A position for a doctoral student at the University of Leipzig, Department of General Zoology and Neurobiology (Prof. Rudolf Rbsamen) is available in the project. The role of early postnatal activity in development of physiological properties of neurons and of nuclear organization in the auditory brainstem.
The project is funded for three years by a DFG Research Grant. Application deadline: 01-May-2012.
The main focus of the project is to investigate the contribution of neuronal activity to development of functional neuronal circuits in the central auditory system. There is increasing evidence that spontaneous activity during early postnatal period is of general importance for establishment of orderly connections in the CNS.
The work includes whole-cell recordings in acute brain slice preparations, imaging technique and morphological analysis. Genetically modified mice models will be used to appraise the influence of different patterns of neuronal activity. To assess the functional relevance, the experiments will be tightly embedded in a work of a post-doc who is engaged in the project and performing in vivo recordings.
PhD position in Neurobiology
