The appointment will be on UCL Grade 7. The salary range will be £35,328 - £42,701 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.
An ambitious Research Fellow (postdoctoral researcher) is required to join the lab of Dr. Caswell Barry ( caswell.barry@ucl.ac.uk ). Their primary role will be to carry out research on the neurophysiological basis of memory and spatial navigation.
Work will focus on the contribution of replay and reactivations to system-level memory consolidation and navigational planning. The research will involve two photon calcium imaging from the hippocampus and ultimately cortical regions (e.g. mEC, mPFC). Calcium imaging will be conducted in vivo while animals interact with a virtual reality system. S/he will assist in the design and running of experimental procedures, analysing neural data, writing up the results, and should have a desire to publish in prestigious journals. Other techniques being used in the lab which may become relevant to this project include single unit recording, optogenetic and chemogenetic manipulations, computational modelling, and machine learning.
The post is initially available from now until 30th November 2023 with possibility of extension.
PhD (or about to submit) in relevant subject area with practical experience in behavioural neuroscience is essential as is experience of behavioural training and testing of animals – ideally rodents and a high level of proficiency and experience in some field of neurobiology. Experience with head-fixed rodent virtual reality is desirable.
Please note: Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at research assistant Grade 6B (Salary £30,922 - £32,607 per annum, including London Allowance) with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis (including corrections).
UCL vacancy reference: 1791477
For informal enquiries about the post please contact Dr Caswell Barry at caswell.barry@ucl.ac.uk If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Biosciences staffing on biosciences.staffing@ucl.ac.uk quoting the vacancy reference number: 1791477.
Closing Date: 10 March 2019
Latest time for the submission of applications: 23:59.
Interview Date: TBC
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Dr Caswell Barry: caswell.barry@ucl.ac.uk
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