We seek to hire a highly motivated young postdoctoral fellow to work in electrophysiology in brain slices and in vivo. A background in behavior as well as experience with transgenic mice and glial cells would be appreciated, but not required. The post-doc candidate will integrate our team located in the new Institut of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP) inside Sainte-Anne Hospital, a highly stimulating environment. He/she will investigate how neuron-oligodendroglia interactions drive neuronal circuit function and mouse behavior. Interestingly, cortical GABAergic interneurons and some populations of oligodendroglia are born from the same embryonic origin, migrate through similar routes and interact through synaptic contacts once in place in the cortex. In addition, interneurons and oligodendroglia are demised in a large proportion by programmed cell death at early postnatal stages (Orduz et al., 2019). However, the functional relevance of interneuron-oligodendroglia interactions and their developmental cell death are still poorly understood. The project will explore the impact of the aforementioned common features of these cell types on cognitive processes and neurodevelopmental disorders by using a multidisciplinary approach ex vivo and in vivo in different transgenic mice.
Interested candidates should send their CV, a motivation letter including research interests and letters or names of 2 referees to: maria-cecilia.angulo@parisdescartes.fr
Date de fin de publication :
31/12/2021
Type d'emploi
Post-Doctorat - Post-Doctoral position
Type de contrat
CDD INSERM
Rémunération brut mensuelles
acoording to INSERM grids
Date limite de candidature
31/12/2021
Date début de fonction
possible from september 2021
Information contact
Maria Cecilia Angulo: maria-cecilia.angulo@parisdescartes.fr Team: Neuron-oligodendroglia interactions in myelination and myelin repair Insitute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP); INSERM U1266, Paris, France
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