Call for Application
Max-Planck Hebrew University Center for Brain Research
Fellowships for graduate and post-doctoral research in theoretical neuroscience
at the Hebrew University
October 2014
The Max Planck Hebrew University Center for Brain Research invites applications for research
positions at the Hebrew University at the graduate and postdoctoral levels, for theoretical
research in the general areas of cortical circuitry, sensory processing, and sensory-motor loops.
The research will be conducted at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
(ELSC), Hebrew University, under the supervision of Professors Idan Segev and Haim
Sompolinsky in collaboration with the Principal Investigators at the Max Planck Institute (MPI)
of Neurobiology in Martinsried.
Applicants should send their CV and a short research statement to Ms. Irit Dagan
(irit.dagan1@mail.huji.ac.il) and shall solicit three recommendation letters. For further inquiry,
please contact Ms. Dagan, Idan Segev (idan@lobster.ls.huji.ac.il) or Haim Sompolinsky
(haim@fiz.huji.ac.il).
About the Center: The Max Planck Society and the Hebrew University (HU) have established
in October 2012, a joint research center for Sensory Processing of the Brain in Action, which
supports collaborative research between ELSC and the MPI in Martinsried. The Center's goal is
to advance our understanding of the neural mechanisms of sensory processing and behavior.
The HU Principal Investigators are: Idan Segev (Director) – sensory processing in dendritic
modules, Haim Sompolinsky –theory of neuronal circuits, Adi Mizrahi – sensory coding and
plasticity in the mammalian brain. The MPI Principal Investigators are: Tobias Bonhoeffer
(Director) – synaptic plasticity in the behaving brain, Alexander Borst – motion processing in
the fly visual system, Bert Sakmann – cortical columns in vivo and in silico. For further
information about the center see: http://elsc.huji.ac.il/max-planck