Job ID: 81338

Postdoctoral Fellow – Ageing and schizophrenia brain system

Position: Post-doctoral Position

Deadline: 30 September 2022

Contract Length: 1-3 years

City: SINGAPORE

Country: Singapore

Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Department: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow who is interested in investigating the anomalies of the brain system in the mouse models of ageing and schizophrenia. Our lab studies the microcircuits and the brain-wide networks that underlie executive functions including working memory, impulse control, and behavioral flexibility, and how they are disrupted with ageing and psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. The successful candidate will work on the project using calcium imaging, optogenetics, and electrophysiology in behaving mice.

Please send a CV and contact information of 1-2 references to the Principal Investigator Tsukasa Kamigaki: tsukasar@ntu.edu.sg

Requirements

– PhD in neuroscience or a related field.

– Preference will be given to those who have experience in in-vivo neural activity measurements.

References

Kamigaki T., and Dan Y. (2017). Delay Activity of Specific Prefrontal Interneuron Subtypes Modulates Memory-Guided Behavior. Nature Neuroscience, 20, 854-863.

Zhang S., Xu M., Kamigaki T., Hoang Do J. P., Chang W. C., Jenvay S., Miyamichi K., Luo L., and Dan Y. (2014). Long-Range and Local Circuits for Top-Down Modulation of Visual Cortex Processing. Science, 345, 660-665.

Lab website: https://tsukasar.wixsite.com/tklab

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.