Postdoctoral Researcher in Study of Drosophila Sleep

Overview

The Laboratory of Sleep and Synaptic Plasticity (PI: Sha Liu) at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join our ; Our lab employs multi-disciplinary approaches, including Drosophila genetics, quantitative behavior analysis, electrophysiology, in vivo functional imaging, and neural circuit mapping and manipulation, to study the basic mechanisms underlying sleep and its function in the brain at synaptic and circuit

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Required

• Recent (or expected ) from a background in at least one of the disciplines of Neurobiology (physiology, development, computational, or engineering). Previous experience with Drosophila Neurobiology is not
• Excellent verbal and written English communication

Appreciated but not required

• Demonstrated experience with neural cell reconstruction, tracing, and analysis from volumetric EM images or whole-brain fluorescence
• Solid experience with in vivo electrophysiology or in vivo multi-photon

We offer

• State-of-the-art research facilities
• Excellent training in academic, technical, and career
• Financial support is However, the successful candidate is encouraged to obtain a personal fellowship (Marie-Curie, HFSP, EMBO, or other national funding organizations)

How to apply?

Interested candidates should submit their candidacy through the VIB online application

• A complete application file (English) should contain the following documents:
• your cover/motivation letter stating career goals, past experience, and how these relate to the current position
• your CV
• contact information of 2 references

For further information and questions, please send an email to Sha Liu ().

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