<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">I am seeking candidates for a fully funded postdoctoral position in
computational neuroscience at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
(UKE).</span><br></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"><br></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">The successful candidate will conduct research in my computational laboratory
(Department of Excellence for Neural Information Processing) at UKE (<a href="https://www.uke.de/english/departments-institutes/institutes/department-of-excellence-for-neural-information-processing/index.html" style="color:blue">https://www.uke.de/english/departments-institutes/institutes/department-of-excellence-for-neural-information-processing/index.html</a>),
in collaboration with my lab’s experimental collaborators, including
prominently Prof. Christopher Harvey at Harvard Medical School, Prof. Tommaso
Fellin at IIT Italy, and Prof. Mriganka Sur at MIT. </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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We will investigate, by developing and using advanced data
analysis methods and biophysically plausible neural network models, how populations
of neurons (and of glia) in the brain encode information and use it to produce
appropriate behaviors. We are particularly interested in discovering how
correlations between neurons shape the encoding and transmission of information
across areas of the cerebral cortex, and in understanding the theoretical
principles of how to combine measures and perturbations of neural activity to
probe causally the contributions of interactions between neurons to brain
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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Our 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, ambitious and well-funded research environment (including several
grants from the NIH Brain Initiative, Simons Foundation, the European Union). This
gives successful candidates ample opportunities for advanced training and
personal scientific growth.    </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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",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="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The job is available starting immediately and applications will be considered
as soon as they are received and until the position is filled. Funding is
available for several years and a minimum commitment of two years is expected
by interested candidates. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to email me (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:s.panzeri@uke.de" style="color:blue">s.panzeri@uke.de</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> or </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:stefano.panzeri@gmail.com" style="color:blue">stefano.panzeri@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">) as soon as possible, to inform me of the interest for the position
and initiate a discussion about research projects. I suggest interested
candidates to attach a CV when inquiring by email. </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">For recent publications from my lab relevant to this project, see:</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">Panzeri S, et al (2022) The structures and functions of correlations
in neural population codes. <i>Nature Reviews Neuroscience</i> 23: 551-567</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">Koren V., Panzeri S (2022) Biologically plausible solutions for
spiking networks with efficient coding. <i>NeurIPS 2022,</i> in press,  arXiv:2210.07069   </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"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:12pt">Curreli
S, et al (2022) Complementary encoding of spatial information in hippocampal
astrocites. <i>PLoS Biology</i> 20(3): e3001530.</span>                  </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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Valente, M. et al (2021), Correlations enhance the behavioral
readout of neural population activity in association cortex. <i>Nature
Neuroscience</i>, 24, 975–986</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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Chong, E. et al (2020) Manipulating synthetic optogenetic odors
reveals the coding logic of olfactory perception. <i>Science</i> 368, 1329.</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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",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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in a neural code is relevant for behavior, <i>Neural Information Processing
Systems (NeurIPS 2017)</i></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Stefano Panzeri</span></p>

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