魏茨曼科学研究所神经生物学博士后岗位

PostDoc position in the department of Department of Neurobiology : Rehovot, ISRAEL

Employer:

Weizmann Institute of Science

Location:

Rehovot, ISRAEL

Type:

Other

Posted:

March 07, 2011

Expires:

February 28, 2012

Requisition number:

Euraxess-euraxess-jobs-33637876

 

 job description

 

PostDoc position in the department of Department of Neurobiology at Weizmann institute of Science in the group of Ehud Ahissar for 2-3 years. Perception is achieved via well coordinated action of parallel motor-sensory loops, which actively sample the environment. One such perceptual system, which gradually becomes the standard model for studying active sensing, is the whisking system employed by rodents. This system controls an array of highly sensitive facial hairs which are used for efficient tactile (touch) sensation of the near environment. During the last decade the loops controlling active touch via whisking were delineated and characterized in detail in many laboratories across the world. However, while details of loop activities are rapidly accumulating, understanding of the control and processing algorithms of these loops is still lacking. Students with background in engineering who are interested in neuroscience are welcome to take part in this neuro-engineering study of perceptual control. The study aims at understanding closed-loop control of active touch via whisking in rats and mice. It involves reverse engineering methods, advanced neuro-genetic tools, advanced ethological methods, state-of-the-art video tracking, and robotics. The project is part of an international, multi-institutional research consortium (the BIOTACT project, http://www.biotact.org/), which involves frequent interactions with scientists with a broad range of expertise in rodent neuroscience, robotics, and computational neuroscience.

 

Contact information

 Interested candidates should send email to Ehud Ahissar (ehud.ahissar@weizmann.ac.il) with: Title: [PhD / post-doc] in neuro-engineering CV List of publications Pdf of key publications List of references (with e-mails and tel. numbers) Anything else that is relevant (research interests, relevant experience, ?)