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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">The <b>Visual Circuits & Interfaces group</b> at the <b>German Primate Center (DPZ)</b> in Göttingen is seeking a PhD student for a project on optogenetic stimulation of the visual cortex to generate artificial
visual perception for vision restoration.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">The project is part of the <b>Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Optogenetic Therapies</b>, a collaborative research center dedicated to developing optogenetic therapies for clinical use, and is associated
with the <b>University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG)</b>.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">The Project</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">This project will investigate how optogenetic stimulation of visual cortical circuits can evoke visual percepts. The work will include optogenetic and electrical stimulation, large-scale neural recordings
with Neuropixels and ECoG, and behavioral experiments in non-human primates (marmosets). </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A central aim is to determine how stimulation of cortical circuits can reproduce visual percepts that resemble those evoked by natural
vision.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Your Profile</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Master’s degree, equivalent degree, or close to completion, in a relevant field such as neuroscience, physics, biology, medicine, engineering, psychology, or another relevant field.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Experience or strong interest in:</span></p>
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<li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Neural circuits and visual perception</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Electrophysiology</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Optogenetics</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Systems neuroscience</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Data analysis / programming, for example MATLAB or Python; some experience required</span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">We Offer</span></b></p>
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<li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Full funding for a 3-year PhD position, TV-L E13 65%</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">A highly interdisciplinary environment at the interface of neuroscience and neurotechnology</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Access to state-of-the-art experimental tools</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">Integration into the Göttingen neuroscience community</span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">How to apply</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.4px;">To: <a href="mailto:pjendritza@dpz.eu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pjendritza@dpz.eu</a></span></p>
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