POST DOCTORAL SCIENTIST - Eliza Bliss-Moreau Lab

University of California; Davis (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bliss-Moreau Laboratory at the National Biomedical Research Institute (NBRI), UC Davis, is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join our womb-to-tomb neuroanatomy projects. The position is located in Davis, CA, and involves laboratory-based testing of animals, histology, data analysis, and manuscript preparation under the guidance of Dr.

Eliza Bliss-Moreau. The successful candidate will contribute to study design, protocol development, data processing, and writing research reports.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. degree in psychology, biology, behavioral neuroscience, anthropology, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Carry out laboratory-based testing of animals and neuroanatomical/histological analyses.
• Contribute to data collection, processing and analysis, and manuscript preparation.
• Help develop new study directions, protocol development and coordination of the research workflow.

Skills

Research planning

Data analysis

Scientific writing

Project coordination

Education

Ph.D. in psychology/biology/behavioral neuroscience/anthropology or related discipline

Tools

Histology

Neuroanatomy analyses

Statistical software

Job description

The National Biomedical Research Institute (NBRI) at UC Davis is an Organized Research Unit that conducts interdisciplinary research programs on significant human health related problems where nonhuman primates are the animal models of choice. In addition to its major efforts in the area of research, the NBRI is also committed to its missions of teaching and public service.

Position Description:
The Bliss-Moreau Laboratory at the National Biomedical Research Institute (NBRI), UC Davis is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join our team working on our womb-to-tomb neuroanatomy projects evaluating structural variation and plasticity of the “affective brain” and/or behavior projects tracking affective/social/cognitive development across the lifespan. This laboratory is led by Dr. Eliza Bliss-Moreau, an associate director and core scientist at the NBRI and a faculty member in the UC Davis Department of Psychology. The postdoctoral position will be located in Davis, CA.

Successful execution of this project will involve carrying out laboratory based testing of animals, neuroanatomical/histological analyses, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.

The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to and be involved in all aspects of the research process, including the development of new directions for the research study design, protocol development, data collection, data processing, data analysis, as well as writing and publishing research reports and reviews. An important aspect of this position will be project management and coordination.

The National Biomedical Research Institute website

Ph.D. degree in the field of psychology, biology, behavioral neuroscience, anthropology, or a related discipline.