Connectionists: Open PhD position: Electrophysiology -- Neuronal mechanisms of rapid functional configuration

[David Rotermund]

Open PhD position (salary E13/2): Electrophysiology -- Neuronal 
mechanisms of rapid functional configuration

Visual information processing is highly flexible and rapidly adapted to 
the current behavioural task. In this project, you have the unique 
opportunity to investigate the neural mechanisms of selective 
information processing in multiple visual areas with massively parallel 
multielectrode recordings. You will be embedded into an 
interdisciplinary and international research group within the Bernstein 
National Network for Computational Neuroscience which unites 
computational approaches with experimental work on human subjects and 
primates. Our team is also part of a major neuroscientific and 
neurotechnological research focus at Bremen University, comprising the 
Center for Cognitive Sciences (ZKW) and the Creative Unit 'I-See', 
conducting  research  on the development of an artificial eye.

Your task will be to conduct experiments on awake behaving macaque 
monkeys in collaboration with the group of Prof. Dr. Andreas Kreiter 
(http://www.brain.uni-bremen.de) and analyze the collected data. This 
includes familiarization with, and training of the animals, preparation 
of the experimental setup and recordings, implantation of the electrode 
arrays, and recording of the data under different visual perception 
tasks. You should be familiar with standard methods of data analysis, 
and have a degree (master/diploma or equivalent) in natural sciences 
(e.g. Biology) with focus on experimental work (preferably Animal 
Physiology). Basic programming skills and interest in  concepts from 
Computational Neuroscience are required. We expect high motivation for 
communicating and collaborating with the other members in the group.

The position is to be filled as soon as possible (i.e., on a first-come, 
first-served basis). Please send your application in German or English 
language, including your letter of motivation, CV, copies of school and 
university certificates (master/diploma or equivalent) by e-mail to Udo 
Ernst (udo at neuro.uni-bremen.de) or by postal mail to the address below:

Dr. Udo Ernst
Hochschulring 18 / Cognium
Universität BremenA
28359 Bremen, Germany