Job ID: 112524
PhD Position in Experimental Neuroscience
Position: Ph.D. Student
Deadline: 31 July 2023
Employment Start Date: 1 October 2023
Contract Length: 3 years initially
City: Freiburg
Country: Germany
Institution: University Freiburg
Department: Professorship for Biomicrotechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering– IMTEK
Description:
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student for a project investigating the role of inhibition in the activity-dependent self-organization of neuronal networks. The successful candidate will be trained in neuronal cell culture techniques and experiments using advanced neurophysiological techniques (microelectrode arrays, patch-clamp, calcium imaging, time-lapse microscopy, immunohistochemistry and optogenetics). This experimental thesis project will be carried out in close collaboration with a complementing project using computational modeling to study network formation and maturation of inhibition.
The project and the position are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and will be carried out in the Professorship for Biomicrotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, headed by Prof. Ulrich Egert. The candidate will be embedded in a large and renowned neuroscientific community for training, scientific and social exchange, with the Bernstein Center Freiburg and the Cluster of Excellence BrainLinks-BrainTools as major centers. You will be encouraged to participate in international academic conferences, forge collaborations, and learn to work towards high-quality scientific publishing.
Candidates should have an MSc degree (or equivalent qualification) in Natural Sciences with a specialization in Neuroscience. You should have experience in neurophysiology in vivo or in vitro and with a programming language, preferably Matlab or Python. Experience with neuronal cell cultures, calcium imaging, computational neuroscience, optogenetics, time-lapse microscopy or advanced analyses of spike data will be a plus. You enjoy communicating across disciplines and working in an international team.
Application
The application should include CV, specific letter of motivation, course transcripts and diplomas from high school and universities (certified translations). Please include contact information of two senior scientists who would provide letters of recommendation upon request. Your application should be written in English or German.
Contact and further information:
For further information about the position, project and our workgroup, please visit our websites or contact us directly.
https://www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/Research/Projects/inseln
Dr. Samora Okujeni, +49 761 203 7523, samora.okujeni@bcf.uni-freiburg.de
https://www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/about/people/okujeni
Prof. Ulrich Egert, +49 761 203 7524, egert@imtek.de
https://www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/about/people/Egert