[AUDITORY] job advertisement (Uwe Firzlaff )


Subject: [AUDITORY] job advertisement
From:    Uwe Firzlaff  <uwe.firzlaff@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Mon, 3 Sep 2018 10:19:00 +0200
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Dear auditory list staff, below you find a job advertisent to be posted on the list, if possible. Thank you in advance, Uwe Firzlaff _________________________________________________________________________= __ PhD student position in Neuroscience Bio-sonar processing of rare objects in complex scenes The Chair of Zoology of the Technische Universit=E4t M=FCnchen (TUM,=20 Germany) invites applications for a PhD student position (3 years) in=20 experimental neuroscience. Unlike in vision, where the processes that guide sequential sampling of=20 space are well studied, very little is known about how echolocating bats=20 scan complex natural scenes by echolocation and which reflective=20 properties of objects guide the bat=92s sonar beam to select an important= =20 but rare object among a background of unimportant information. The project aims to understand the behavioral strategy for the detection=20 of rare objects and its neural basis. We will record neural activity,=20 from both anaesthetized and awake bats to investigate the processing of=20 rare objects in an odd-ball paradigm refined for echolocation. Responsibilities: Designing and conducting electrophysiological experiments in=20 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=20 the first =93Universities of Excellence=94 of the nationwide Excellence=20 Initiative in 2006. Research at the Chair of Zoology focuses on sensory=20 processing in the central nervous system, using different animal model=20 system and a wide range of methodological approaches including in-vivo=20 and in-vitro electrophysiology, imaging and neuroanatomy. The project will be conducted in close collaboration with Prof. Lutz=20 Wiegrebe (Department Biologie II, LMU, Munich) whose psychophysical=20 research on the behavioral strategies for rare object detection in bats=20 will complement the electrophysiological experiments. To inquire please contact: Dr. rer. nat. habil. Uwe Firzlaff uwe.firzlaff@xxxxxxxx Lehrstuhl f=FCr Zoologie, TU M=FCnchen Liesel-Beckmann-Strasse 4 85354 Freising, Germany Tel: +49 (0)8161 712803 http://zoologie.wzw.tum.de/index.php?id=3D113&L=3D1 _________________________________________________________________________= ______________________ --=20 PD Dr. Uwe Firzlaff Lehrstuhl f=FCr Zoologie TU M=FCnchen Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 4 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany Tel: +49 (0)8161 712803 Fax: +49 (0)8161 712802 Email: uwe.firzlaff@xxxxxxxx


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