implanted with epiretinal visual prostheses, in order to measure and =
model
the perceptual effects of electrical stimulation on the human retina. =
This
project is a very close collaboration between USC and the company Second
Sight, so it would be very suitable for a candidate who is curious about
life outside academe.=20
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Behavioral and neural losses as a function of deprivation. As well as =
the
well known acuity losses caused by visual deprivation (e.g. amblyopia),
long-term visual deprivation also results in deficits in higher-level =
visual
processes, such as the processing of configural form, objects, and =
faces. In
contrast, color and motion processing seem relatively unaffected by long
periods of deprivation. Our goal is to quantitatively segregate the
differential effects of visual deprivation across a wide range of visual
processing abilities using both psychophysics and fMRI.=20
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Desired skills/background=20
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
Experience programming (in Matlab or some other language)
Experience in psychophysics
Experience with visual psychophysics and/or functional magnetic =
resonance
imaging
Experience/understanding of image processing techniques.=20
Experience/understanding of electrical engineering=20
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Positions will be for 1-2 years and can be extended. The starting date =
is
flexible. The Postdoctoral salary will be according to NIH payscale. The
Research assistant salary will be commensurate with experience.
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For more information check out the web pages http://www.2-sight.com/ and
http://psy.ucsd.edu/~ifine/ or contact Ione Fine ifine@usc.edu. To =
apply,
send cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the email address/phone numbers =
of
three referees who would be willing to be contacted.=20
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Ione Fine (Asst. Professor)
Doheny Retina Institute
Keck School of Medicine, USC
1450 San Pablo Street, DEI 3605
Los Angeles, CA, 90033
(858) 945-4793
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Fine, I. Wade, A., Boynton, G.M., Brewer, A., May, M., Wandell, B., =
MacLeod,
D.I.A. The neural and functional effects of long-term visual deprivation =
on
human cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 6(9) 2003. =20
To download, go to ftp://ftp.doheny.org/ Then go to File-> Login as
"fineaccess". Password is "password". Directory public. fine_nn2003.pdf
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Zrenner, E. Will retinal implants restore vision. Science, 295, 2002.=20
To download, go to ftp://ftp.doheny.org/ Then go to File-> Login as
"fineaccess". Password is "password". Directory public.
zrenner_science2002.pdf
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RESEARCH FELLOW / RESEARCH ASSISTANT</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Postdoctoral and Research =
Assistant
positions are available in the new laboratory of Dr. </span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ione =
Fine</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> at the Keck
School of Medicine at the </span></font><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
=
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>University</span></font><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Southern
California</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There are currently two =
ongoing
research projects at the laboratory: </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><i><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>The =
perceptual
testing of retinal prostheses </span></font></i></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The position will involve
psychophysically testing patients who have been implanted with =
epiretinal
visual prostheses, in order to measure and model the perceptual effects =
of
electrical stimulation on the human retina. This project is a very close
collaboration between USC and the company Second Sight, so it would be =
very
suitable for a candidate who is curious about life outside academe. =
</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:
italic'>Behavioral and neural losses as a function of =
deprivation.<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></i>As well as the well =
known
acuity losses caused by visual deprivation (e.g. amblyopia), long-term =
visual
deprivation also results in deficits in higher-level visual processes, =
such as
the processing of configural form, objects, and faces. In contrast, =
color and
motion processing seem relatively unaffected by long periods of =
deprivation. Our
goal is to quantitatively segregate the differential effects of visual
deprivation across a wide range of visual processing abilities using =
both
psychophysics and fMRI. </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><i><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Desired
skills/background </span></font></i></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Excellent interpersonal and
organizational skills</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Experience programming (in =
Matlab or
some other language)</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Experience in =
psychophysics</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Experience with visual =
psychophysics
and/or functional magnetic resonance imaging</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Experience/understanding of =
image
processing techniques. </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Experience/understanding of
electrical engineering </span></font></p>
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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Positions will be for 1-2 =
years and
can be extended. The starting date is flexible. The Postdoctoral salary =
will be
according to NIH payscale. The Research assistant salary will be =
commensurate
with experience.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For more information check =
out the
web pages <a =
href=3D"http://www.2-sight.com/">http://www.2-sight.com/</a> and <a
href=3D"http://psy.ucsd.edu/~ifine/">http://psy.ucsd.edu/~ifine/</a> =
or contact </span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ione =
Fine</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
ifine@usc.edu. To apply, send cover letter, curriculum =
vitae, and
the email address/phone numbers of three referees who would be willing =
to be
contacted. </span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ione =
Fine</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (Asst.
Professor)</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Doheny Retina =
Institute</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Keck</span></font><font =
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</span></font><font
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Medicine, USC</span></font></p>
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face=3DArial><span
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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, DEI =
3605</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>I.</span></font><font =
size=3D2><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> Wade, A., Boynton, G.M., Brewer, A., May, =
M.,
Wandell, B., MacLeod, D.I.A. <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>The =
neural and
functional effects of long-term visual deprivation on human =
cortex.</span></i> <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Nature Neuroscience, 6(9) 2003. =
</span></i> </span></font></p>
<p =
style=3D'margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:=
justify'><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>To =
download, go to
<a href=3D"ftp://ftp.doheny.org/">ftp://ftp.doheny.org/</a> Then =
go to File->
Login as “fineaccess”. Password is =
“password”. Directory
public. fine_nn2003.pdf</span></font></p>
<p =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>Zrenner, E. =
<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Will retinal implants restore =
vision.</span></i> Science,
295, 2002. </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>To download, =
go to <a
href=3D"ftp://ftp.doheny.org/">ftp://ftp.doheny.org/</a> Then go =
to File->
Login as “fineaccess”. Password is =
“password”. Directory
public. zrenner_science2002.pdf</span></font></p>
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