Junior Fellows

Junior Fellows of the Crick-Jacobs Center work on projects that involve two or more laboratories at the Salk Institute and include both experimental and theoretical approaches. The appointment is for three years and includes internal funding for carrying out the research.

Some of the specific problems that Junior Fellows might study include:

1. Uncovering the systems and networks regulated by transcriptional complexes in neuronal differentiation and stem cell maintenance (Gage);
2. Developing methods for reversibly silencing specific neural types in vivo and applying this to understanding perception and cognition in monkeys (Callaway);
3. Optical recording of activity in C. elegans during behavior and modeling the network activity (Sejnowski);
4. Determining how the shapes of dendritic trees and number of synaptic contacts scale with the size of the neuron and why (Stevens);
5. Develop a mathematical theory for the multiscale interactions that occur in macromolecular complexes (Brenner).
6. Use information theory to analyze the responses of cortical neurons (Sharpee).

Applicants for Junior Fellowships should contact faculty at the Salk with whom they intend to work. The application consists of a 3 page summary of the proposed project, a curriculum vitae, and 3 letters of recommendation and sent to: Terrence Sejnowski, The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Applications may also be submitted electronically to: sejnowski@salk.edu

Faculty

The Salk Institute invites applications for faculty positions at any level in the Crick-Jacobs Center for Theoretical and Computational Biology (http://crick-jacobs.salk.edu/). Appointees will be expected to establish independent research programs aimed at understanding the organization of signaling systems and the functional neuroanatomy of the brain, from the molecular to the systems levels, and how behavior arises from the interactions between the brain?s many components. Present members of the Crick-Jacobs Center, and their research interests, are Terrence Sejnowski (computational neuroscience), Sydney Brenner (functional networks of genes and cells), Charles Stevens (synaptic physiology and theoretical neuroanatomy), and Edward Callaway (structure and function of neural circuits for vision). The Salk Institute offers a highly interactive environment with a number of research groups working in areas of genetics, molecular biology and neuroscience. The Salk Institute offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and will be accepted until the positions are filled. Qualified candidates are invited to submit curriculum vitae, description of present and future scientific endeavors, and three letters of recommendation to: Chair, Crick-Jacobs Search, The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Applications may also be submitted electronically to: sejnowski@salk.edu