SENIOR RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE, FLAVELL LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to participate in computational analysis and modeling of population neural activity in freely-behaving animals that is aimed at understanding how neural circuits generate complex behaviors (navigation, state-dependent behaviors, and more). Data processing will involve deep learning approaches to process calcium imaging data which reflects brain-wide neural activity in freely-moving animals. Computational modeling will be used to relate neural activity to animal behavior in order to make fundamental insights into brain function. Research will use the model system C. elegans. The position also offers the optional opportunity to participate in wet-lab data collection and to perform creative and innovative research rather than procedural lab tasks.
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