Research Technician
School of Life Sciences
Applications are invited for a lab technician position to support work on an exciting BBSRC-funded project investigating fundamental structure-function relationships in central synapses. Duties of the post will include assisting with electrophysiology, fluorescence imaging and electron microscopy experiments, brain slice tissue preparation, basic molecular biology and the preparation of fixed tissue for ultrastructural work. In addition, the post holder will play a significant role in the day-to-day running of the laboratory, data-handling, ordering and stock-keeping, and helping to ensure health and safety policies are implemented. There may be opportunities to contribute to primary data-gathering. Specifically, the project will investigate how organizational principles of synaptic vesicle pools contribute to setting and modulating synaptic function, building on our recent work (Neuron, 2010 66:37-44; Nat Comms, 2011;2:531; Neuron, 2012; 76:579-589). The research will involve major collaborations with groups in the UK (at UCL and LMB-Cambridge), the US and Israel. Experience of neuroscience research in mammalian brain will be a significant advantage.
Neuroscience is a major research focus at the University of Sussex. The successful candidate will be embedded in a highly-interactive and world-class research environment with leading experts in fields including synaptic transmission, sensory transduction, neural circuits, disease-related nervous dysfunction and neuronal plasticity.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Synaptic Imaging (fixed term)
School of Life Sciences
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research fellow position to work on an exciting BBSRC-funded project investigating fundamental structure-function relationships in central synapses. The post will involve electrophysiology and cutting-edge fluorescence imaging and electron microscopy approaches. Specifically, the project will investigate how organizational principles of synaptic vesicle pools contribute to setting and modulating synaptic function, building on our recent work (Neuron, 2010 66:37-44; Nat Comms, 2011;2:531; Neuron, 2012; 76:579-589). The research will involve major collaborations with groups in the UK (at UCL and LMB-Cambridge), the US and Israel. Experience of neurophysiology and imaging methods in acute brain slice will be a significant advantage.
Neuroscience is a major research focus at the University of Sussex. The successful candidate will be embedded in a highly-interactive and world-class research environment with leading experts in fields including synaptic transmission, sensory transduction, neural circuits, disease-related nervous dysfunction and neuronal plasticity.
For further information please see here
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurophysiology (fixed term)
School of Life Sciences
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research fellow with experience in experimental neurophysiology to work on an interdisciplinary project investigating the cellular, molecular and pharmacological basis of memory consolidation. The post will involve electrophysiology experiments using variety of intracellular recording techniques including dynamic clamp and novel methods for network recording using a multi-electrode array system. Experience in the analysis of complex data sets will be useful. The project will focus on the role of memory lapses that occur at the transitions between different phases of memory. The successful candidate will work as a part of a team that includes another post-doctoral fellow and a technician.
For further information please email Dr Ildiko Kemenes (I.Kemenes@sussex.ac.uk) and see here for more information. This article is related to the project and may be useful to read.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (fixed term)
School of Life Sciences
Project title: Abeta-mediated toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease: delineating mechanisms of internalisation, cell-cell transmission and synaptic dysfunction– funded by MRC. Applications are invited for a full-time Medical Research Council-funded Post-doctoral Research Fellow to join the friendly, hard-working and multidisciplinary research teams of Professor Louise Serpell and Dr Kevin Staras in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Sussex.
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Reader/Professor in Neuroscience
School of Life Sciences
The School of Life Sciences at the University of Sussex wishes to appoint an outstanding scientist to a Chair/Readership in Neuroscience. We are particularly keen to attract those investigating Sensory Systems using genetically-tractable model organisms such as mice, zebrafish or Drosophila. Other areas of interest include synaptic and circuit function, neurodegenerative diseases, learning and memory, the development and regeneration of neural systems, and the neural basis of behaviour and cognition.
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Lecturer or Senior Lecturer/ Reader in Neural Computation
School of Engineering and Informatics
Applicants for this position should have a strong research record in some aspect of neural computation, including: computational neuroscience; neuroinformatics; neuro-centric biorobotics; and applications of neural computation in biology, cognitive science, or image processing. The successful applicants will join the Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems Research Group.
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Research Fellow in Neurophysiology
School of Life Sciences
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research fellow with experience in experimental neurophysiology to work on an interdisciplinary EU FP7 FET project (INSIGHT) on Darwinian and selectionist neural dynamics. The post will involve electrophysiology/imaging experiments on neural network cultures using a multi-electrode array system and/or imaging rig. Experiments will examine the influences of imposed stimulation patterns on on-going neuronal activity characteristics. The research will involve collaboration with a computational neuroscience research fellow who will be building models to explore the kinds of replication of information that can take place in the nervous system. Insights from this work will be used to inform research at partner institutions on the design of cognitive architectures for robotics.
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Research Fellow in Computational Neuroscience
Department of Informatics, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research fellow with experience in computational neuroscience to work on an interdisciplinary EU FP7 FET project (INSIGHT) on Darwinian and selectionist neural dynamics. The post will involve realistic simulations of neuronal networks in order to explore the kinds of replication of information that can take place in the nervous system. The research will involve collaboration with an electrophysiology post-doc who will be looking for empirical evidence of such mechanisms. Insights from this work will be used to inform research at partner institutions on the design of cognitive architectures for robotics. Applicants should have significant experience in computational neuroscience, preferably including modeling neuronal networks, with strong analytic and programming skills.
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