Post-docs & researchers / Avril 2022

Skills required: PhD preferentially with a background in neurodevelopment and molecular biology. Valuable experience in cell culture and imaging are highly appreciated as well. Candidate should be highly organized, able to work independently and as part of a team.

The postdoctoral researcher will be involved in all stages of designing, conducting and analyzing in vivo EEG experiments in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome, with a specific focus on sleep regulation, with the objective to investigate the relation between epilepsy-related autonomic dysfunctions and alterations of arousal regulation in the pathophysiology of SUDEP

Previous knowledge in optical methods for neuroscience is welcome and will be a plus. Expertise in programming data analysis will be extremely helpful in order to design the experiment and fully exploit the high-resolution data.

Required Qualifications

• PhD in psychology, economics, statistics, data science, or related field.
• Expertise in computational modeling of human decision making as evidenced by application material.
• Expertise in Python, Matlab, or R as evidenced by application material.
• Expertise in designing and implementing in-lab or online behavioral studies as evidenced by application material.

NOTE: To be appointed as a Postdoctoral Researcher, it is necessary to have the PhD in hand. Appointments made without a diploma or certified transcript indicating an earned doctorate are conditional hires and are appointed on an acting basis.

CORTEX is launching an international call 'Chair of Excellence' to recruit an outstanding early-career or established researcher to develop his/her project within the broad spectrum of neuroscience fields related to CORTEX interests, including neurodevelopment and large-scale network dynamics. We are particularly interested in researchers applying cutting-edge methods that would strengthen our existing expertise in neuro-imaging, high field MRI, omics, and cellular and molecular neurosciences.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD, should be interested in the organization of brainstem descending tracts and has some of the following key qualifications:

• Experimental work on transgenic mice;
• Stereotaxic surgeries;
• Molecular biology and genomic data analysis;
• Kinematic recordings;
• Optogenetic and chemogenetic manipulations in rodents;
• Computer proficiency, including with Matlab, R, or python.

We seek outstanding researchers with a strong theoretical/computational background and an avid interest in neuroscience. The candidate should possess a doctoral degree in computer science, physics, engineering, neuroscience, psychology, mathematics, statistics, or a related field. The ideal candidate has broad experience in neural network design, training, and testing. Candidates from underrepresented groups in science are vigorously encouraged to apply.

In order to complete our team, we are looking for someone with the following skills :

• PhD degree in life science or equivalent
• Strong interest in cell and developmental biology, neurobiology and metabolism
• Fluency in English (oral and written)
• Previous research experience in embryonic brain development (desirable)
• Experience in cell culture and live-imaging (desirable)

• a PhD in Natural Language Processing, Computer Science, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Science, or related field;


• strong expertise in one or more of these areas: data-driven methods for data analysis, computational psycholinguistics, deep neural network models;


• experience working with multimodal and/or conversational data would be an advantage;


• experience working with motion capture and time series data would be an advantage;


• the ability and willingness to work in an interdisciplinary team, with regular exchanges with a group of experts and collaborators;


• excellent ability to write and present scientific results in English;


• knowledge of Dutch is a plus (the dataset to be analyzed is in Dutch), but not a requirement.


 

The objectives of our project are 1) to investigate the neural correlates of cognitive resilience in a preclinical model of early stages of human AD and 2) to test the therapeutic relevance of targeted signaling pathways to prevent the development of AD signs.

Two Postdoctoral positions are available to study the molecular mechanisms controlling organismal hypergrowth in the context of rare genetic diseases. Research interests in signal transduction, neurobiology or molecular biology are required.

The INSERM-UNICAEN-COMETE U1075 research unit (http://comete.unicaen.fr/) invites applications for a 12-month postdoctoral position in the field of preclinical cognitive neurosciences.