Postdoc (3 yrs) in dynamical reconfigurations of neural populations during movement
A 3 year postdoc post is available in the lab of Prof Mark Humphries, at the University of Nottingham (UK)
In this project, our aim is to test the overarching hypothesis that movement transitions are encoded by the same neural population reconfiguring its joint activity, for both rhythmic and discrete movements. We will tackle this question by developing new computational algorithms for dynamic systems, and applying them to newly-available population recordings during rhythmic movement transitions in Aplysia and discrete arm movement transitions in monkeys,
The Humphries’ group researches fundamental insights into how the joint activity of neurons encodes information about and actions in the world. For more see: https://www.humphries-lab.org
Queries: mark.humphries@nottingham.ac.uk
Deadline: 10th January 2020
Full details, and to apply: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI182819X1
Professor Mark Humphries | MRC Senior non-Clinical Fellow | Chair in Computational Neuroscience
Lab: humphries-lab.orghttps://www.humphries-lab.org/
Twitter: @markdhumphries
Public blog: https://medium.com/the-spike
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A 3 year postdoc post is available in the lab of Prof Mark Humphries, at the University of Nottingham (UK) - closing date Jan 10th
In this project, our aim is to test the overarching hypothesis that movement transitions are encoded by the same neural population reconfiguring its joint activity, for both rhythmic and discrete movements. We will tackle this question by developing new computational algorithms for dynamic systems, and applying them to newly-available population recordings during rhythmic movement transitions in Aplysia and discrete arm movement transitions in monkeys,
The Humphries’ group researches fundamental insights into how the joint activity of neurons encodes information about and actions in the world. For more see: https://www.humphries-lab.org
Queries: mark.humphries@nottingham.ac.uk
Deadline: 10th January 2020
Full details, and to apply: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI182819X1
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For anyone interested in how neurons do what they do, my new book “The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds” from Princeton University Press is available now from your favourite bookseller in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
It’s a rollercoaster ride through your brain, from eye to hand and everywhere in between, that sweeps through 30 years of the deepest neuroscience to the frontiers of what we know about how neurons work.
From the blurb: “We see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage through our sensory and motor regions. Neuroscientists call these blips “spikes.” Spikes enable us to do everything: talk, eat, run, see, plan, and decide. In The Spike, Mark Humphries takes readers on the epic journey of a spike through a single, brief reaction. In vivid language, Humphries tells the story of what happens in our brain, what we know about spikes, and what we still have left to understand about them.”
Watch the animated introduction: https://youtu.be/Rn-FAvM6wbE
Read the reviews and details: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691195889/the-spike
Listen to a sample from the audiobook: https://soundcloud.com/user-671277267/the-spike-by-mark-humphries?in=user-67...
Thanks! Mark Humphries
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