What are the responsibilities and job description for the Postdoctoral Researcher position at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute?
The Mukherjee Laboratory at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) invites applications for a fully funded postdoctoral fellowship. Our team investigates neural circuits underlying complex cognitive processes and their dysfunction in psychiatric disorders. Our work particularly focuses on the functional maturation of cognitive control circuits during adolescence and their fidelity in rodent and tree shrew models of neurodevelopmental disorders, including the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
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The successful candidate will lead innovative projects to understand how experiences and intrinsic neural plasticity shape cognitive functions, ultimately contributing toward novel therapeutic approaches for psychiatric disorders. This position requires a PhD or MD/PhD degree in neuroscience or mathematics/physics/engineering/computer science as well as demonstrable research experience in at least one (required) or multiple (desirable) of the following techniques:
1. in vivo electrophysiology,
2. Miniscope and/or fiber photometry
3. snRNA seq and analysis
4. Brain wide connectivity mapping
5. Closed loop optogenetics
6. Computational modelling of neural and behavioral data
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and accomplishments. Interested applicants should send the following documents directly to mukherjea2@chop.edu:
· Letter of research interests and experience (1–2 pages),
· CV (include list of publications),
· Contact information of three professional references (email)
Please DO NOT apply if you have none of the six skills listed (demonstrable by peer reviewed or submitted publications).