PhD position in Integrative Neuroscience

KEY WORDS

motor behavior, GABAergic interneurons, basal ganglia

CITY

COUNTRY

France

DETAILS OF THE OFFER

Working place: INMED

Missions:

INMED has an opening PhD position in the Cortico-Basal Ganglia Circuits and Behavior (CBGB) to study the role of local striatal interneurons in flexible or stereotyped motor behavior. The project asks whether and how interneurons influence mouse behavior in explorative or familiar context and will dissect their specific roles in striatal population dynamics, using a multi-scale approach from synapses to neurons to neuronal circuits (Fino et al., 2018, Nat Comm, Badreddine et al., 2022, Cell Reports). We combine multiphoton imaging, circuit manipulation (chemo-/optogenetics) and mapping, and patch-clamp multi-recordings in ex vivo and in vivo transgenic mouse models. 

Qualifications:

They are seeking motivated candidates strongly interested in neurophysiology and circuit neuroscience.

Other: 

The position is funded by AMiDex Aix-Marseille University and is intended to start between October and December 2023.
Our dynamic CBGB team is part of the Institute of Neurobiology of Méditerranée (INMED), located in the breathtaking National Park of Calanques. The institute is a really stimulating scientific environment with research groups interested in functional and structural organization of neural circuits supporting perception, action or memory in healthy or pathological context. It also provides state-of-the-art imaging and electrophysiology platforms.
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TYPE OF JOB

Thèse - PhD

TYPE OF CONTRACT

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