Research Scientist, Rodent Neural Imaging

Nudge; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nudge is seeking an experienced neuroscience researcher to join its innovative team focused on ultrasound neuromodulation. The role involves designing experiments, analyzing brain imaging data, and investigating the effects of neuromodulation on rodents. Ideal candidates will hold a PhD or postdoctoral experience with a proven track record in neuromodulation techniques.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in relevant field.
• Demonstrated history of exceptional contributions in prior work.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute experiments in rodents to study ultrasound neuromodulation.
• Collect and analyze brain imaging data using electrophysiology and calcium imaging.
• Analyze data from stimulation modalities such as ultrasound neuromodulation.

Skills

Rodent surgery

Fiber photometry

Calcium imaging

Optogenetics

Rodent electrophysiology

Ultrasound neuromodulation

Education

PhD in neuroscience or biomedical engineering

Job description

About Nudge

Nudge’s goal is to help the brain work better by creating a generalized product that can precisely stimulate and image the brain, entirely non-invasively. We aim to achieve this by developing cutting-edge ultrasound technology to treat neurological and psychiatric disorders, like addiction, and eventually, creating a mainstream consumer device that can modulate mood, focus, sleep, and more.

To realize those ambitions, we’re growing a scrappy, multidisciplinary, science and engineering team focused on making the best technology possible for interfacing with the whole brain, and a product that has the potential to improve people’s daily lives more than any other.

The Research Team at Nudge is innovating on multiple frontiers in neuroscience and neurotechnology, and is primarily focused on developing ultrasound-based neuromodulation to treat conditions like depression, chronic pain and addiction as well as enhance the wellbeing of healthy people. We’re also building the first scalable, portable hardware for noninvasive structural ultrasound-based imaging the quality of an MRI. The team is running human trials for neuromodulation and developing algorithms that will enable on-device imaging.

About the role

• Work closely with the Head of Research and engineering team to design and execute experiments in rodents to better understand the impact of ultrasound neuromodulation on the brain

• Collect and analyze functional brain imaging data, with techniques such as electrophysiology, calcium imaging and/or fiber photometry

• Collect and analyze data from brain stimulation modalities such as ultrasound neuromodulation and optogenetics

About you

• 5+ years experience

• PhD or Postdoc in neuroscience, biomedical engineering or equivalent

• Demonstrated history of exceptional contributions in your prior work experiences

• Experience in one or more of:

  • Rodent surgery

  • Fiber photometry

  • Calcium imaging

  • Optogenetics

  • Rodent electrophysiology

  • Ultrasound neuromodulation