Research Engineer at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP)

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Key Words Research Engineer at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP)

Details of the offer

The IPNP is a research centre within the GHU Paris site Sainte-Anne which bridges the gap between basic and clinical research and offers a multidisciplinary neuroscience community.

Team: The team ‘Cholinergic modulation of cortical inhibitory circuits in health and disease’ seeks for highly motivated candidates to join our lab at the IPNP. Starting date September 2025.

Project: Our team uses multiscale experimental approaches, combining genetics, two-photon calcium imaging in awake mice, behaviour, electrophysiology and optogenetics to understand i) how cholinergic transmission affects specific cortical subnetworks ii) the cellular, molecular and synaptic logic governing the modulation of inhibitory circuits by cholinergic inputs and iii) how inhibitory interneuron computations are affected by human genetic variants of nicotinic receptors linked to psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders.

Profile of the candidate: The position will be financed for two years with possibilities for extension. We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a PhD in Neuroscience and experience in in vivo two-photon calcium imaging and/or advanced computational skills (knowledge of coding in MATLAB and Python are necessary).

Type of job

Type of contract CDD

Application deadline

Employment start date 2025-09-01

Contact

https://www.fens.org/careers/job-market/job/123221