Hours: full time position - part time/job share hours considered. Requests for flexible working options will also be considered (subject to business need).
Contract: Fixed term for three years
Expected start date: 7 January 2018
Applications are invited for a Post-doctoral Research Fellow position examining neural circuits underlying feeding control in a collaboration between the University of Sussex and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London.
The candidate will be based at Sussex, working with Prof. Kevin Staras, but travel frequently to UCL to carry out research in the lab of Dr. Tiago Branco.
This exciting project will use state-of-the-art fluorescence imaging and electron microscopy techniques to reveal fundamental synaptic control mechanisms that underpin feeding behaviour in mammals. Follow these links to see the research interests of the Staras lab and the Branco lab. An overview of neuroscience research in these academic centres can be found here: Sussex Neuroscience, SWC.
The successful candidate should have a PhD in a neuroscience-related field and demonstrated experience in fluorescence imaging, brain-slice preparations and electrophysiology. A background in electron microscopy would be an advantage.
The successful candidate is expected to actively engage in our research program, provide guidance to undergraduate and postgraduate students and to participate in the strategic planning of the research.
For informal enquiries, please contact Prof. Kevin Staras by email (k.staras@sussex.ac.uk)
The School is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and currently holds an Athena SWAN Silver Award. Applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex. The School of Life Sciences welcomes applications to academic posts from candidates who wish to work part-time or as job-sharers.
The University offers various schemes to provide real benefits to parents, these can be found at Family Friendly Policies.
Applications should be accompanied by a full CV, a statement of research interests and aspirations (not more than 4 pages), and the names of three academic referees.
For full details and how to apply see our vacancies page or click here.
Prof. Kevin Staras: k.staras@sussex.ac.uk
