Postdoctoral Fellow: Human Brain Mapping & Connectomics

John Hopkin’s University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 63,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dr. Clay Reid Lab in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience is seeking postdoctoral scientists to join our team.

The postdoctoral scientists will focus on a microscopy project whose goal is to map the large-scale network of the human brain. This new approach, Axonal Connectomics, aims to create petascale data sets to trace the trajectories of hundreds of millions of individual axons.

Qualifications

• PhD required by start date.

Responsibilities

• Join postdoc team to map large-scale brain networks using Axonal Connectomics.
• Work with hydrogel-based tissue expansion and high-throughput imaging techniques.
• Perform computational analysis on imaging data and neuronal networks.

Skills

Axonal Connectomics

High-throughput imaging

Computational analysis

Team collaboration

Education

PhD in Neuroscience or related field

Tools

Hydrogel-based tissue expansion

Light-sheet microscopy

Imaging data analysis

Data science

Job description

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first researchuniversity and home to nine world-class academic divisions workingtogether as one university.

Salary : $63,480 - $80,000 a year

Johns Hopkins University: School of Medicine: Department ofNeuroscience

Description

The Dr. Clay Reid Lab in the Johns Hopkins School of MedicineDepartment of Neuroscience is seeking postdoctoral scientists tojoin our team. The postdoctoral scientists will focus on amicroscopy project whose goal is to map the large-scale network ofthe human brain. This new approach, Axonal Connectomics, aims tocreate petascale data sets to trace the trajectories of hundreds ofmillions of individual axons and will require a broad range ofexpertise. Of particular interest are those with experience withhydrogel-based tissue expansion, high-throughput fluorescenceimaging (particularly with light-sheet microscopes), data science(particularly with imaging data), and computational analysis ofneuronal networks (connectomics).

Qualifications

Required:

• A completed PhD in a related discipline as of the start date ofthis position.

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit:

• A brief letter of interest describing your current researchinterests and background, and your interest in this position
• A curriculum vitae

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