<html><head><base href="x-msg://148/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Annabelle Singer <<a href="mailto:asinger@MIT.EDU">asinger@MIT.EDU</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">March 18, 2013 11:03:13 AM EDT</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>UROP Opening Synthetic Neurobiology Lab: In Vivo Robotics For Understanding Brain Function</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">UROP Department/Lab/Center: Synthetic Neurobiology Group, McGovern Institute for Brain Research and the MIT Media Lab</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div fpstyle="1" ocsi="0"><div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Ed Boyden<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Project Title: In Vivo Robotics For Understanding Brain Function<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Project Description: UROP positions are available in the Synthetic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Neurobiology Group at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">the MIT Media Lab, working with post-doctoral fellow Dr. Annabelle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Singer under the guidance of Dr. Ed Boyden. The UROP will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">participate in a cutting edge research program applying “in vivo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">robotics” to analyze single neural functions in awake behaving mice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Initially the UROP will perform animal handling, behavioral training and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">assays, and behavior data analysis. As time permits, the UROP will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">perform other aspects of the project as well including surgery,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">histology, electrophysiology, and neural data analysis. UROPs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">also participate in lab meetings including presenting their research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">For more information about the lab see:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><a href="http://www.syntheticneurobiology.org"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 245); ">http://www.syntheticneurobiology.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; ">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Prerequisites: Prior research experience, especially in biology or<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">psychology, is a plus but not required. Qualified applicants must<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">have an interest in neuroscience and a strong work ethic, be detail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">oriented, reliable, and work well with others. We require 15-20<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">hours/week during the semester and working full time over the summer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">with a minimum 1 year commitment, and highly suggest being open to a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">multi-year commitment as that can result in co-authorships and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Contact: Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">and transcript (unofficial is ok) to Annabelle Singer,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:asinger@mit.edu">asinger@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">and Ed Boyden,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:esb@media.mit.edu">esb@media.mit.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; "><div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2"><div class="PlainText">Annabelle Singer<br>Post-doctoral Fellow<br>McGovern Institute for Brain Research<br>and MIT Media Lab<br>Cambridge, MA 02139<br><a href="mailto:asinger@mit.edu">asinger@mit.edu</a><br>510-501-9659</div></font></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>