M/F postdoctoral fellow in fiber imaging for neuroscience

CNRS; France; Sur place; EUR 35 000 - 45 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading research organization in France is seeking a First Stage Researcher for a project focusing on voltage imaging of neuronal activity in mice. The ideal candidate will perform brain surgeries and analyze neuronal data using Matlab and Python. This role requires proficiency in optical recording methods and a background in neuroscience. The position is full-time and temporary, with a starting date of January 1, 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience with brain surgery techniques in mice.
• Familiarity with neuronal activity recording.
• Proficient in data analysis using Matlab and Python.

Responsabilités

• Perform voltage imaging of neuronal activity.
• Analyze recorded data and develop analysis programs.
• Conduct brain surgery for preparations.

Connaissances

Data analysis

Optical recording of neuronal activity

Brain surgery in mice

Matlab programming

Python programming

Formation

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Description du poste

Organisation/Company CNRS Department Institut de biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure Research Field Neurosciences Biological sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Country France Application Deadline 4 Nov 2025 - 23:59 (UTC) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 1 Jan 2026 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 candidate will perform voltage imaging of neuronal activity in the hippocampus of mice navigating in a linear track, using a fiberscope developed in the laboratory. The fiberscope enables fast fluorescence confocal imaging, and is an evolution of the prototype described in Dussaux et al, Scientific Reports, 16262, 2018.

The candidate will also analyze the data recorded using existing Matlab and Pythons programs and will develop additional analysis programs.

• Brain surgery in mice (AAV injections, implantation of chronic windows, implantation of extracellular electrodes)
• Teaching mice behavioral tasks (navigation in a linear track)
• Recording neuronal activity using calcium and voltage imaging and electrophysiology (measurement of LFP)
• Data analysis

The project will be carried out in the team of Laurent Bourdieu at IBENS. This team brings together physicists and neuroscientists working on the development of novel optical methods for imaging neuronal activity and on the study of coding mechanisms in the cortex and the hippocampus.

The project is a collaboration with the team of Michaël Zugaro (Collège de France).

• Mouse manipulation.
• Brain surgery in mice (injections, implantation of chronic windows and electrodes).
• Prior work in optical recording of neuronal activity.
• Data analysis (Matlab and Python).