Joint research project between MIT and FAU

Spend the Spring semester (2019) visiting two booming neuroscience hubs: Jupiter, Florida and Boston, Massachusetts

We are looking for a talented student that will apply analytical techniques to study the dynamics of cellular interactions that underlie the consolidation of memory during sleep.  The project will involve the analysis of neural data (single cells, local field potentials) recorded from multiple brain areas (neocortex, thalamus, hippocampus) in sleeping rodents.

The project is a collaboration between the laboratories of Drs. Carmen Varela (Florida Atlantic University, FAU) and Matthew Wilson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT).

Requirements:  Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrated initiative and dedication, ability to learn fast. Strong analytical skills, including signal processing and programming. Majors in EECS, Physics and Neuroscience are encouraged to apply.  

 

What you get: 

·       A paid semester of research (with possibility of extension) in systems neuroscience, including the application of analytical skills to electrophysiology data.

·       Learn about neuroscience opportunities in two thriving environments, MIT and FAU:  the Jupiter campus of FAU is a rapidly growing neuroscience hub that also holds our partners the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Research Institute.  Gain additional direct insight into MIT’s established programs and laboratories.

·       Possibility of presenting results from your work at a neuroscience conference.

 

Contact:  Submit resume and a brief paragraph commenting on how your skills and background could be helpful to this neuroscience project. Let Dr. Carmen Varela know when you would be available for an interview. carmenv@mit.edu   https://www.thethalamus.org/