Undergraduate

Students often enter the lab in their 3rd year, or as summer NSERC URSA students, to enable them to complete an Honours Thesis project in their 4th year.

Interested students should email their unofficial transcripts and a brief (1-2 paragraph) statement of interest to khoffman at yorku dot ca

Graduate

Our interests and skills in this lab are quite diverse, but programming experience (e.g. MATLAB) and good quantitative skills are beneficial. Graduate students are encouraged to become well-rounded scientists, including a critical evaluation of the literature, the design of new experiments, behavioral training, good husbandry and surgical techniques, ensemble neuronal data collection, data reduction and analysis methods, as well as the refinement of scientific writing skills. The time committment necessary to achieve these goals typically exceeds that of the standard 2-year masters degree, therefore applicants only interested in obtaining a masters degree might be better suited to another lab.

Interested students should email their unofficial transcripts, a curriculum vitae, and a brief (1-2 paragraph) statement of goals and interests to khoffman at yorku dot ca

Post-doctoral

Postdoctoral research positions available in cell assembly dynamics
during object recognition, categorization and long-term memory formation

One research position is available to investigate the dynamics of representing object categories. How and where are categories encoded over the course of learning? How do these representations change over various timescales, and with stimulus repetition? Neural ensembles from both medial and lateral temporal lobe structures will be targeted to address these questions.

Another research position is available to investigate how eye movements influence the neural processing of objects. Does ‘active vision’ confer any advantage to classic ‘passive viewing’ in neural timing or reliability in areas thought to be important for face and object processing? Do the effects depend on the type, timing, or magnitude of eye movements?

Both positions will involve collecting and analyzing spiking and LFP activity obtained from chronic recordings of multiple temporal lobe structures. Experience in electrophysiology, behavioral training, and MATLAB is beneficial. A minimum commitment of two years is requested.

Please email a curriculum vitae, description of research experience, and a statement of goals and interests to khoffman at yorku dot ca

For more information about York University and Toronto, from Doug Crawford's website