<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">Profs Tommaso Fellin (IIT, Genoa, Italy) and Stefano Panzeri (UKE,
Hamburg, Germany) are seeking candidates for a fully funded postdoctoral
position in computational neuroscience  at
the Italian Institute of technology. </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 the experimental
Optical Approaches to Brain Functions Group led by Fellin at ITT (<a href="https://www.iit.it/it/web/optical-approaches-to-brain-function" style="color:blue">https://www.iit.it/it/web/optical-approaches-to-brain-function</a>)
in close collaboration with the computational laboratory of Panzeri at UKE (Department
of Excellence for Neural Information Processing <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>).
</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 network models, how populations of
neurons and of astrocytes in the brain interact to encode information and use
it to produce appropriate behaviors. </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 laboratories have established a close and fruitful
experimental-theoretical collaboration for a decade, and offer a wide range of
interdisciplinary expertise in computational neuroscience, including both
advanced neural analysis techniques and neural network modeling.  We also
offer thriving research environments, including many international
collaborations several funded by the NIH Brain Initiative, the Simons
Foundation, the European Union. This gives successful candidates strong
opportunities for interdisciplinary training and 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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",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;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>

<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;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 from May 2023 and applications will be considered as
soon as they are received. Candidates are encouraged to email us (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:tommaso.fellin@iit.it" style="color:blue">tommaso.fellin@iit.it</a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">and </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 us of the interest for the
position and initiate a discussion about research projects.</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"> </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">For recent publications from our labs relevant to this project, see:</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">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">Curreli S, et al (2022) Complementary encoding of spatial
information in hippocampal astrocites. PLoS Biology 20: e3001530.            </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)"> </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)">Sità, et al A deep-learning approach for online cell
identification and trace extraction in functional two-photon calcium imaging.
Nat Commun 13, 1529 (2022)</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"><br></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 style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Antonini</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> <span lang="EN-US">A, et al </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">(2020) </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Extended field-of-view ultrathin microendoscopes for high-resolution
two-photon imaging with minimal invasiveness</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">eLife</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> 9:e58882.</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)">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>

<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)">Pica G. et al (2017) Quantifying how much sensory information 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">Stefano Panzeri and Tommaso Fellin</span></p>

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