Connectionists: Fully funded Postdoc in Systems Neuroscience at University of Copenhagen

[Peter Petersen]

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow for a project
addressing the generation and functions of theta oscillations in spatial
navigation using systems neuroscience and population-level approaches. The
research will take place at the Department of Neuroscience (
https://in.ku.dk/) at University of Copenhagen in the lab of Dr. Peter C.
Petersen (https://petersenlab.org/).

The project involves performing electrophysiological recordings from freely
moving animals using chronically implanted high-density Neuropixels silicon
probes, applying optogenetics for single cell tagging, and behavioral
manipulations.

*Application deadline: October 1, 2022.*

*Our research*
Our lab was founded in 2022, with the goal to understand the neuronal
mechanisms involved in memory and cognition and how imbalances in the
circuits can lead to pathological conditions. In particular, we study
spatial memory, and theta oscillations in behaving rats, and how the
distributed populations of neurons across the distributed brain circuits
central to memory, are coordinating their dynamics to generate complex
cognitive functions in awake rodents.

We are using state-of-the-art methods for measuring and manipulating the
neuronal activity at large-scale and high specificity, together with
advanced data analysis. This includes using Neuropixels and other
high-density silicon probes, applying optogenetics, thermal and other
perturbation techniques, dimensionality reduction, and other advanced
population-analysis methods.

*Learn more about the position and the application process here*:
https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=157309


Peter C. Petersen, *PhD*
*Assistant Professor and Group Leader*

*Department of Neuroscience*
University of Copenhagen
Blegdamsvej 3B, building 33.3.52.
2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
Website: PetersenLab.org <http://petersenlab.org/>
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