[visionlist] Exciting opportunity at UCLA for recent graduate

[Basso, Michele]

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-starter to perform neuroscientific experiments using cutting edge imaging and behavioral techniques to explore how the brain makes decisions. The project is a collaboration between UCLA investigators, Drs. Josh Trachtenberg, Dario Ringach and Michele Basso. The goal is to use Ca++ indicators to image the activity of live neurons in the brain, from multiple brain areas at the same time, during performance of complex decision-making tasks. Using these novel techniques, we can measure the activity of molecularly identified neuronal cell types, learn how they form circuits within the brain and perform causal manipulations to learn how impairments of specific cell types or brain areas lead to decision-making performance deficits.  The successful candidate will work closely with the PIs performing all aspects of the experiments and data collection and analysis and will be play a key role in preparation of a manuscript for publication. This position is ideal for a recent graduate planning to attend medical or graduate school in the coming year. UCLA has  a vibrant community of neuroscientists many of whom share similar interests in brain function and dysfunction.
Please submit a CV and statement of research interest and at least two letters of recommendation to:
mbasso at mednet.ucla.edu<mailto:mbasso at mednet.ucla.edu>
joshua.trachtenberg at gmail.com<mailto:joshua.trachtenberg at gmail.com>
darioringach at me.com<mailto:darioringach at me.com>


Michele A. Basso, Ph.D.
Director, Fuster Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor,  Departments of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences and Neurobiology
The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior - UCLA
635 Charles Young Drive Box 957332
Los Angeles, CA 90095
voice: 310.825.9941


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