Postdoctoral fellow position in Neuroscience
A postdoctoral position is open immediately in the Department of Neuroscience of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The research project is concerned with cellular mechanisms regulating neuronal excitability in the striatum of a mouse model of Huntington's Disease. Experience with electrophysiological recording techniques is preferred. The Department of Neuroscience has an active research and training program, and collaboration with other groups is definitely encouraged. Applicants should send a CV and a description of their research experience to Dr. Donald Faber, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Kennedy Center 429, Bronx, NY 10461. E-mail: donald.faber@einstein.yu.edu. They should also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to this address. Application deadline is December 1, 2011. EOE.
AECOM is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Postdoctoral Fellowships:
DESCRIPTION:
Positions exist on an NIH funded training grant, Mechanisms of Intercellular Communication, for highly qualified postdoctoral fellows to perform research in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience. Training areas are:
i) Connexins: Structure/Function and Electrical Synaptic Transmission. Studies include mechanisms of connexin channel gating and permeability, trafficking, regulation of expression, physiological roles of channels and hemichannels and mechanisms of diseases.
ii) Molecular/Cellular Physiology and Biophysics of Chemically Mediated Synaptic Transmission. Studies include glutamate and GABA receptor structure-function, pharmacology and trafficking, regulation by kinases, role of receptors in delayed neurodegeneration, inhibitory-excitatory neuron communication and neuronal integration.
iii) Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity. Studies include mechanisms of LTP and LTD, role of endogenous cannabinoids and kinases, receptor distribution, cycling and synaptic plasticity at the systems level.
Faculty mentors and their research interests can be viewed at: Training Faculty
Candidates must hold an M.D. or Ph.D and be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents.
Send curriculum vitae and letters of reference to:
Dr. Vytas K. Verselis
Training Grant Director, Mechanisms of Intercellular Communication
Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
Email: vytas.verselis@einstein.yu.edu
AECOM is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
