Undergraduates
We are recruiting undergraduates to join our team. We have a number of exciting projects which give an opportunity for learning, training, and independent research. We are interested and welcome students from a range of majors including biology, engineering, computer science, and statistics.
Searching for 2 Graduate Students to join our team.
We are currently recruiting two Graduate Students. All positions are funded by the NIH BRAIN initiative.
Successful candidates will join a growing team to develop image analysis algorithms and visualization software to provide critically needed tools for the greater neuroscience community. The data we are working with comes from a number of collaborators labs and includes large-scale in vivo 3D imaging with two-photon microscopy and ‘wearable’ mini-scopes. We are examining a range of datasets from neuronal spine and axon dynamics to Ca++ signaling with GCaMP.
Our approach to designing this analysis software is to first create back-end computational engines in Python. We then implement multiple front-end graphical-user-interfaces (GUIs) including desktop and cloud versions. For the desktop GUIs we are using the Qt framework. For the cloud (browser) versions we are using front-end Javascript frameworks such as Vue. Finally, we are developing pipelines such that our users can easily upload/browse/annotate their datasets on the web using Amazon S3 storage and the NIH BRAIN funded Brain-Imaging-Library.
We have begun laying the groundwork for this exciting project. To get a taste of what we are doing, please see our documentation and GitHub repository. There is still a ton of fun, creative, and collaborative work to be done.
Successful candidates will be involved in all aspects of the project from the ground up including:
- Python code development
- Desktop and web based GUI design
- Conference presentations
- Preparing and publishing manuscripts
- Interacting with our collaborators to ensure we build useful and cutting-edge tools.