Neural Circuits Fellow - In Vivo Systems Neuroscience

Champalimaud; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly stipend €2,500

Job summary

The Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Neural Circuits Dysfunction Lab to study how movement initiation is influenced by self-initiated versus cued actions, with a focus on Parkinson’s disease models. The role combines in vivo experiments in behaving mice with quantitative data analysis.

You will design experiments, perform surgeries and neural recordings, develop analysis code in Python or MATLAB, and contribute to publications.

Qualifications

• PhD in Systems Neuroscience or related scientific area by closing date.
• Hands-on in vivo research in rodents, including stereotaxic surgery and viral vectors.
• Experience measuring neural activity in behaving animals (electrophysiology, fibre photometry or calcium imaging).
• Programming in Python or MATLAB for data analysis.
• Peer‑reviewed publication record with at least one first‑author article.

Responsibilities

• Design experiments and guide project direction.
• Perform in vivo experiments in behaving mice with circuit-specific recordings and optogenetics.
• Carry out surgeries and manage mouse cohorts.
• Extend approach to a Parkinson’s disease model.
• Write custom analysis code for neural and behavioral data.
• Present results at international meetings and contribute to publications.
• Contribute to supervision and lab day-to-day life.

Skills

In vivo rodent experiments

Python

MATLAB

English proficiency

Education

PhD in Systems Neuroscience or related field

Tools

Stereotaxic surgery

Viral vector delivery

Fibre photometry

High-density electrophysiology

Calcium imaging

Job description

The Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Neural Circuits Dysfunction Lab to study how movement initiation is influenced by self-initiated versus cued actions, with a focus on Parkinson’s disease models. The role combines in vivo experiments in behaving mice with quantitative data analysis.

You will design experiments, perform surgeries and neural recordings, develop analysis code in Python or MATLAB, and contribute to publications.