Stillingstittel:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (2016/2579)

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.

One position as postdoctoral research fellow in systems neuroscience is available in the laboratory of Marianne Fyhn at Department of Biosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

We are searching for a highly motivated candidate with a strong interest in neural processing during memory processing. The planned research makes use of state-of-the-art in vivo recordings of neural activity and optogenetics imaging during behaviour in rodents. The fellowship period is 3 years. Within the framework of the position duties may be assigned. Suggested starting date June 1st, 2016. No one can be appointed for more than one specified period at the same institution.

Job description/ Project description:

The brain reveals a remarkable ability to adapt to changing conditions and learn from experience, and a better understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying these processes is essential to understand and promote healthy development, learning, and recovery from disease. Sensory processing occurs at different levels in the brain and result in perception of our environment and encoding of new memories. How feedback from higher levels of information processing influence early stages of sensory processing are not understood. Moreover, how such feedback is reflected in the activity of cortical networks or leads to behavioral or perceptual changes remain elusive. In our laboratory we study neural processing and plasticity of cortical circuits at multiple levels from the morphological changes of dendritic spines to functional changes of network activity in behaving animals.

Qualifications:

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

The candidate must have a PhD or other corresponding education equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in physiology or neuroscience. The preferred candidate has extensive experience from in vivo investigations of neural mechanisms of learning and memory in animal models.

The candidate will establish new behavioral paradigms to test mechanisms of perceptual and mnemonic processing in rodents. Neural processing during behavior will be investigated using electrophysiological recordings, in vivo multiphoton laser-scanning microscopy in combination with optogenetics. We offer broad training possibilities in the required experimental methods within a stimulating academic environment. The research fellow should be able to work independently and structured, while at the same time engage in close collaborations. When evaluating the applications, emphasis will be given to their academic track record, ex-perimental expertise and personal abilities to carry out the project. Applicants may be called for an interview. The main purpose of post-doctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in top academic positions within their disciplines. Please also refer to the regulations pertaining to the conditions of employment for post-doctoral fellowship positions.

A good command of English is required.

Salary:

Position code 1352, Pay Grade: 57 – 65 (NOK 483 700 – 560 700 per year, depending on qualifications and seniority).

The application must include:

• Application lette
• Project description

Minstelønn: 0

Maksimal lønn: 0

Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Department of Bios

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Oslo

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år


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