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Our laboratory is interested in understanding the neural circuits underlying complex social behaviors, in health and disease, using rodents as an animal model system. We are offering 3 fully funded postdoctoral positions (m/f/d) at different stages of their academic career, to join forces in going deeper into the mechanisms of complex social behaviors in rodents. We are looking for candidates with strong expertise in quantitative approaches to behavior, electrophysiology, calcium imaging and optogenetics in behaving animals AND/OR data analysis and computational approaches to neural activity and behavior.
Duration – 4 years.
Team – The postdoctoral candidates will join the Neural Circuits of Social Behavior Lab, coordinated by Dr. Cristina Márquez, at the CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cellular Biology, UC-Biotech, Cantanhede, Portugal, under the European project DYNABrain. Check our previous work and publications here.
Your responsabilities
- Design and conduct research on the neural bases of complex social behaviors AND/OR data analysis and computational analysis of neural data (involving electrophysiological data, 1P calcium imaging, optogenetics manipulations and behavior during social decision making tasks);
- Develop your own innovative research focus/questions within the outlined project;
- Support the research team in data management and the various data analyses;
- Gain expertise during the postdoc in areas out of your previous expertise;
- Support the research team in developing a common language and overarching theoretical framework;
- Publication of the results in international, peer-reviewed, high-impact journals;
- Contribute to the supervision of PhD, Master’s, and Bachelor’s students as part of the research project.
Your competences
- Curious, prone to creative problem-solving and highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary and diverse team;
- Ethical and open research conduct;
- PhD in Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology, Computer/Data Science, Engineering or related fields;
- Strongly desired: proven academic interest in Social Neuroscience/Systems Neuroscience or related fields;
- Previous research experience in at least one or more of the research topics and interest in expanding expertise out of your comfort area;
- Very good statistical and data analysis skills;
- Strongly desired: experience in programming (R, Matlab or Python);
- For experimentalists, a certificate of the animal experimentation course for the performance of procedures in animals;
- Strong written and oral communications skills in English.
We offer
- An enthusiastic, collaborative and interdisciplinary research group;
- Mentorship and support to build your own academic identity and visibility;
- Top-level, innovative research on a new and exciting research field;
- Access to state-of-the-art methods and professional research infrastructure;
- Integration into the CNC research community;
- Open and transparent science;
- Remuneration according to the pay group depending on experience, in accordance with Portuguese guidelines: from Junior Postdoc level (2.134,73 €/month) up to Investigador Auxiliar level (3.230,21€ gross/month), for the duration of the project and for a maximum of 4 years;
- Full time working contract, with social security and retirement benefits;
- Yearly economic support for attending courses and conferences.
Deadline for applications: January 16th, 2023, at 17:00 WET CLOSED