Post-Doctoral Fellow in Physiology and Biophysics

University of Colorado System; South Dakota; Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University of Colorado Anschutz in Aurora, CO, seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow to advance intracranial neural recording projects from epilepsy patients performing cognitive tasks. The role sits within the Eissa lab in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and offers rich collaboration across neuroscience disciplines.

You will develop pipelines, run behavioral tasks with patients, and contribute to data analysis, modeling, and manuscript preparation, with opportunities to present at national

Qualifikationen

• Ph.D. in neuroscience, computer science, or a closely related field.
• A record of first-author publications in high-caliber field journal.
• Experience in physiology, neuroscience, physics, computer science, or biology.

Aufgaben

• Develop pipeline for collecting and processing intracranial recordings across multiple institutions.
• Run behavioral tasks with patients.
• Data analysis and modeling.
• Oral communication of preliminary results at lab meetings.
• Oral and written communication of completed work at national or international meetings.
• Create figures and write papers.
• Collaborate with and support Principal Investigators (PI) and other stakeholders with laboratory and research functions.
• Independently and creatively identify laboratory solutions.
• Independently review, develop and implement new or modified laboratory techniques required for research projects.
• Provide laboratory science expertise and leadership in study design, data management, and manuscript preparation.

Kenntnisse

Coding

Electrophysiology

Behavioral quantification

Bayesian inference

Neural network modeling

Ausbildung

PhD in neuroscience or related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

R

Jobbeschreibung

University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: Physiology and Biophysics

Job Title: Post-Doctoral Fellow

Position #00854142 – Requisition #41553

Job Summary:

The Eissa lab is seeking to hire a postdoctoral fellow. The position will focus on the collection, analysis, and modeling of intracranial neural recordings from epilepsy patients performing cognitive tasks. The lab is located within the University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Physiology & Biophysics and the Aurora/Denver Anschutz Medical campus. Postdoctoral fellows will benefit from a multidisciplinary, vibrant, open, and collegial department. The Eissa lab provides rich opportunities to interact with other biophysics and physiology laboratories within the department, also with an even larger collection of computational and translational neuroscience laboratories.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop pipeline for collecting and processing intracranial recordings across multiple institutions
• Run behavioral tasks with patients
• Data analysis and modeling
• Oral communication of preliminary results at lab meetings
• Oral and written communication of completed work at national or international meetings.
• Create figures and write papers
• Collaborate with and support Principal Investigators (PI) and other stakeholders with laboratory and research functions
• Independently and creatively identify laboratory solutions
• Independently review, develop and implement new or modified laboratory techniques required for research projects
• Provide laboratory science expertise and leadership in study design, study oversight, data management, data analysis and manuscript preparation to assist all levels of investigators, researchers and clinicians on new research activities across a wide range of disciplines

Work Location:

Onsite – this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, CO.

Why Join Us:

Dr. Tahra Eissa's laboratory is part of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, which is known for its highly collaborative environment with many opportunities to interact with other sensory systems, behavior and decision making, and computational neuroscience groups.

Why work for the University?

The University of Colorado offers a comprehensive benefits package. To see what benefits are available for Post-Doctoral Fellows, please visit:

• Payroll & Benefits Orientation for Post-Doctoral Fellows | University of Colorado (cu.edu)
• benefits guide cover-post-doc-2024 (cu.edu)

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in neuroscience, computer science, or a closely related field
• A record of first-author publications in high-caliber field journal.
• Experience in the field of physiology, neuroscience, physics, computer science, or biology

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) – Three (3) years of prior experience in a computational neuroscience or systems neuroscience lab
• Experience in coding, electrophysiology (human intracranial preferred), behavioral quantification and modeling, Bayesian inference approaches, neural network modeling, signal, and grant or protocol application and management.
• Experience with research design, development of research hypotheses, collaborative multi-site research.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of laboratory techniques including safety procedures and techniques
• Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally