Job ID: 122845

PhD position in neurophysiology

Position: Ph.D. Student

Deadline: 7 May 2025

Employment Start Date: 1 July 2025

Contract Length: 3 years

City: Innsbruck

Country: Austria

Institution: Medical University of Innsbruck

Department: Institute of Physiology

Description:

We are looking for a motivated and dedicated PhD student with strong interest in neuroscience. The successful candidate will investigate the mechanisms underlying the chronification of pain in different brain areas using state of the art neuroscientific techniques, including electrophysiology, opto-/chemogenetics, microscopy techniques and OMICS approaches. S/he will be embedded in the Neurophysiology groups of the Institute of Physiology, which have long-standing expertise in pain research and the investigation of brain circuits.

Your tasks include
• Research, teaching and administration

We are looking for
• a master’s or diploma degree in neuroscience, biology, molecular medicine or related fields
• strong interest in neuroscience and electrophysiology
• programming skills in R and Python (including very good knowledge of statistical methods)
• accurate and reliable way of working
• strong motivation to become an independent academic researcher

You will find the legally binding and complete advertisement for this position in the respective newsletter or take a look at our careers page: https://www.i-med.ac.at/karriere/. Please send your detailed application (in PDF files) by 07.05.2025 (incoming), quoting the reference number MEDI-19328, per e-mail to: bewerbung@i-med.ac.at.