Post Doctoral Fellow
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Location
- Denver, CO
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- Full Time
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Description
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Job Category: Faculty
Primary Location: Aurora
Schedule: Full-time
Posting Date: Mar 24, 2021
Unposting Date: Ongoing
University of Colorado l Anschutz Medical Campus
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Position- 00633119– Requisition 20600
The University of Colorado Denver l Anschutz Medical Campus seeks individuals with demonstrated commitment to creating an inclusive learning and working environment. We value the ability to engage effectively with students, faculty and staff of diverse backgrounds.
The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus is a comprehensive urban research university serving more than 28,000 students in metropolitan Denver and online. We award nearly 4,000 degrees each year, including more graduate and professional degrees than any other Colorado public institution. With our solid academic reputation, award-winning faculty and renowned researchers, we offer 119 highly rated degree programs through 13 schools and colleges. The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus is well known for its distinctive and highly productive research programs, its world-class health facilities at the Anschutz Medical Campus and its well-established partnerships in business, industry and government. These campuses currently have over $400 million in research awards each year. In addition to the wide array of health-related programs and facilities offered at our Anschutz Medical Campus, a significant number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs are taught at our comprehensive campus in the heart of downtown Denver. Denver is one of America’s most vibrant urban centers and the downtown campus, located just steps from the Denver Center for Performing Arts and the LoDo District, affords our students, faculty and staff access to a broad array of academic, professional, community, recreational and cultural outlets.Job Summary: The Denman lab is seeking to hire a post-doctoral researcher that will help conduct research experiments focused on the biophysical effects of electrical stimulation in rodents. This is an NIH funded position; the incumbent must be able to receive, and act on, detailed instructions when beginning projects in the lab. However, for routine and trained tasks, the incumbent is expected to work independently. Methodological approaches include high-density electrophysiological recording techniques, optogenetic stimulation, whole brain tissue clearing and imaging, data analysis in a scientific computing environment (Python), and project management. The incumbent will help summarize and communicate results/findings in the form of manuscripts and meeting presentations. Supervision is provided by Dr. Denman.Examples of Work Performed:- Conduct biological experiments, including in-vivo high-density electrophysiology, electrical and optogenetic stimulation, tissue clearing
- Data analysis and interpretation (with initial supervision)
- Management of project work and goals, including reporting of intermediate results
- Contribute to data presentation and assist in communication of results
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum requirements must be identifiable from the CV/Resume
- PhD degree in Neuroscience or related biological field
- > 3 years experience with stereotactic surgeries on rodents
- > 3 years experience with in vivo recording and modulation techniques on rodents
- Scientific or other programming experience (e.g., Python, MATLAB)
- Demonstration of professional scholarship (e.g., authorship credit on published papers)
- Identifiable from the CV/Resume
- Experience with tissue clearing and whole orgain imaging
- Experience with electronics fabrication (e.g., Arduino, soldering)
- Participate in decision making for routine lab tasks (experiments/data analysis)
- Ability to exercise judgement in appropriate approaches to solve task-related problems
- Responsive to supervisory input when starting new tasks (experiments/data analysis)
- Ability to grow/develop their professional expertise
- Personal management
- Data management and organization
Job Category: Faculty
Primary Location: Aurora
Schedule: Full-time
Posting Date: Mar 24, 2021
Unposting Date: Ongoing
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