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CHEManager International · 5 days ago

Post-Doctoral Associate - Department of Neuroscience

Twin Lakes, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$62K/yr - $70K/yr

CHEManager International is seeking two postdoctoral associates to participate in interdisciplinary projects within the Integrated Circuit Neuroscience labs. The role involves engineering genetically encoded voltage indicators and applying advanced imaging techniques to study neuron types in behaving rodents.

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Responsibilities

Participate in ongoing interdisciplinary projects

Focus on engineering ultra-sensitive genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) for single-neuron, single-spike resolution recordings in behaving animals

Apply advanced optical tools and multipopulation voltage imaging to study genetically defined neuron types involved in perceptual function and dysfunction in behaving rodents

Train in techniques spanning protein engineering and synthetic biology, cellular resolution voltage or calcium imaging in rodents during attention/virtual navigation paradigms, targeted gene perturbation, or single-cell transcriptomic assays

Participate in project conception, data acquisition, analyses, and dissemination of the work

Train graduate and undergraduate students, collaborate with other labs testing GEVIs, and compete for early career fellowships

Qualification

Molecular neuroscienceFluorescence imagingStereotactic surgeriesProgramming MATLABProgramming PythonStatistical software (Prism)Cellular resolution imagingSingle-cell transcriptomicsAnimal behaviorProtein engineeringSynthetic biology

Required

Ph.D. degree in the life sciences or engineering with a strong background in molecular, cellular, or systems neuroscience

Experience with live cell/live animal fluorescence imaging, and/or slice electrophysiology, or expertise in molecular biology/protein biochemistry

Prior experience with stereotactic rodent surgeries, including intracranial viral vector infusions and optical window implantations, and/or animal behavior is highly desired

An excellent track record, as evidenced by first-author publications and conference presentations

Knowledge of programming languages, such as MATLAB or Python, and statistical software, such as Prism