Postdoctoral Position
University of Arizona and University of Haifa
The Computational and Experimental Neuroscience Laboratory is
looking to fill a position for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. The
research project is geared towards understanding the role of
hippocampal replay in spatial navigation and memory consolidation
during sleep. The techniques used include high density
electrophysiology in the behaving rat, neuropharmacology,
optogenetics and computational modeling. The project is
multidisciplinary and involves collaborations with research teams in
the USA and France (Univ. South Florida Tampa, INSERM Lyon France,
Harvard Univ MA, UCSD, UCR and Salk, California). Good communication
skills are necessary. This is a joint position between the
University of Haifa (Israel) and the University of Arizona (Tucson,
USA). The successful candidate will be expected to spend part of
his/her time in the USA and in Israel. Basic knowledge of Hebrew
will be helpful.
Applicants with a subset of the following skill set are strongly
encouraged to apply:
- Scientific expertise or interests in hippocampus
and/or prefrontal-cortex
- Electrophysiology (in vivo chronic behaving, or in vitro)
- Behavioral Neuroscience (rat training/testing)
- General laboratory skills (e.g. histology, surgery)
- Matlab and/or NEURON programming and spike-data analyses
Applicant should send a cover letter, CV and the names of at least 2
references to Dr. Jean-Marc Fellous (fellous at email.arizona.edu).
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The search
is ongoing and is projected to be completed by November 30th, 2014.
Information about the laboratory can be found at:
http://amygdala.psychdept.arizona.edu/lab.html