Mount Sinai Morningside · 19 hours ago
Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-30035-390
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$72K/yr - $80K/yrMount Sinai Morningside is focused on advancing neuroscience to optimize treatments for cognitive disorders. The Postdoctoral Fellow will lead complex experiments, collaborate with clinicians, and investigate circuit-level mechanisms of therapies for Alzheimer's disease, while also mentoring junior lab members and presenting findings at international conferences.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Leading complex experiments using large-scale Neuropixels recordings and patterned microstimulation (DBS) in behaving primates navigating immersive virtual reality environments
Collaborating directly with world-renowned clinicians and experts in DBS to translate circuit-level findings into frameworks for understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
Investigating the circuit-level mechanisms of emerging therapies, specifically focusing on the effects of fornix DBS on neural computation
Mentoring junior lab members and assisting in the development of our growing research team
Presenting your findings at international conferences (e.g., Gordon Research Conference, Society for Neuroscience) and preparing manuscripts for high-impact publications
Qualification
Required
A PhD in Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Laboratory experience working in behavioural neuroscience, preferably with nonhuman primates
Analysis of behavioural and neural datasets
Proficiency in coding (C#, Arduino, bash)
Proficiency in coding (MATLAB or Python) for data acquisition and analysis
A strong interest in bridging the gap between basic circuit mechanisms and translational applications
Company
Mount Sinai Morningside
At Mount Sinai Morningside, we offer exceptional clinical care and research within the comfort of a neighborhood hospital known for compassion and sensitivity.
Founded in 1846
1001-5000 employees
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Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Faye Reiff-Pasarew
Deputy CMO, Associate Chief of Hospital Medicine, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Lucy Xenophon, MD, MPH
Chief Transformation Officer
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