The candidate will work in a project which goal is to digitally reconstruct and simulate a human brain cortical microcircuit at the cellular and synaptic level fo detail. The successful candidate would be responsible for:

- Gathering data about brain temporal cortex from literature, open-access datasets and international laboratories with which the BBP collaborates.

- Interact with experimentalists to validate model predictions.

- Provide scientific guidance and expertise to engineering teams and contribute to the on-going refinement of workflows and tools to build data-driven unifying brain tissue models.

- Work in collaboration with engineering teams on visualisation, high performance computing, data integration and with project managers to define objectives and timelines to achieve overarching objectives and meet aggressive deadlines.

- Collaboration to the general research activities and logistic activities (safety, equipment maintenance, etc.) of the unit.

Candidate's profile:

- PhD in neuroscience, computational neuroscience, physics or related filed.

- Experience in scientific computing programming (python, script, lumpy, hdf5, Linux, ...)

- Experience in whole cell electrophysiology

- Experience in synapse electrophysiology analysis and research

- Experience in model validation

- Interest in participating in a collaborative big project

- Fluent English speaking and writing.

We offer:

- One year, renewable contract 100% work rate

- An internationally visible project in simulation-based research in neuroscience.

- A young, dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and international and modern working environment (Campus Biotech, Geneva).

- Possibility to participate in outreach events in Switzerland and abroad.

- Very competitive salary.

More information and application submission through: https://recruiting.epfl.ch/Vacancies/1036/Description/2