Full-time postdoctoral positions are available at the Crick-Jacobs Center for Theoretical Biology, within the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA. Projects will involve work at the interface between physics and biology, on theories of neural coding and computation. Specifically, the goals of these projects will include: (1) formulating optimal coding strategies in neuronal populations, and (2) developing statistical and information-theoretical methods for charaterizing invariant neural feature selectivity (such as that of face-selective neurons or neurons in the song bird brain selective for its own song).
Environment: The Crick-Jacobs Center at the Salk Institute and the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics at UCSD together offer a first-class research and training envirnoment in the theoretical physics and computational biology. The Salk Institute offers exposure to cutting-edge experimental biological research in genetics, neuroscience, and celluar biological networks. For more information, please see my homepage at UCSF and the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, with which my group will be affiliated.
Candidates should have a strong quantitative background in Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or Computational Neuroscience. Completion of the PhD degree in any of these fields is required before the start date. The initial appointments will be for 1 year, and are renewable. Ability to program in C or Fortran, Mathematica/Matlab, and some knowledge of neuroscience is a plus, but is not required.
To apply, please send a cv, brief statement of research interests, and three letters of reference to Dr. Tatyana Sharpee by email to sharpee@salk.edu in PDF or text format.