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<p>A postdoctoral position is available in the <a href="https://aplab.bcs.rochester.edu/index.html">Active
Perception Laboratory</a> at the University of Rochester to
study the benefits of eye movements for visual functions. <br>
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This position is part of an ongoing collaboration with Dr.
Jonathan Victor at Cornell University and Dr. Martina Poletti at
the University of Rochester. The ideal candidate will be a highly
motivated individual with experience in vision science and data
analysis and the ability to work well in a team. A quantitative
background and demonstrated interest in applying quantitative
methods to neuroscience is preferable. Experience with signal
processing, real-time programming, and C++ is a plus. <br>
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<p>The APLab is a dynamic multidisciplinary research group focused
on understanding vision as an integrated sensorimotor process.
Approaches include visual psychophysics under controlled retinal
stimulation and perturbation of the visuomotor cycle,
computational modeling of the early visual pathways, retinal
imaging, and human electrophysiology. The laboratory is equipped
with a unique combination of facilities (several developed
in-house) for high-resolution recording of head and eye movements,
real-time control of the visual flow on the retina during eye
movements, adaptive optics and optical coherence tomography
imaging of the human retina, virtual reality, and EEG
measurements. <br>
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Research from the APLab has led to important findings on how
humans process visual information and establish spatial
representations. It has identified fundamental oculomotor
strategies (e.g., <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.2663">Ko et al, Nature
Neurosci. 2010</a>), revealed novel contributions from eye
movements to spatial vision (e.g., <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05866">Rucci et al,
Nature 2007</a>; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14616-2">Intoy
& Rucci, Nature Commun. 2020</a>), shed new light on the
perceptual role of extraretinal signals (e.g., <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.4622">Poletti et al,
Nature Neurosci. 2017</a>; <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2101259118">Intoy et
al, PNAS 2021</a>), and raised specific hypotheses on the
influences of motor activity in the neural encoding of visual
information (e.g., <a href="https://elifesciences.org/articles/40924">Casile et al,
eLife 2019</a>) and in visual development (e.g., <a href="https://aplab.bcs.rochester.edu/assets/download/PDFs/articles/RucciEdelmanWray00.pdf">Rucci
et al, J. Neurosci, 2000</a>). Furthermore, our work has
resulted in new tools for eye-tracking and real-time control of
retinal stimulation and has led to robots directly controlled by
models of neural pathways. A full list of our publications can be
found at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://aplab.bcs.rochester.edu/publications.html">http://aplab.bcs.rochester.edu/publications.html</a>. <br>
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The Active Perception Laboratory is part of the <a href="https://www.cvs.rochester.edu/">Center for Visual Science</a>
at the University of Rochester, a center with a long history of
fundamental accomplishments in vision science. CVS is composed by
more than 35 research laboratories creating a vibrant and highly
collaborative scientific community. <br>
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To apply, please send curriculum vitae, brief statement of
research interests and accomplishments, and names of two
references to Michele Rucci (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mrucci@ur.rochester.edu">mrucci@ur.rochester.edu</a>) Jonathan
Victor (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jdvicto@med.cornell.edu">jdvicto@med.cornell.edu</a>) and Martina Poletti
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:martina_poletti@urmc.rochester.edu">martina_poletti@urmc.rochester.edu</a>)<br>
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