[vslist] PhD positions in visual neurophysiology, Univ Marburg, Germany

[Thomas Wachtler]

The German Research Council (DFG) has established a research unit on
"Perception and Action" (http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/for560)
at the universities of Marburg and Giessen. At the NeuroPhysics Group,
Department of Physics, Univ.-Marburg, 3 PhD positions are available
to investigate neural mechanisms of space and object representation
in the visual system.

The Marburg NeuroPhysics Group has a strong research focus on the
neurophysiology of vision, including the study of space and object
representation in the visual system, neural coding mechanisms, retina
implant research, psychophysics, and computational modeling. The
laboratory includes state of the art equipment for the study of single-
and multi-unit activity in non-human primates as well as for the study
of eye movements in humans and non-human primates (Multielectrode
extracellular recording systems, TREC eye tracker, EyeLink II systems)

Projects 1 and 2) will study the multisensory encoding of spatial
information during eye movements. Both projects will combine
neurophysiological recordings in the visual cortex of awake non-human
primates with psychophysical studies in humans.

Project 3) will study the coding of objects by neural populations in
the visual cortex and specifically the implications of eye movements
for neural mechanisms underlying stable object perception, using multi-
channel recordings from visual cortex of awake non-human primates.

Salaries will be according to German salary scale BAT IIa/2.
Applicants should have appropriate background in a relevant field,
i.e. neuroscience, biology, physics, psychology, computing sciences, or
mathematics.  Programming skills and/or experience in neurophysiology
are desirable.

Applications for positions 1) and 2) should be sent to
 Prof. Frank Bremmer <frank.bremmer@physik.uni-marburg.de>,

for position 3) to
 Dr. Thomas Wachtler <thomas.wachtler@physik.uni-marburg.de>

 NeuroPhysics Group
 Department of Physics
 Philipps University
 Renthof 7
 35032 Marburg
 Germany