Research Associate studying memory (1 of 2 positions)

Vacancy Reference Number

ACAD102784

Closing Date

29 Aug 2017

Salary

£32,004 - £36,001 per annum

Duration

Open ended contract staff

Funded by the Wellcome Trust, the holder of this post will carry out interdisciplinary research investigating synaptic, neural and circuit mechanisms of associative recognition memory in rodents. The successful candidate will perform experiments combining in vitro electrophysiology and optogenetics to assess transmission and plasticity between key regions of the memory circuit and will use in vivo opto/chemo silencing methods to determine the roles of specific pathways in associative recognition.

The successful candidate will hold a PhD in neuroscience or a related discipline (awarded or imminent). Experience of in vitro whole cell electrophysiology, behavioural experiments and optogenetic methods would be preferable.

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Zafar Bashir, 0117 3311957, z.i.bashir@bristol.ac.uk or Professor Clea Warburton, 0117 3311936, e.c.warburton@bristol.ac.uk 

The closing date for applications is midnight on Tuesday 29 August 2017.

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