KEY WORDS | brain, cognition, behaviour |
CITY | Paris |
COUNTRY | France |
DETAILS OF THE OFFER | Working place: CNRS / Neurosciences Paris-Seine (NPS) laboratory of the Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine Missions: The postdoctoral fellow will contribute to the ERC Advanced Project COGNIBRAINS, which aims at elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying simple and high-level forms of visual learning in the brain of bees, placed in a virtual reality environment. His/her mission will be to contribute data and analyses of the neural underpinnings of the learning tasks studied by means of invasive approaches that can range from neuropharmacology and the use of RNAi molecular interference targeting key receptors, to electrophysiology and multiphoton calcium imaging on behaving insects.Qualifications: Proven expertise in at least one of the approaches mentioned above: neuropharmacology and use of molecular tools and/or electrophysiology and/or multiphoton calcium imaging. A thorough knowledge of the insect's brain is also necessary. The ability to analyze signals and statistically process the data obtained in the different areas of intervention is imperative. Conducting behavioral experiments on visual learning of bees in virtual reality and knowledge of fundamental aspects of learning and memory theories and the neural networks that underlie these abilities in the invertebrate brain are also required. |
TYPE OF JOB | Postdoc position |
TYPE OF CONTRACT | CDD (temporary / 18 months) |
REMUNERATION | 4476,02 ¤/month (gross) |
APPLICATION DEADLINE | 25 JUN 2024 |
EMPLOYMENT START DATE | 10 JUL 2024 |