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NEURON publishes advertisements for positions available and for announcements of courses, conferences, and symposia. The 1995 rates are $175 for a quarter page, $305 for a half page, and $575 for a full page. We will accept camera-ready materials by mail, or copy to be typeset by mail or fax. If you choose to have your ad typeset by NEURON, the size of the ad wilt be determined by the number of words. Quarter-page ads contain up to 130 words, half-page ads contain 131-240 words, and full-page ads contain 241-500 words. Camera-ready ads must be surrounded by a line border in one of the following dimensions: quarter-page-3" by 4 1/2"; half-page-6 1/2" by 4 1/2" (horizontal), 3" by 9 1/4" (vertical); full-page-6 1/2" by 9 1/4". Ads must include a cover letter with the name of the j ournal and date on which your ad is to appear, a billing address, a purchase order number, and the name, address, and phone and fax numbers of the contact person. All foreign advertisers must send prepayment with their advertising materials. A postdoctoral fellow position is available immediately to study the molecular structure of voltage sensitive calcium channels. Projects include cloning and functional characterization, and molecular mechanisms of regulation and pharmacological modulation of calcium channels. Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree and experience in molecular biology or electrophysiology. Please send curriculum vitae and names of three references to: and molecular mechanisms that regul~ neuronal iiiiii!Jiil synapse formation. Particular interests include identifying liiiiii::ii W (1) changes in gene expression that underlie synaptogen-iiiiil ,~ esis [Neuron 14, 153 1995] as well as (2) protein inter-iiiiii:i!ii! actions and specific sequences that mediate the restricted ii ili distribution of synaptic components. Relevant techniques iiii!iii include: quantitative RT-IER, in situ hybridization, gener-~i i i ~: ~i ~ ation of chimeric proteins, viral vector mediated gene ii:~iiiii!iii!!i transfer immunocytochemistry two-hybrid systems, and