Neuroscience PhD position (4-year funded)

Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona; España; Presencial; EUR 18.000 - 24.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Hospital del Mar Research Institute in Barcelona is inviting applications for a 4-year predoctoral PhD position to study human neural circuits using surgical brain tissue. The selected candidate will apply advanced imaging or patch-clamp electrophysiology directly to surgically resected human brain tissue, with a focus on how circuits function and how they are altered in epilepsy.

This AEI FPI-funded project is conducted by a new team supervised by researchers at HMRIB in collaboration with

Formación

• Master's degree in Neuroscience, Biochemistry, or equivalent.
• Prior experience in molecular or cellular biology.
• Excellent English language skills.
• Prior experience with image analysis or patch-clamp electrophysiology is highly valued.

Responsabilidades

• Investigate properties of human neural circuits using surgical brain tissue.
• Apply imaging or patch-clamp techniques to resected tissue and relate findings to epilepsy.

Conocimientos

Molecular biology

Image analysis

Patch-clamp electrophysiology

English proficiency

Educación

Master's degree in Neuroscience or Biochemistry

Descripción del empleo

Organisation/Company Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona Research Field Biological sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 1 Nov 2026 - 23:00 (UTC) Country Spain Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week To be defined Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The position: We are accepting applications for a 4-year predoctoral position (PhD student) to investigate the properties of human circuits using surgical brain tissue samples. The selected candidate will apply either advanced imaging or patch-clamp electrophysiology techniques directly to surgically resected human brain tissue, working to understand how human neural circuits function and how they are altered in epilepsy patients. This position is funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI FPI position).

The team: We are a new research team at Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRIB) supervised by Jake Watson. We work closely with the Hospital del Mar Epilepsy and Neurosurgery Units to link circuit properties to patient disease. HMRIB is based in the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB).

Requirements:

• Master's degree in Neuroscience, Biochemistry, or equivalent
• Prior experience in molecular or cellular biology
• Excellent English language skills
• Prior experience with image analysis or patch-clamp electrophysiology is highly valued

Applications will be continuously reviewed until 1 November 2026.