<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I
am seeking to hire one or more postdoctoral scientists to research</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> with me and my Neural
Computation laboratory at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The
project, funded by a Brain Initiative multi-PI RO1 Grant from the National
Institute of Health, will be performed in collaboration with my experimental
collaborators Christopher Harvey (Harvard Medical School) and Wei-Chung Lee
(Children’s Hospital). The proposed computational research will use data-driven
models of recurrent neural networks and information-theoretic methods to analyze
functional activity of hundreds of neurons recorded during cognitive tasks, together
with anatomical electron-microscopy data collected from the same subjects and
brain regions.  The aim of the project is
to establish novel and firm relationships between the anatomical structure of a
cortical microcircuit and its neural population coding function.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The laboratory offers a wide range of
interdisciplinary expertise in computational neuroscience, including both
advanced neural analysis techniques and neural network modeling.  The
laboratory also offers a thriving, well-funded and ambitious research
environment with extensive international collaborations and ample opportunities
for advanced training and personal scientific growth.    </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We seek candidates holding a PhD in a
numerate or neuroscientific discipline, with a solid computational background
and a keen interest in neuroscience. They must be highly motivated and creative
individuals who want to work in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary research environment
and be willing to interact with both experimental and theoretical
neuroscientists. </span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The
successful candidate will have the opportunity to conduct research at either the
IIT in Italy, or at the IIT outstation at Harvard Medical School, in Boston,
depending on the nature of the agreed research and on personal preferences.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For
representative recent publications from the PI, see:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Runyan C. A., et al (2017) Distinct
timescales of population coding across cortex, <i>Nature</i>: 548: 92-96. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Panzeri S., et al (2017) Cracking the
neural code for sensory perception by combining statistics, intervention and
behaviour. <i>Neuron</i> 93: 491-507</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Safaai, H., et al (2015) Modelling
the effect of Locus Coeruleous firing on single trial cortical state dynamics
and sensory processing. <i>Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA</i> 112(41): 12834–12839</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Further information about my research can be found at my IIT and
Google Scholar web pages:</span></p>

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</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Applications (full CV, statement of research interest and name and
contact of 2 referees) should be sent by e-mail to <a href="mailto:stefano.panzeri@iit.it">stefano.panzeri@iit.it</a>,
quoting “Postdoctoral position in Computational Neuroscience” in the subject
line. The deadline for applications is January 31th, 2019. Applications will be
examined until the position is filled. Interested applicants are advised to
contact me by email informally <u>as soon as possible</u> to discuss about the science
and the position informally. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Stefano Panzeri</span></p></div>