Postdoctoral Scientist-Sarvestani Lab
Core
Investigating fundamental mechanisms of visual and motor systems across the brain and body to understand perceptual abilities optimized for specialized behavioral demands in different animals.
Role type
Postdoctoral Scientist (Systems Neuroscience)
Builds
Experimental tests of relationships between brain, body, and behavior using cross-species comparisons in tree shrews and rats.
Domain
Neuroscience / Systems Neuroscience / Embodied Cognition
Deliverable
Research
Required skills
Electrophysiology, calcium imaging, microstimulation, behavioral testing and quantification in animals, lab animal husbandry, surgical approaches, histology, fluorescence imaging, Python programming, Matlab programming, data analysis of large brain and behavior datasets
Preferred skills
Engineering (CAD, 3d printing, microcontrollers, signal processing)
Technologies
Multiphoton microscopy, large-array motion capture cameras, wireless embedded sensors, video-audio sensory substitution device
Responsibilities
Record neuronal activity and bodily movements in behaving animals with high spatiotemporal precision; conduct experiments on motor experience in plasticity and error correction; study early motor experience in development of visual circuits; analyze proprioception in neural dynamics of visual perception.
Seniority
Postdoctoral Fellow