Research Assistant

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom University College London Full time

**Ref Number**

B02-06984

**Professional Expertise**

Research and Research Support

**Department**

School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)

**Location**

London

**Working Pattern**

Full time

**Salary**

£34,605-£39,980

**Contract Type**

Fixed-term

**Working Type**

On site

**Available For Secondment**

No

**Closing Date**

22-Jun-2024

**About us**:
We are seeking a PhD student who will be paid as a full time research assistant to work on a project entitled “How does the brain map sounds into the world”. This project aims to understand how the brain constructs a representation of auditory space, through mapping sensory strategies and neural activity in freely moving animals as they navigate based on sound. Unlike vision, where an objects position in space is explicitly mapped onto the retina, sound source location must be computed by using cues that arise from the separation of our two ears on the head. Currently our understanding of how the brain constructs auditory space is limited by almost all previous studies being performed in animals (or humans) with their head held in a fixed location at the center of a speaker ring. In this scenario, neurons in auditory cortex are generally broadly tuned to contralateral space. A handful of studies have been performed in freely moving animals have revealed that some neurons appear to encode the position of a sound source independently of the position of the listener. To date, all studies of auditory spatial processing have involved animals moving around an arena around which speakers are located. We have built a large arena with many speakers placed under an acoustically transparent floor for the first time allowing animals to navigate amongst sound sources. In this project we will train animals to navigate based on the position of sounds and ask what sensory strategies they use to locate and approach both static and moving sound sources. We will seek to understand how single neurons integrate sensory, motor and positional information to construct auditory space. The PhD student will define the head and eye movements that animals employ when “hunting” sounds. This will involve developing hardware and software to collect and analyse the resulting data and ultimately develop automated analysis pipelines to combine with electrophysiological recordings. The student will join a team of post-doctoral and doctoral researchers working on this research program

**About the role**:

- Continue development to automated data analysis including image processing, and analysis of audio signals. - Collect experimental data with an animal model while maintaining the highest standards of animal welfare and being willing to work out of hours when required (e.g. for post-operative care of animals). - Work in collaboration with other researchers as part of a team - Prepare progress reports and presentations

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