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color:#181818;background:white">The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research
Institute
announces two </span><a href="https://www.ski.org/fellowship-openings"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
background:white">postdoctoral fellowship openings</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#181818;background:white"> to work with one or more of the PIs at
the
Institute. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Under this
solicitation, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">the Heinen
Lab seeks a
postdoc to investigate a provocative new theory of binocular
eye movement
control.</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eye movement
researchers record one eye
assuming the other rotates symmetrically according to Hering’s
Law. Contrary to
Hering, we showed that during midline smooth pursuit, an
occluded eye rotates unpredictably
relative to the viewing eye (Chandna et al., 2021). The postdoc
will conduct experiments
investigating previously unknown and surprising characteristics
of saccades,
pursuit and fixation only evident when both eyes are measured.
The postdoc will
also assist in refining a novel dynamic-systems model which
simulates these
results, generating realistic, time-varying binocular eye
rotations couched in
a framework of cortical and brainstem interactions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visual
perception is a critical
component of the model structure, and the work is significant
for pathological
ocular misalignment, hence team members include a
psychophysicist (Scott
Watamaniuk) and a pediatric ophthalmologist (Arvind Chandna).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The position is
competitive, funded by an NEI institutional training grant to
Smith-Kettlewell
or an internal funding mechanism. The fellowships require a
Ph.D., O.D. or M.D.
and are normally awarded for two years, with the most successful
fellows often
becoming sponsored investigators. Applications from individuals
with
disabilities or other underrepresented groups are particularly
encouraged. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications
are
accepted until January 31, 2024.</span> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Details
about the fellowship and instructions on how to apply: <a href="https://www.ski.org/what-does-fellowship-smith-kettlewell-offer" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.ski.org/what-does-fellowship-smith-kettlewell-offer</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more
information please email Dr. Preeti Verghese or Beatriz St. John
at </span><a href="mailto:fellowships@ski.org" target="_blank" title="email window"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">fellowships@ski.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></p>
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Stephen J. Heinen, Ph.D., Senior Scientist
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
2318 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 345-2101
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:heinen@ski.org">heinen@ski.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ski.org/lab/heinen-lab">https://www.ski.org/lab/heinen-lab</a></pre>
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