Postdoc in Developmental/Sensory Neuroscience in Atlanta

A funded position is available for a talented and motivated Ph.D. with
interests in developmental or sensory neuroscience. The goal of our
research is to understand the role of sensory experience in the
development of central nervous system circuitry. One project
concerns the role of activity-dependent processes in the construction of
receptive field properties and topography in the rodent retinotectal
projection. Another project concerns the role of afferent modality
on the development of sensory cortical circuitry (cross-modal
plasticity). Experience with mammalian surgery, visual or auditory
stimulation, and/or in vivo or in vitro electrophysiology techniques is
desirable. We also use anatomical and molecular approaches to these
questions in the laboratory.

The successful candidate would be joining a highly interactive and
dynamic group of more than 60 "Brains and Behavior" faculty at
Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta, site of the
1996 Olympics, is a vibrant, expanding city with numerous cultural and
recreational opportunities (mountains and seashore within easy driving
distance). Lottery- and business-funded support of higher education
in Georgia allows us to maintain state-of-the-art equipment and
facilities. The Georgia State/ Georgia Tech/ Emory University
research community offers unparalleled opportunities for collaborative
neuroscience research. In addition, we have several
inter-departmental and inter-institutional research centers that
focus on
neuroscience, including the NSF Science and Technology Center of
Behavioral Neuroscience, the Brains and Behaviors Initiative, the
Molecular Biology of Disease Center, the Center for Neuromics, and the
Language Research Center. See
http://www.biology.gsu.
edu/brains behavior/ and

http://biology.gsu.edu/neurosci/ for details of these programs.

Interested candidates should send a c.v. and names of three
references to
Professor Sarah L. Pallas, Graduate Program in Neurobiology and
Behavior,
Dept. of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, fax:
404-651-2509, email:
spallas [ à ] gsu.edu, Lab webpage:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~bioslp/