The successful candidate will study information processing in the early visual system of mice using two-photon imaging, electrophysiology (Neuropixels probes), and opto- and chemogenetic manipulations.
The lab’s goal is to determine how behavioural and internal states like arousal are integrated with visual responses in the retina and superior colliculus. We want to discover the underlying mechanisms and the purpose of this integration in terms of visual processing and the animal’s behavioural demands. This paper describes our previous findings.

Start date: January 2021 or later
Contract: for 2 years initially, funding available for 5 years (through Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, Wellcome Trust)
Location: campus is just outside Brighton at the coast of South East England, surrounded by South Downs National Park, 1 h from London

See the job advertisement for details on how to apply: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/research-fellow-in-neuroscience-4726
Informal enquiries are highly encouraged and should be made to Sylvia Schröder (sylvia.schroeder@ucl.ac.uk).

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