OPEN POSITIONS:
  • Posdoc: Zebrafish behavior, Eranet SysBio postdoc contract (in collaboration with G. Sumbre. U. Straehle & E. Schneideman). Starting date: Summer 2010.
  • PhD: Application: February 2010. Starting: Summer 2010.
We are interested in a variety of topics aiming at a quantitative understanding of how brains perform natural behaviours.

We perform creative
mathematical modelling, data analysis and experimental work.

Current projects include:
  • Brain wiring
  • Decision-making
  • Social behavior
  • Tracking animals
Students and posdocs with training in Physics, Mathematics or Engineering and an interest in Neurobiology or animal behaviour are encouraged to apply.

 
Recent publications

  •  A. Perez-Escudero, M. Rivera-Alba & G. G. de Polavieja, 'Structure of deviations from optimality in biological systems', PNAS 106, 20544-20549 (2009) open access

  •  S. Arganda, R. Guantes & G. G. de Polavieja, 'Sodium pumps adapt spike bursting to stimulus statistics', Nature Neuroscience 10, 1467-1473 (2007) pdf
  •  A Perez-Escudero & G.G. de Polavieja, 'Optimally wired subnetwork in C. elegans', PNAS 104, 17180-17185 (2007) pdf
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Gonzalo G. de Polavieja
Científico Titular, CSIC
gonzalo.depolavieja at gmail.com
gonzalo.polavieja at uam.es,
gonzalo.polavieja at cajal.csic.es