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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Dear all,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We will very soon open a new postdoctoral position in computational
neuroscience in collaboration between the labs of Chris Harvey at Harvard
Medical School (Boston) and of Stefano Panzeri at the Italian Institute of
Technology (Rovereto, Italy). The post will be available from beginning of 2016
and is expected to be filled within the next couple of months. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">This postdoctoral position will be to work on neural population
coding. The successful candidate will develop new analytical methods to study
how populations of neurons encode sensory information and how this information
is used to produce decisions. The candidate will apply these methods to
large-scale recordings of neurons in sensory areas and posterior parietal
cortex using calcium imaging methods in behaving rodents that navigate in a
virtual reality environment. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The successful candidate will work in Chris Harvey’s Lab at
Harvard (<a href="http://harveylab.hms.harvard.edu">http://harveylab.hms.harvard.edu</a>) and will have the opportunity to
visit Panzeri’s lab (<a href="http://www.iit.it/en/people/stefano-panzeri.html">http://www.iit.it/en/people/stefano-panzeri.html</a>) on a
regular basis for scientific collaborations. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Interested applicants should contact both Chris Harvey (</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="mailto:harvey@hms.harvard.edu">harvey@hms.harvard.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">) and Stefano Panzeri (</span></span><a href="mailto:stefano.panzeri@iit.it"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)">stefano.panzeri@iit.it</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">) by email, emailing their CV with the inquiry.
Chris Harvey will be willing to meet prospective candidates at the SFN
conference. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">For recent papers relevant to this postdoctoral opportunity, applicants
are invited to consult the following articles:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Harvey, C.D. et al. (2012) Choice-specific sequences in parietal
cortex during a virtual-navigation decision task. Nature 484, 62–68</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Zuo Y, et al (2015) Spike timing and spike rate make
complementary contributions to perceptual decisions in rat S1 and S2 cortex.
Current Biology 25: 357-363</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Panzeri, S, et al (2015) Neural population coding: combining
insights from microscopic and mass signals, Trends in Cognitive Sciences 19:
162-172</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Regards,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Chris
Harvey and Stefano Panzeri</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="mailto:harvey@hms.harvard.edu">harvey@hms.harvard.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><a href="mailto:stefano.panzeri@iit.it">stefano.panzeri@iit.it</a></span></p>
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