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<b class="">PhD Fellowship and Postdoc position in systems neuroscience</b></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica;">These </span>positions are available at the Department of Physiology at the University of Oslo in the lab of Associate Professor Koen Vervaeke for a period of 3 years. These positions are funded by an ERC starting
grant and are available from May 2016. For more information about the lab: <span class="" style="color: rgb(2, 30, 170); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(71, 135, 255);"><a href="http://www.vervaeke-lab.org" class="">www.vervaeke-lab.org</a>.</span></div>
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<b class="">Job description</b></div>
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We are searching for very motivated candidates with a strong interest in cortical circuits. We study cortical circuit functions in awake behaving mice using either two-photon imaging and genetically encoded Ca<span class="" style="font-size: 8px;"><sup class="">2+</sup></span> indicators
or in-vivo whole-cell patching. </div>
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One project aims to unravel the role of specific neuron types in the barrel cortex while mice perform a sensory perception task. The candidate will use state of the art <i class="">in vivo</i> two-photon imaging techniques to record neuronal activity, and optogenetic
perturbations to identify cell-specific contributions to sensory processing. </div>
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The second project aims to reveal the functions of the retrosplenial cortex in associative learning and navigation. The candidate will develop new behavior tasks in combination with two-photon imaging or extracellular recording to reveal novel functions of
this enigmatic part of the cortex.</div>
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<b class="">Qualifications</b></div>
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<span class="" style="color: rgb(16, 16, 16); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(16, 16, 16);">Highly motivated students with a degree in biology, medicine, computer science, physics or engineering are encouraged to apply. It is essential that postdoc candidates
have excellent publications in top-tier journals in the field of neuroscience. </span>Ideal applicants should have experience with at least one of the following disciplines; electrophysiology, rodent behavior, two-photon microscopy or optogenetics. The candidates
should have steady hands and be creative to trouble-shoot new rodent behavior protocols. <span class="" style="color: rgb(16, 16, 16); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(16, 16, 16);">Good programming skills (Matlab/LabVIEW), being critical and organized in analyzing
data, and experience with microcontrollers (ex. Arduino) are all a big plus. </span>Highly motivated candidates that do not fulfill all the criteria will have the opportunity to learn the necessary skills in the lab, or will spent a training period abroad<span class="" style="color: rgb(16, 16, 16); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(16, 16, 16);">.</span></div>
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<div class="">Koen Vervaeke</div>
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<a href="http://www.vervaeke-lab.org" class="">www.vervaeke-lab.org</a><br class="">
www.cinpla.org/people/<br class="">
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Domus Medica, University of Oslo<br class="">
Sogsvannsveien 9,<br class="">
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