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[AUDITORY] job advertisement
Dear auditory list staff,
below you find a job advertisent to be posted on the list, if possible.
Thank you in advance,
Uwe Firzlaff
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PhD student position in Neuroscience
Bio-sonar processing of rare objects in complex scenes
The Chair of Zoology of the Technische Universität München (TUM,
Germany) invites applications for a PhD student position (3 years) in
experimental neuroscience.
Unlike in vision, where the processes that guide sequential sampling of
space are well studied, very little is known about how echolocating bats
scan complex natural scenes by echolocation and which reflective
properties of objects guide the bat’s sonar beam to select an important
but rare object among a background of unimportant information.
The project aims to understand the behavioral strategy for the detection
of rare objects and its neural basis. We will record neural activity,
from both anaesthetized and awake bats to investigate the processing of
rare objects in an odd-ball paradigm refined for echolocation.
Responsibilities:
Designing and conducting electrophysiological experiments in
anesthetized and awake bats.
Analyzing data.
Preparing results for publication.
Desirable qualifications:
Neuroscience or biology background.
Experience with Matlab.
Work environment
The project is located at the Chair of Zoology, TUM, in Freising/Munich,
The TUM is among the leading universities in Germany. The TUM was one of
the first “Universities of Excellence” of the nationwide Excellence
Initiative in 2006. Research at the Chair of Zoology focuses on sensory
processing in the central nervous system, using different animal model
system and a wide range of methodological approaches including in-vivo
and in-vitro electrophysiology, imaging and neuroanatomy.
The project will be conducted in close collaboration with Prof. Lutz
Wiegrebe (Department Biologie II, LMU, Munich) whose psychophysical
research on the behavioral strategies for rare object detection in bats
will complement the electrophysiological experiments.
To inquire please contact:
Dr. rer. nat. habil. Uwe Firzlaff
uwe.firzlaff@xxxxxxxxxx
Lehrstuhl für Zoologie, TU München
Liesel-Beckmann-Strasse 4
85354 Freising, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)8161 712803
http://zoologie.wzw.tum.de/index.php?id=113&L=1
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PD Dr. Uwe Firzlaff
Lehrstuhl für Zoologie
TU München
Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 4
85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)8161 712803
Fax: +49 (0)8161 712802
Email: uwe.firzlaff@xxxxxxxxxx