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<p>Dear colleagues, </p>
<p>I would like to advertise a two-years postdoc fellowship in
insect neuroscience in the Neurophysics lab at the University of
Trento. Thanks for sharing.</p>
<p>Albrecht Haase</p>
<p><br>
<b>Characterization of a new transgenic animal model for in vivo
whole-brain imaging at single-neuron resolution.</b><br>
<br>
<b>Research goals and tasks:</b><br>
The project is a collaboration between the University of Trento,
the University of Düsseldorf, and the CNRS, Paris, to optimize and
characterize the first transgenic honeybee model expressing a
pan-neuronal calcium sensor (GCaMP6). This will allow minimally
invasive functional imaging of 3D activity patterns and their
dynamics at high spatial and temporal resolution using in vivo
two-photon microscopy. It will grant simultaneous access to the
entire brain to study neuronal correlates of a rich behavioural
repertoire that includes odour discrimination and learning,
navigation, and social communication.<br>
<br>
The research fellow’s tasks will be, in collaboration with our
partners, to optimize the maintenance of the recently generated
first transgenic bee colonies and to contribute to the extension
of the genetic toolkit. At the same time, she/he will conduct the
first experiments of two-photon functional imaging in these
transgenic bees to record and analyse activity patterns in
different brain regions in response to different external stimuli
(olfactory, visual, combinatorial). Furthermore, she/he will
perform the first continuous long-term imaging experiments to
study learning and memory formation.<br>
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<b>About us:</b><br>
The Neurophysics Group (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/nphys">https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/nphys</a>)
is an interdisciplinary research laboratory jointly operated by the
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) and the Department of Physics
at the University of Trento, Italy. Our University is currently
ranked 1st in the National Research Assessment Evaluations (RAE)<span
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the center has recently been recognized as the leading cognitive
neuroscience research department in Italy. CIMeC's goal is to foster
cutting-edge research on cognition and its neural underpinnings and
to support the dissemination of these findings internationally and
within the local community. As an interdisciplinary research and
teaching center, it draws on faculty from several departments,
including Psychology and Cognitive Science, Biology, Physics,
Mathematics, and Information Engineering and Computer Science.
CIMeC’s faculty members originate from Argentina, Belgium, Germany,
France, Italy, Israel, New Zealand, UK, USA, and beyond.<b><br>
</b>
<p><b>Duration of the fellowship: </b>24 months <br>
<br>
<b>Expected starting date: </b>Jan 2021<br>
<br>
<b>Required qualifications:</b><br>
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<ul>
<li>a PhD in biology, neuroscience, engineering, or related
disciplines</li>
<li>appropriate scientific curriculum, documenting the scientific
and professional experience required to carry out the described
research </li>
<li>advanced experience in microscopy and postprocessing and
analysis of imaging data</li>
<li>experience in beekeeping is an advantage, the preparedness to
learn it is required</li>
<li>excellent English language skills</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Applications: </b><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>via email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:albrecht.haase@unitn.it">albrecht.haase@unitn.it</a></li>
<li>attaching a CV and contact details to at least 2 references</li>
<li>deadline: 31 December 2020<br>
</li>
</ul>
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Dr. Albrecht Haase
Associate Professor of Applied Physics
Head of the Neurophysics Group, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC
Head of the Laboratory for Biophotonics and Neurophysics, Department of Physics
University of Trento
Piazza Manifattura 1, Building 14, 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy
Tel office: +39 0464 808699
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/nphys">https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/nphys</a>
@NeurophysicsT
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