The Houston Neuroscience community has a new program in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience based on an NIH training grant recently awarded to the Gulf Coast Consortium for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (GCC-TCN). This consortium consists of six research institutions, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Houston, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center. We are offering a two-year curriculum of inter-institutional courses on modeling and imaging of neural systems integrated in the Ph.D. programs of each of the participating institutions. Four graduate fellowships will be awarded each year to support trainees in their respective departments.

The program seeks to recruit applicants with a strong theoretical/computational background for example, physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, or computer science, wishing to transition to a research career in neuroscience.

Applicants should consult the GCC-TCN web site (http://cohesion.rice.edu/centersandinst/gcc/neuro.cfm) for information about participating departments and faculty members, and a list of available courses and other educational opportunities. Candidates should first apply to a specific Department/Institution. This is followed during the first year by an application for a GCC-TCN Fellowship through GCC-TCN web site. For more information, please contact the representatives at the participating institutions listed below.

Dr. Peter Saggau, Baylor College of Medicine (psaggau@bcm.edu)
Dr. Fabrizio Gabbiani, Baylor College of Medicine (gabbiani@bcm.edu)
Dr. Steve Cox, Rice University (cox@caam.rice.edu)
Dr. Kresimir Josic, University of Houston (josic@math.uh.edu)
Dr. Harel Shouval, University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston (Harel.Shouval@uth.tmc.edu) Dr. Prahlad Ram, M.D. Anderson Cancer Research
Center (pram@mdanderson.org)
Dr. Volker Neugebauer, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
(voneugeb@utmb.edu)