Postdoctoral Fellow: Social Memory & Neural Circuits

Mount Sinai Health System; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Neuroscience Department to study neural circuits and synaptic plasticity underlying social memory. The project aims to identify mechanisms in adaptive and autistic states and explore therapeutics in autism mouse models.

Responsibilities include leading experiments, designing studies, performing techniques such as single-cell RNA sequencing, patch-clamp physiology, and in vivo imaging, and publishing results under the PI's

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in neuroscience or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years laboratory experience in neuroscience.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects, design experiments, and perform them independently.
• Study neural mechanisms of social cognition and social memory.
• Conduct social behavioral assays, stereotaxic surgeries, and miniscope recordings.

Education

PhD in neuroscience or related field

Tools

Stereotaxic surgery

Miniscope imaging

Single-cell RNA sequencing

Patch-clamp electrophysiology

Job description

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Neuroscience Department to study neural circuits and synaptic plasticity underlying social memory. The project aims to identify mechanisms in adaptive and autistic states and explore therapeutics in autism mouse models.

Responsibilities include leading experiments, designing studies, performing techniques such as single-cell RNA sequencing, patch-clamp physiology, and in vivo imaging, and publishing results under the PI's