Please find below an advertisement for a postdoctoral position. Please note that while the position is fixed term for one year, there is the prospect, for a suitable candidate, of follow-on funding.
Research Associate in Computational Neuroscience
Imperial College London -Department of Bioengineering
Salary range: £32,100 per annum
Fixed term appointment for 12 months
Applications
are invited for an Imperial/Wellcome Trust funded Research Associate
post on the development of a computational model of optogenetic
modulation of neural circuits. You will be based in the Department of
Bioengineering, and work jointly with Dr Simon Schultz (Department of
Bioengineering) and Dr Konstantin Nikolic (Centre for Bio-Inspired
Technology & Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering).
The RA would join a stimulating research environment with a rich
programme of seminars and discussion meetings focused on
Neurotechnology. The project is highly interdisciplinary. The RA will
work at the interface between mathematics, engineering, physics and the
life sciences, specifically in the mathematical and computational
modeling of cortical neurons expressing channelrhodopsin,
halorhodospsin, ArchT or similar light-activated ion channels. The
research on this project will lead to a substantial project proposal
which if accepted may allow for the extension of this post for up to 3
years.
The
Research Associate will have a PhD in Computational Neuroscience,
Physics, Engineering or a related subject, and experience in
computational modelling. The Research Associate's task will be to create
mathematical models and then create computer simulations of individual
cortical neurons as well as sets of neurons expressing optogenetic
mechanisms. The RA will perform detailed system modeling and biophysical
simulations of the experimentally determined optogenetic mechanisms,
such as channelrhodopsin, halorhodospin, ArchT, etc. These models will
be incorporated in models of neurons, and used for a large-scale model
of optogenetic manipulation of the cortical circuit by, to the cortical
microcircuit scale. The RA will study the effects of optical stimulation
on a cortical column in which light sensitive ion channels have been
expressed and analyse their implications for simulating brain injuries.
Our preferred method of application is online via the Imperial College website athttp://www3.imperial.ac.uk/
Should you have any queries, please contact:
Dr Simon Schultz, email: s.schultz@imperial.ac.
or
Dr Konstantin Nikolic, T: +44 (0)20 7594 1594, E: k.nikolic@imperial.ac.uk
Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 17 September 2012
Simon R Schultz
Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research)
Royal Society Industry Fellow and Senior Lecturer
Department of Bioengineering
Imperial College London
Phone: +44-207 594 1533
Email: s.schultz@imperial.ac.
Member of National Committee, British Neuroscience Association
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