Positions for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

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A Unique Training Opportunity for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

        The CIHR Group in Sensory-Motor Systems at Queen's University invites
undergraduate and graduate students to join a cross-disciplinary team of
investigators committed to building a unique training environment. To
realize this goal, we have developed a research plan that integrates
molecular, cellular, systems and computational strategies devoted to the
study of sensory-motor behaviour. This plan emphasizes the critical need
for studies that cross traditional boundaries in sensory-motor
neuroscience. For example, one of the primary research missions of this
group is to exploit state-of-the-art laboratories designed specifically to
study coordinated eye, head, arm and hand movements at the basic science,
clinical science and therapeutic science level. This objective is designed
to take advantage of expertise related to eye, head, arm and hand motor
systems in physiological and pathophysiological states. It also provides a
special opportunity for research projects that lie at the interface between
eye and limb motor control, basic and clinical science, and
molecular/cellular and systems/computation neuroscience. Trainees will
therefore gain expertise in multiple facets of sensory-motor control and
emerge at the forefront of their discipline.

        Our team of investigators is composed of seven principle investigators.
Their research expertise is briefly summarized below. More comprehensive
information can be found on our website at brain.phgy.queensu.ca

Dr. Randy Flanagan (Psychology and Physiology)
        Visual guidance of hand movements

Dr. Michael Kawaja (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
        Regeneration of spinal and brainstem circuits

Dr. Doug Munoz (Physiology and Psychology)
        Cortical and brainstem circuits controlling visual fixation and saccade
generation

Dr. Martin Paré (Physiology and Psychology)
        Role of parietal cortex in visual behaviour: perceptual and motor processes

Dr. Ken Rose (Physiology)
        Input/output properties of intact and injured spinal neurons

Dr. Greg Ross (Physiology)
        Neuronal survival: the role of neurotrophins

Dr. Stephen Scott (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
        Coordination of multi-joint movements: role of motor cortex

        
The CIHR Group in Sensory-Motor Systems and Queen's University offer a
unique environment to pursue graduate and postdoctoral studies in
Neuroscience. All members of the CIHR Group are part of a new and dynamic
umbrella organization, the Center of Neuroscience Studies (see
www.queensu.ca/neurosci). The goal of CNS is to foster cross-departmental
training and research in Neuroscience at Queen's. Moreover, Queen's
University is located along the shores of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence
River, in Kingston, Ontario. Kingston is a very attractive, mid-sized city
with many of the amenities of our larger neighbours, Toronto, Ottawa and
Montreal, but without the drawbacks of traffic gridlock and high living costs.

        Please submit your C.V., a brief summary of your research interests and
goals, and the names and addresses of three references (PDF applicants
only) to Dr. Ken Rose, Director, CIHR Group in Sensory-Motor Systems (Rm
432, Botterell Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6 or
ken@biomed.queensu.ca). Competitive stipends are available for the support
of trainees, but we also encourage studentship/postdoctoral applications to
CIHR, HSF, ONF, etc.

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