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<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:black'>Two postdoctoral positions are available in the group of Michael
Reiser (</span></font><font size=3 color=blue><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
color:blue'>http://research.janelia.org/Reiser/</span></font><font size=3
color=black><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>) at the Janelia Farm
Research Campus. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm
Research Campus (</span></font><font size=3 color=blue><span style='font-size:
11.5pt;color:blue'>http://www.hhmi.org/janelia/</span></font><font size=3
color=black><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>) is a unique,
world-class research community in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place> area. The work in our group
draws upon experimental and computational approaches to investigate the
processing of multisensory information by the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Drosophila
</span></i>nervous system. We use tethered-flight experiments in a variety of
virtual-reality flight simulators to quantify motor responses to controlled
multisensory stimuli. In addition to studying several aspects of visual
processing in flies, the lab is working to understand the mechanosensory
pathways that underlie the behavioral responses to wind stimuli and the robust
gravity response. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=default><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'>The postdoctoral researchers will be involved in
designing and conducting quantitative behavior experiments with the goal of identifying
candidate neuronal circuits to be investigated using molecular-genetic tools,
imaging, and electrophysiology. Along the way, several critical experiments
will involve </span></font>an animal-robot hybrid control system. <font size=3><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'>These projects will benefit from close collaboration
with several other groups at Janelia Farm working on complementary efforts to
study neural circuits in the adult fly brain. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=default><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'>The positions are open to candidates with either a
strong background in experimental biology (prior experience with
electrophysiology, biological imaging, quantitative behavior, and/or <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Drosophila </span></i>genetics is preferred) or those
with a technical background in Engineering/Physics/Mathematics and a keen
interest in Neuroscience. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in
Neuroscience/Biology/Engineering or a related field. Interested applicants
should apply by email; please include your curriculum vitae and a letter of
research interests, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>Michael Reiser (reiserm at janelia.hhmi.org)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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