Postdoctoral Fellow: Social Neuroscience & Memory

Mount Sinai Morningside; New York (NY); On-site; USD 73,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Morningside invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Wu Lab in Neuroscience. The project investigates neural mechanisms of social cognition using optogenetics, miniscope imaging, patch-clamp electrophysiology, and single-cell transcriptomics.

Responsibilities include leading experiments, designing studies, performing work independently, and publishing results; activities may involve social behavior assays, stereotaxic surgeries, and in vivo imaging.

Qualifications

• Experience with one or more techniques listed: molecular biology, patch-clamp electrophysiology, optogenetics, in vivo imaging, or computational analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and design experiments; perform experiments independently and publish results.
• Conduct social behavioral assays and stereotaxic surgeries.
• Utilize miniscope recordings and in vivo imaging to study social memory.
• Apply electrophysiology and transcriptomics to dissect neural circuits.

Skills

Molecular techniques

Single-cell RNA sequencing

Patch-clamp electrophysiology

In vivo imaging

Optogenetics

Behavioral neuroscience

Computational data analysis

Stereotaxic surgery

Miniscope recordings

Video tracking (BIOBSERVE)

Tools

Stereotaxic apparatus

Miniscope recording equipment

Harvard Apparatus microinjection pump

BIOBSERVE video tracking system

Job description

Mount Sinai Morningside invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Wu Lab in Neuroscience. The project investigates neural mechanisms of social cognition using optogenetics, miniscope imaging, patch-clamp electrophysiology, and single-cell transcriptomics.

Responsibilities include leading experiments, designing studies, performing work independently, and publishing results; activities may involve social behavior assays, stereotaxic surgeries, and in vivo imaging.