Graduate studies in computational and systems neuroscience

[ken@phy.ucsf.edu]

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading institute
of biomedical research.  Its graduate program in Neuroscience is
widely regarded as one of the very best such programs.  The
organization of the Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience (see
below), including the hiring of computational faculty, makes UCSF an
exciting location for students interested in theoretical as well as
experimental approaches to understanding brain function.

UCSF is *not* a reasonable place for those wishing to work on
applications of neural networks, as we have no programs in that area.
But, for those truly interested in understanding the nervous system
and its function, using theoretical and/or experimental methods and
remaining solidly based in biology, it is a superb program.
I would like to personally encourage theoretically inclined
individuals with such an interest to apply.

Application deadline is Jan. 15.  For further information and
application materials, contact Patricia Arrandale:
patricia at phy.ucsf.edu; 415-476-2248 (phone); 415-476-4929 (fax).

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The Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience:

A completely reconstructed space at UCSF, to open in January, 1994,
will house the following seven faculty and their labs in a highly
interactive setting:

Allan Basbaum:      The Neural Substrate of Pain and Pain Control
Allison Doupe:      The Neural Basis of Vocal Learning in Songbirds
Stephen Lisberger:  Neural Control of Eye Movements
Michael Merzenich:  Dynamic Neocortical Processes: Neural Origins of
		    Higher Brain Functions
Kenneth Miller:     Computational Neuroscience
Christof Schreiner: Mammalian Auditory Cortex
Michael Stryker:    Development and Plasticity of Mammalian Central
		    Visual System

Other faculty closely associated with the Center, although not housed
in the center itself, include:

Howard Fields: Neural Circuitry Underlying Pain Modulation
Rob Malenka: Synaptic Plasticity in the Mammalian Central Nervous System
Roger Nicoll:  Physiology and Pharmacology of CNS Synapses
Henry Ralston: Neuronal Organization in Spinal Cord and Thalamus