Postdoctoral Position in Neuroscience in Japan

Description

One neuroscience postdoctoral fellow is available in the department of physiology (Takeuchi group), Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.

They are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to support our study to evaluate the effectiveness of non-invasive ultrasonic stimulation in regulating and/or preventing neurological and psychiatric disorders such as epileptic seizures, schizophrenia, and addiction. Our inventory includes large-scale electrophysiological recordings, real-time closed-loop intervention, state-of-the-art stimulation techniques, and genetical methods to target a subset of neuronal circuits underlying those disorders.

Benefits

• Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow
• Salary: 1,924–2,366 JPY per hour (depending on skills and experience)
• Working hour: 7.5 hours per day
• Work day: 5 days per week
• Social security services: Included
• These all are according to work regulations of Osaka City University.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in neurophysiology / molecular biology / biomedical engineering / data science, or related discipline is required.
• Electrophysiological experiments with rodents, including perturbation experiments using ultrasonic stimulation, electrical stimulation, and/or drug infusion
• Handling skills of electronics to conduct in vivo experiments
• Neuronal data analysis with Python and/or MATLAB
• Molecular biology skills for viral vector packaging
• Histological analysis

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