Job ID: 105812

Postdoctoral position in behavioral neuroscience

Position: Post-doctoral Position

Deadline: 30 April 2023

Employment Start Date: 1 June 2023

City: Leioa

Country: Spain

Institution: Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience

Department:

Description:

The group of Dr. Edgar Soria-Gómez is seeking for one postdoctoral researcher (R2,R3) with experience in behavioral neuroscience and brain circuits. The postdoctoral fellow will be in charge of behavioral experiments combined with optogenetics in mutant mice to study the role of parvalbumin-positive neurons in schizophrenia-like models. This study is part of a collaborative project coordinated by Professor Dr. Javier Meana, head of the Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group (UPV/EHU).

The selected candidate will be required to work in the headquarters of ACHUCARRO in Leioa, and in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Basque Country in the same campus. The candidate should be skilled in both animal experimentation and data analysis.