Postdoctoral Fellow: Neural Circuits & Behavior Imaging

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Pennsylvania’s Fuccillo Lab invites postdoctoral fellows to join a collaborative team studying how rodent cortico-basal ganglia circuits govern valence-, outcome- and sensory-guided actions. Fellows will work with in vivo recording/imaging, quantitative modeling, and ex vivo physiology to advance understanding of neurodevelopmental disorder models including autism and ADHD.

Applicants should be highly motivated with strong in vivo or in vitro physiological background and be

Qualifications

• PhD, MD, or MD/PhD required.
• Strong background in in vivo or in vitro physiological analyses.

Responsibilities

• In vivo recording and imaging during behavior.
• Quantitative behavioral modeling.
• Ex vivo biophysical measures of neural circuit function.
• Molecular, genetic and viral tools use.

Skills

In vivo recording

Calcium imaging

Data analysis

Slice electrophysiology

Education

PhD, MD, Or MD/PhD

Job description

University of Pennsylvania’s Fuccillo Lab invites postdoctoral fellows to join a collaborative team studying how rodent cortico-basal ganglia circuits govern valence-, outcome- and sensory-guided actions. Fellows will work with in vivo recording/imaging, quantitative modeling, and ex vivo physiology to advance understanding of neurodevelopmental disorder models including autism and ADHD.

Applicants should be highly motivated with strong in vivo or in vitro physiological background and be