<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-981ff9fc-7fff-c516-862d-a3b23fe03d6c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Systems Neuroscience group at the Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute, in partnership with the Departments of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at RMIT and Monash Universities, seeks expressions of interest from candidates to fill several positions. The projects are focused on studying neural computation and communication between visual cortical  areas, and are funded by grants from the Australian Research Council starting in 2021 (date negotiable). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You will join a diverse, dynamic and highly collaborative group of neurophysiologists, biomedical engineers, behavioural neuroscientists, and neural data scientists. Using marmoset monkeys as our experimental model, the projects will include techniques such as multi-channel, multi-area electrophysiology (Neuropixels / Utah arrays / ECoG), optogenetic and electrical stimulation optical imaging, in both anaesthetised and awake-behaving preparations, as well as animal and human psychophysics. The projects will be supervised by Drs. Shaun Cloherty, Razvan Gamanut, Maureen Hagan, Nicholas Price, Marcello Rosa, Yan Wong and Elizabeth Zavitz, and will offer opportunities for interactions with a rich international network of collaborators.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We seek to fill a number of positions (up to 3 postdoctoral fellows and 6 PhD students) across both institutions, broadly aligned with 5 projects:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Neural bionics - </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">studying neural coding in spiking and the LFP in the visual system and its application to a cortical vision prostheses </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Led by Yan Wong)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The neural basis of behaviour - studying distributed neural populations underlying visually guided behaviour and decision making (Led by Maureen Hagan and Shaun Cloherty) </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Visual coding - studying how hierarchies of neuronal populations create and use distributed representations of visual information (Led by Elizabeth Zavitz and Marcello Rosa)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Interactions between the cortex and claustrum (Led by Razvan Gamanut and Marcello Rosa). This project is for a PhD student only.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Interactions between perceptual and oculomotor networks (Led by Nicholas Price)</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Informal enquiries or expressions of interest should be directed to Nicholas Price - <a href="mailto:nicholas.price@monash.edu">nicholas.price@monash.edu</a>
</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For the postdoctoral positions, experience in electrophysiology, animal behaviour, or analysis of large data sets is preferred; programming experience (Matlab, Python) is required. The postdoctoral salaries are highly competitive on an international scale, and include superannuation (pension fund) and other benefits. Australian PhDs have no coursework and typically last 3.5-4 years. Students will receive a stipend of $29,000-$34,000 (tax free) and are eligible for additional income through teaching assistance.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For the PhD positions, applicants should have an Honours degree or Masters equivalent in neuroscience, physical sciences, mathematics, engineering or related disciplines. Prior experience with the techniques mentioned above is desirable, but not necessary. Good communication and writing skills are essential. The projects involve animal models, and willingness to learn surgical and other techniques is essential.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monash University and RMIT University are located in Melbourne, Australia, which is routinely ranked near the top of Global Liveability indices. In addition to the rich scientific environment, Melbourne is renowned for its arts and food culture. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community, and we are committed to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of nationality, gender, ethnicity, and age. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We offer a family friendly work environment with affordable childcare right next door.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Dr Nicholas Price</span><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Phone: +61 3 9905 5131 / </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">0424 56 14 17</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>