Job Description

Requirements

• Ideal candidates for this position should have a keen interest in understanding the neural bases of sensory perception
• and a strong background in computational neuroscience or in a related discipline (physics
• engineering
• mathematics
• computer science
• ...). Good statistical and programming skills are important
• and familiarity with statistical modeling methods for large scale neural recordings is a plus. Although this role is focused on a specific project
• we are happy to support the development of the postdoc's individual research pursuits.
• Prospective applicants should contact Eugenio Piasini (epiasini@sissa.it) by email
• including a CV
• a motivation letter and the contacts of up to two referees. All applications received by 15 November 2023 will be given full consideration
• after that (or at any point)
• please check https://people.sissa.it/~epiasini/openings for updated information on this position. The starting date is flexible
• but should ideally be in the first half of 2024.
• Relevant publications:
• Choi
• Kyuhyun*
• Eugenio Piasini*
• Edgar Díaz-Hernández
• Luigim Vargas Cifuentes
• Nathan T. Henderson
• Elizabeth N. Holly
• Manivannan Subramaniyan
• Charles R. Gerfen
• and Marc V. Fuccillo. 2023. “Distributed Processing for Value-Based Choice by Prelimbic Circuits Targeting Anterior-Posterior Dorsal Striatal Subregions in Male Mice.” Nature Communications 14 (1): 1920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36795-4.
• Piasini
• Eugenio*
• Liviu Soltuzu*
• Paolo Muratore
• Riccardo Caramellino
• Kasper Vinken
• Hans Op de Beeck
• Vijay Balasubramanian
• and Davide Zoccolan. 2021. “Temporal Stability of Stimulus Representation Increases along Rodent Visual Cortical Hierarchies.” Nature Communications 12 (1): 4448. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24456-3.
• Allegra
• Manuela
• Lorenzo Posani
• Ruy Gómez-Ocádiz
• and Christoph Schmidt-Hieber. 2020. “Differential Relation between Neuronal and Behavioral Discrimination during Hippocampal Memory Encoding.” Neuron 108 (6): 1103-1112.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.032.
• Runyan
• Caroline A.*
• Eugenio Piasini*
• Stefano Panzeri
• and Christopher D. Harvey. 2017. “Distinct Timescales of Population Coding across Cortex.” Nature 548 (7665): 92–96. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23020.

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