Postdoctoral Fellow

Job description

This position is full-time postdoctoral level (PhD in neuroscience or biophysics) in the von Gersdorff lab in the Vollum Institute.
• Planning, executing, and analyzing experiments for independent research project(s) using electrophysiology, molecular, cellular, and live imaging and computational approaches in the retina and/or CNS.
• Manuscript preparation for individual projects and assisting other lab members with manuscripts as needed.
• Assisting the PI and other lab members with grant application (data acquisition, writing assistance, editing) as needed. Preparing fellowship applications.
• Traveling to national and international meetings to present on findings.
• Helping to mentor and train junior members of the laboratory.
• Ph.D. in relevant field of study (Neuroscience and/or Biophysics or Computational Physics)
• Direct experience in studies of neurons, synapses and/or brain circuits.
• Knowledge and experience with computational and cellular techniques.
• Experience with manuscript preparation and writing skills for individual projects and statistical analysis of data are required.
• Direct experience in studies of neuronal imaging/morphology.
• Imaging experience and work with live neurons and brain slices and analysis of patch clamp data.