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NEURAL CODING: Scientist I - Calcium imaging of Higher Visual Areas

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Scientist I - Calcium imaging of Higher Visual Areas
The **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***., located in Seattle, Washington, is comprised of a multidisciplinary staff committed to understanding how the brain works and helping to unlock the mysteries of neurological diseases and disorders affecting millions worldwide. Serving the scientific community is at the center of our mission to accelerate progress toward understanding the brain and neurological systems. Creating tools and data that advance the pursuits of thousands and thousands of scientists around the world is our contribution to revolutionary neuroscience. To this end, the Allen Institute's resources - each a groundbreaking creation - are free and publicly available online.
Our MindScope program aims are to understand the visual behavior of the mouse through a few action-perception cycles.
The Optical Physiology group in NC uses light microcopy to probe neural activity and function in visual cortical areas, with the aim of understanding how cortical neurons are active during different phases of a behavioral cycle and what information this activity confers about the animal's visual world.
As a Scientist I
you will
do extensive studies of the visual physiology of cell bodies in the higher visual areas:
To compare the diversity of receptive fields across cortical areas in the alert mouse
To examine state-dependent response modulation in visual cortex
Main responsibilities/deliverables:
Develop visual stimuli and analysis strategies for characterizing receptive fields in the mouse higher visual areas.
Examine behavioral dependence of responses in V1 and higher visual areas, particularly to compare stationary animals to running, and to running
and
task-engaged.
Work closely with the modeling/theory team in MindScope to develop stimulus sets that will most efficiently discriminate between different models of hierarchical visual processing streams.
Qualifications:
PhD in Neuroscience or related field
Postdoctoral experience is desirable
Strong
visual stimuli and behavioral analysis strategies
Experience with rodent or primate neurophysiology
Programming and date analysis experience an plus: (Python, Matlab)
Strong publication record
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work as a part of a team
We offer competitive pay, a generous benefits package, and a dynamic, engaging environment.
To be considered for this position, please visit our website:
The **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is an equal opportunity employer.