Postdoc Fellow: Neural Taste & Behavior

University of Massachusetts Medical School; Bloomingdale (MA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School invites applications for a postdoctoral associate position in the Zhang Lab. The successful candidate will explore how external experiences and internal physiological states reshape sensory pathways and behavior in the mammalian taste system and related neural circuits.

The lab employs diverse methods, including single-cell RNA sequencing, in vivo calcium imaging and fiber photometry, CRISPR-based genetic engineering, optogenetics, and

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in biological sciences or near completion of doctoral degree.
• Strong record of research productivity and ability to work collaboratively.
• Background in neuroscience or experience with one or more techniques: animal surgery, optogenetics, in vivo calcium imaging, and fiber photometry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Investigate how external experience and internal physiology reshape sensory pathways and behavior.
• Utilize multidisciplinary approaches such as single-cell RNA sequencing, in vivo calcium imaging and photometry, CRISPR-based genetic engineering, optogenetics, and animal behavioral analysis.
• Develop new research directions within the broad scope of the lab's program.

Skills

Neuroscience

Single-cell RNA sequencing

Calcium imaging

Optogenetics

CRISPR

Education

Ph.D. in biological sciences

Tools

CRISPR genetic engineering

Fiber photometry

In vivo calcium imaging

Job description

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School invites applications for a postdoctoral associate position in the Zhang Lab. The successful candidate will explore how external experiences and internal physiological states reshape sensory pathways and behavior in the mammalian taste system and related neural circuits.

The lab employs diverse methods, including single-cell RNA sequencing, in vivo calcium imaging and fiber photometry, CRISPR-based genetic engineering, optogenetics, and