Available post-doctoral position in synaptic plasticity funded by ERC, at Bordeaux Neurocampus
We are seeking to recruit post-doctoral fellows strongly interested in cellular neuroscience, including synaptic plasticity, receptor trafficking and nanoscale organization to join a vibrant environment and exciting projects associating high resolution imaging, biosensors and slice electrophysiology to study innovative aspects of synaptic plasticity. We have developed unique tools to monitor and modify AMPA receptor nanoscale organization and trafficking in vivo and would like now to apply them to study synaptic function with electrophysiological, molecular and imaging approaches. These approaches may be combined with behavioral assessment of memory function to understand the link between synaptic plasticity and memory storage, consolidation and retrieval.
We have developed innovative tools to study the nanoscale organization of AMPAR subunits and subtypes, to control with light their accumulation or disappearance from synapses during STP, LTP and LTD. We plan to use these tools to analyze the role of synaptic plasticity in information processing by the brain.
Altogether, this project will shine new light on the molecular mechanism of synaptic plasticity and will be linked to behavioral studies of cognitive functions using the same tools.
The position will be financed by ERC and ANR grants from D. Choquet for up to five years.
For this position, we are seeking highly motivated individuals, with a proven track record of success, if possible immediately after their PhD, and in any case no more than four years after their PhD. The projects will be conducted in a stimulating and highly interdisciplinary and international environment in a newly established research building, a part of the Bordeaux neurocampus project (Bordeaux, France).
Deadline: 30/09/2022
Contract length: 1 year renewable up to 5 years
More info on the team research here: https://iins.u-bordeaux.fr/CHOQUET
Please send CV and two references to:
We can meet at FENS 2022