Postdoc position available

[geoff@cns.georgetown.edu]

POSTDOC IN MODELS OF RETINOTECTAL MAP FORMATION

Geoff Goodhill
Dept of Neuroscience
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington DC

A postdoctoral position is now available in my lab for an NIH-funded
project to develop new theoretical models of retinotectal map
formation. This project is a collaboration with John Flanagan at
Harvard University (http://cellbio.med.harvard.edu/faculty/flanagan).
The goal is to understand the initial activity-independent mechanisms
by which axons find their targets in the tectum, and the models will
be closely tied to current experimental data regarding Eph/ephrin
gradients. A list of relevant papers can be found below. To apply,
send a CV, a letter of interest, and names and addresses (including
email) of at least two referees to:

Geoffrey J Goodhill, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience 
Georgetown University Medical Center
3900 Reservoir Road NW, Washington DC 20007
Tel: (202) 687 6889, Fax: (202) 687 0617
Email: geoff at georgetown.edu
Homepage: cns.georgetown.edu

Review of applications will start immediately and continue until the
position is filled.

Some relevant papers:

Goodhill, G.J. & Richards, L.J. (1999).
Retinotectal maps: molecules, models, and misplaced data.
Trends in Neurosciences, 22, 529-534.
http://cns.georgetown.edu/~geoff/pub/goodhill_richards_99.pdf

Goodhill, G.J. (2002).  Development of retinotectal maps, in ``The
Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks'', 2nd edition,
ed. Michael Arbib, MIT Press, 335-339.

Feldheim DA, Kim YI, Bergemann AD, Frisen J, Barbacid M, Flanagan JG. (2000).
Genetic analysis of ephrin-A2 and ephrin-A5 shows their requirement in
multiple aspects of retinocollicular mapping.
Neuron, 25, 563-574.

Goodhill, G.J. (2000).
Dating behavior of the retinal ganglion cell.
Neuron, 25, 501-503. [Comment on the Flanagan article above]
http://cns.georgetown.edu/~geoff/pub/goodhill_neuron_00.pdf