Job Descriptions

Job Description:

The successful candidate will conduct research on the molecular physiology of ion channels and neural signaling. She or he will be the lead postdoctoral researcher responsible for the day-to-day coordination and management of the study, including performing wet-lab experiments, presentation of her or his data in international meetings, writing detailed reports and publication in peer-reviewed journals as appropriate.

Duties:

• Perform all the principal aspects of the laboratory work associated with the project.
•  Provide intellectual input into the research and wider technology development.
• Disseminate the project’s outputs through presentations / reports and peer-reviewed journal publications as appropriate
• Carry out other appropriate and relevant duties under the direction of the Principal Investigator.

Qualifications/Skills required:

Essential Criteria:

• PhD in neuroscience, electrophysiology, or related area with excellent communication, record keeping and organizational skills
• Evidence of expertise in molecular biology particularly the optimization of mammalian expression systems, cloning and characterization.
• Evidence of experience in cellular ion channel physiology (in one of the following areas Patch clamp, extracellular recording or microelectrode array technologies)
• Evidence of expertise in live cell imaging

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience in immunofluorescence, confocal microscopy, single cell transcriptomics.
• High motivation for research

Skills

• Communication Skills
• Technical Competencies
• Management Skills
• Teamwork Skills
• Organisational Skills
• Research
• Molecular biology
• Scientific writing

Experience

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