美国西北大学医学院神经科学、工程或分子和细胞生物学相关领域博士后招聘

2019年03月26日

来源：知识人网整理

摘要：Jones Parker博士的实验室在西北大学Feinberg医学院精神病学和行为科学系的新实验室有一个全职博士后研究员职位。该实验室使用双光子和小型化荧光显微镜以及转基因小鼠对深部大脑区域的神经活动和传输进行成像。

　　招聘简介：

　　职务：博士后研究员

　　工作总结：

　　Jones Parker博士的实验室在西北大学Feinberg医学院精神病学和行为科学系的新实验室有一个全职博士后研究员职位。该实验室使用双光子和小型化荧光显微镜以及转基因小鼠对深部大脑区域的神经活动和传输进行成像。该实验室特别关注纹状体和前额叶皮质神经系统活动与正常行为的关系，以及这些脑区的活动变化如何可能导致神经精神疾病小鼠模型的病理行为。如图所示，该实验室的工作是由确定这些疾病的新疗法的前景所推动的。学员将接受神经成像方法的实践培训，以及对产生的大规模成像数据的处理和分析。候选人将为一个正在进行的NIH资助的研究项目做出贡献，但也将有足够的机会发展和追求自己的研究问题。实验室的博士后研究员将带头使用新的和现有的数据撰写论文，并鼓励他们在会议上展示他们的发现，并寻求独立的研究金、补助金（如K奖）、合作或与候选人期望的职业目标有关的其他活动。候选人应该有兴趣使用系统神经科学的方法来更好地了解大脑的功能及其在神经精神疾病中的功能障碍。在动物身上进行活体内记录或使用matlab或python等编程环境方面具有丰富的工作经验，但并非绝对必要。我们欢迎来自不同背景的申请者，他们有很强的动机来获得这些技能。

　　英文原文：

　　Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow

　　Job Summary:

　　The laboratory of Dr. Jones Parker has an open position for a full-time Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for his new lab in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. The lab uses two-photon and miniaturized fluorescence microsopes and transgenic mice to image neural activity and transmission in deep-brain areas. The lab is particularly focused on the involvement of neural ensemble activity in striatum and prefrontal cortex in normal behavior and how altered activity in these brain areas may contribute to pathological behavior in mouse models for neuropsychiatric diseases. The lab’s work is motivated by the prospect of identifying novel treatments for these diseases, as seen here. The candidate will receive hands-on training in neural imaging approaches and the processing and analysis of the resulting large-scale imaging data. The candidate will contribute to an ongoing NIH-funded research project, but will also have ample opportunity to develop and pursue their own research questions. Postdoctoral fellows in the lab will take the lead on writing up papers using new and existing data, and will be encouraged to present their findings at meetings and to pursue independent fellowships, grants (e.g., K-awards), collaborations, or other activities pertaining to the candidates desired professional goals. The candidate should be interested in using systems neuroscience approaches to better understand the function of the brain and its dysfunction in neuropsychiatric diseases. Prior experience working with animals to do in vivo recordings or working with programming environments like MATLAB, or Python are highly desired, but not absolutely necessary. We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds who are highly motivated to acquire these skills.

　　Applicants should submit a cover letter detailing your research experience and fit for Dr. Parker’s lab, CV, 1–2 representative publications, and email addresses of three references. Applications should be emailed to Jones Parker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University jones.parker@northwestern.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately (expected start date: Spring/Summer 2019).

　　Please note: The candidate must be willing to conduct experiments with animal, which can often require unconventional work schedules, like coming in on the weekends.

　　Specific Responsibilities:

　　• To conduct experiments that generate data and to analyze these data for publications and grant applications.

　　• To write manuscripts from existing and new datasets.

　　• To supervise students and other research assistants working in the lab.

　　• To conduct new studies and write independent grants (e.g., K awards).

　　Minimum Qualifications:

　　• Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Engineering, or Molecular and Cellular Biology, or related fields therein.

　　Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

　　• Has strong interpersonal skills.

　　• Has strong writing skills.

　　• Be highly motivated.

　　• Can manage multiple tasks in an efficient, competent and productive manner.