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Opportunities

Fellowship Opportunities

The Department is happy to host prospective and future fellowship grant holders and offers a competitive start-up package for early career researchers seeking to carry out their research in Oxford.

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Current vacancies

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Neural Circuits and Behaviour

Grade 7: £36,024 - £44,263 per annum (plus £1,500 per annum Oxford Weighting)

Applications are invited for an experienced Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Adaptive Decisions Lab (Principal Investigator: Dr Abhishek Banerjee) to carry out a project investigating adaptive neural circuits underlying distinct forms of behavioural flexibility. The postholder will be responsible for working on a research project funded by the Wellcome Trust to investigate fronto-sensory feedback microcircuits in the brain and their relevance to behavioural flexibility.
 
The role will involve adapting existing and developing new scientific techniques and experimental protocols, with a particular focus on animal models (mice). You will be responsible for in vivo behavioural and electrophysiological experiments on mice; performing surgical preparation on mice, including electrode/lens implantation and optogenetic virus injections; using specialist scientific equipment in a laboratory environment, such as a 2-photon microscope. You will be expected to manage your own academic research and administrative activities, including detailed project management to coordinate multiple aspects of work to meet various deadlines.
 
You should hold or be close to holding a relevant PhD/DPhil in Neuroscience or a related subject, together with relevant experience in neurophysiology and animal behaviour. You must possess sufficient specialist knowledge in neuroscience to work within established research programmes and the ability to manage own academic research and associated activities. Experience with in vivo neurophysiological techniques, animal behaviour, stereotaxic surgery and computational neuroscience would be an advantage.

The post is offered on a fixed-term basis for three years, funded by the Wellcome Trust and is available from January 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Dr Banerjee at abhishek.banerjee@pharm.ox.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 12noon on Friday 11 October 2024.

Apply online on the University website.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Cellular Neuroscience

Research Grade 7: £37,524 - £42,021 per annum (incuding £1,500 per annum Oxford Weighting)

The post holder will use experimental approaches to contribute to a project that is investigating aspects of synaptic inhibition and plasticity in the mammalian cortex. The research will employ in vivo and ex vivo studies in rodents, in order to characterize novel mechanisms by which synaptic efficacy changes as a function of the animal’s recent experience.
 
The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic, motivated and highly organised scientist possessing excellent laboratory skills. Good communication skills and the ability to work both as part of a team, and independently, are essential. The post holder will also provide guidance to less experienced members of the research group, including postdocs, research assistants, technicians, plus PhD and project students.
 
The post holder will be a member of Professor Colin Akerman’s research group, at the University of Oxford. This is a fixed-term post of 24 months in the first instance, with an initial probationary period (funded by the MRC). The exact start date is to be confirmed, but will not be before 1 January 2025.
 
The closing date for applications is 12noon on Monday 21 October 2024.

Apply online on the University website.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Molecular Neuroscience

Research Grade 7: £37,524 - £42,021 per annum (incuding £1,500 per annum Oxford Weighting)

We are seeking a researcher that can contribute to a project that is using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to study astrocyte-to-neuron signalling in a human in vitro model system. The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic, motivated and highly organised scientist possessing excellent laboratory skills and an eagerness to learn new techniques. Good communication skills and the ability to work both as part of a team, and independently, are essential. The post holder will also provide guidance to less experienced members of the research group, including postdocs, research assistants, technicians, plus PhD and project students.
 
The post holder will be a member of Professor Colin Akerman’s research group, at the University of Oxford. This is a fixed-term post of up to 30 months, with an initial probationary period, to start on or after 6 January 2025, funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK.
 
The closing date for applications is 12noon on Monday 21 October 2024.

Apply online on the University website