- Vacancy Reference Number
- https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CBS358/research-associate-in-neuroscience
- Closing Date
- 31 Oct 2020
- Salary
- £32,816 per annum
- Address
- Dr. Riccardo Storchi
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
School of Biological Sciences
Division on Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology
AV Hill Building
Manchester M13 9PT
- Duration
- 2 years initially with potential extension to 5 years
We seek a passionate, self-motivated scientist to undertake the project “Action in Vision” aimed at understanding how motor actions affect visual processing. The successful candidate will have an established track record in computational biology, up-to-date programming skills and a strong passion for system neuroscience. Previous experiences in performing and/or analysing electrophysiological and behavioural data or in computer vision are desirable. The successful candidate will work with high density electrophysiological data from freely moving mice [1] and three-dimensional reconstruction of their natural behaviours [2]. The successful candidate will also be involved in the designing of the experiments.
The post offers a great opportunity to work in an exciting field of neuroscience aimed at understanding sensory processing in natural unrestricted conditions. At the University of Manchester the successful candidates will find themselves immersed in a collaborative, friendly and multidisciplinary environment with several labs working on fundamental research on sensory processing (vision, touch), memory and behaviour.
The post, starting in January 2021, is for 2 years and potentially renewable for up to a total of 5 years.
Further Information
Relevant recent research output from the lab:
[1] Storchi et al (2017) Neuron, 93(2):299-307. PMID: 28103478
[2] Storchi et al (2020) Current Biology, in press. See pre-print at: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.24.961565v3
Contact Details
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr. Riccardo Storchi
Tel: 0161 275 5050
Email riccardo.storchi@manchester.ac.uk
