<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Postdoc in neuroscience of motor control</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="vacancy_details_area" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000">The lab of Rune W. Berg is looking for a highly motivated and dynamic researcher for a 3-year position to start January 1st, 2024. The topic is the neuroscience of motor control with a focus on locomotion and spinal circuitry and connections with the brain.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000">The person will be performing the following:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">1) experimental recording of neurons in the brain and spinal cord of awake behaving rats using Neuropixels and Neuronexus electrodes combined with optogenetics.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">2) Analyze the large amount of data generated from these experiments, including tissue processing.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">3) Participate in the development of the new theory of motor control.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000">Among relevant recent publications from the lab are:</font></p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9.5px; padding-left: 17px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05293-w" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05293-w</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12535-4" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12535-4</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10822-9" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10822-9</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468867319300069?via%3Dihub" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468867319300069?via%3Dihub</font></a></li></ol><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000">Information on the lab and department can be found at:</font></p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.3px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000"><b>LEARN MORE:</b></font></p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.3px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><b>https://jobportal.ku.dk/alle-opslag/?show=160207</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">We strive towards composing a lab with a creative and diverse environment with members of different background and expertise. The purpose is to cultivate ideas and new ways of thinking, since this often foster breakthrough.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Profile</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Essential experience and skills:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9.5px; padding-left: 17px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">You have a PhD degree.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">You are highly experienced in in-vivo awake behaving animal physiology.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">You have extensive coding skills in either python/matlab or similar languages.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">Proficient communication skills and ability to work in teams.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">Excellent English skills written and spoken.</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000">Desirable experience and skills:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9.5px; padding-left: 17px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">Experience in making figures in Adobe creative suite or similar software.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">Experience/knowledge in viral and genetic techniques.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">Experience in immunohistochemistry, In situ hybridization, RNAscope and similar techniques.</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">Place of employment</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000">The place of employment is at Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment. Our research facilities include modern laboratories and animal surgeries.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Terms of employment</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">The employment as postdoc is a full time and fixed-term position for 3 years. Starting date is January 1st, 2024.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000">Salary, pension and other conditions of employment are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or other relevant organisation. Currently, the monthly salary starts at 36,000 DKK/approx. 4,800 EUR (April 2023 level). Depending on qualifications, a supplement may be negotiated. The employer will pay an additional 17.1 % to your pension fund.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000">Foreign and Danish applicants may be eligible for tax reductions, if they hold a PhD degree and have not lived in Denmark the last 10 years.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br><br><b>LEARN MORE:</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><b>https://jobportal.ku.dk/alle-opslag/?show=160207</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 15px;"><b>APPLY BEFORE 20 NOVEMBER<br></b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">Questions</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#000000">For further information please contact Rune W. Berg: </font><a href="mailto:runeb@sund.ku.dk" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">runeb@sund.ku.dk</a></p></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best, <br><br>Rune<br>----------------------------<br>Rune W. Berg, PhD, Associate Professor<br>University of Copenhagen<br>Department of Neuroscience,<br>DENMARK</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>Tel: (+45) 26 97 73 94<br>Email: <a href="mailto:pgj142@ku.dk">pgj142@ku.dk</a> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/RuneWBerg">RuneWBerg</a><br><a href="https://berg-lab.net/"></a><a href="https://berg-lab.net/">www.berg-lab.net</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://in.ku.dk/research/berg-lab/">https://in.ku.dk/research/berg-lab/</a></div></body></html>