UCSF Postdoctoral/Graduate Fellowships in Theoretical Neurobiology

[Ken Miller]

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The Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology at UCSF solicits
applications for pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, with the goal of
bringing theoretical approaches to bear on neuroscience. Applicants
should have a strong background and education in a quantitative field
such as mathematics, theoretical or experimental physics, or computer
science, and commitment to a future research career in
neuroscience. Prior biological or neuroscience training is not
required.

The Sloan-Swartz Center offers opportunities to combine theoretical and
experimental approaches to understanding the operation of the intact
brain. Young scientists with strong theoretical backgrounds will
receive scientific training in experimental approaches to
understanding the operation of the intact brain. They will learn to
integrate their theoretical abilities with these experimental
approaches to form a mature research program in integrative
neuroscience. The research undertaken by the trainees may be
theoretical, experimental, or a combination.

Resident Faculty of or frequent visitors to the Sloan-Swartz Center
and their research interests include:

William Bialek (frequent visitor):     
                     Information-theoretic and statistical
		     characterization of, and physical limits to,  
                     neural coding and representation  
Michael Brainard:    Mechanisms underlying vocal learning in the
		     songbird; sensorimotor adaptation to alteration
		     of performance-based feedback 
Allison Doupe:       Development of song recognition and production in
                     songbirds
Loren Frank:	     (joining our faculty in summer, 2003): The
		     relationship between behavior and neural activity
		     in the hippocampus and anatomically related
		     cortical areas.  
Stephen Lisberger:   Learning and memory in a simple motor reflex, the
                     vestibulo-ocular reflex, and visual guidance of
                     smooth pursuit eye movements by the cerebral cortex
Michael Merzenich:   Experience-dependent plasticity underlying learning
                     in the adult cerebral cortex, and the neurological
                     bases of learning disabilities in children
Kenneth Miller:      Circuitry of the cerebral cortex: its structure,
                     self-organization, and computational function (primarily
                     using cat primary visual cortex as a model system)
Philip Sabes:	     Sensorimotor coordination, adaptation and
                     development of spatially guided behaviors,
                     experience dependent cortical plasticity.  
Christoph Schreiner: Cortical mechanisms of perception of complex
                     sounds such as speech in adults, and plasticity of
                     speech recognition in children and adults 
Michael Stryker:     Mechanisms that guide development of the visual
                     cortex

There are also a number of visiting faculty, including Larry Abbott,
Brandeis University; Sebastian Seung, MIT; David Sparks, Baylor
University; Steve Zucker, Yale University.

TO APPLY for a POSTDOCTORAL position, please send a curriculum vitae,
a statement of previous research and research goals, up to three
relevant publications, and have two letters of recommendation sent to
us.

            The application deadline is January 31, 2003. 

Send applications to: 

               Sloan-Swartz Center 2003 Admissions
     Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology at UCSF
                     Department of Physiology
                     University of California
                        513 Parnassus Ave.
                   San Francisco, CA 94143-0444

PRE-DOCTORAL applicants with strong theoretical training may seek
admission into the UCSF Neuroscience Graduate Program as a first-year
student. Applicants seeking such admission must apply by Jan. 3, 2003
to be considered for fall, 2003 admission. Application materials for
the UCSF Neuroscience Program may be obtained from
http://www.ucsf.edu/neurosc/neuro_admissions.html#application or from

                           Pat Vietch
                 Neuroscience Graduate Program 
                    Department of Physiology 
             University of California San Francisco 
                  San Francisco, CA 94143-0444 
                   neuroscience at phy.ucsf.edu 

Be sure to include your surface-mail address. The procedure is: make a
normal application to the UCSF Neuroscience program; but also alert
the Sloan-Swartz Center of your application, by writing to
sloan-info at phy.ucsf.edu. 

If you need more information: 

-- Consult the Sloan-Swartz Center WWW Home Page:
   http://www.sloan.ucsf.edu/sloan  
-- Send e-mail to sloan-info at phy.ucsf.edu 
-- See also the home page for the W.M. Keck Foundation Center for
   Integrative Neuroscience, in which the Sloan-Swartz Center is housed:
   http://www.keck.ucsf.edu/