Opportunities
The University of Lethbridge has established an exciting new program in Systems and Computational Neuroscience that focuses on studying brain dynamics. The offered salaries are competitive with NIH standards for postdoctoral and graduate trainees.
Our world-class training programs and facilities provide an excellent and unique learning environment for the new and experienced. The Brain Dynamics group is highly collaborative and encourages multidisciplinary approaches to study how large populations of neurons interact and control behavior. Particular research strengths of our group are in the areas of learning and memory, decision making, information coding and related diseases such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, addiction and stroke.
Please review our research page for further details on our current research.
Research methods used in our group include:
- Behavioural analysis
- Pharmacology
- High density in vivo electrophysiology
- Cellular-resolution imaging of population activity using immediate early gene assays
- Voltage sensitive dye imaging of neural activity in vivo and in vitro
- In vitro electrophysiology (dynamic-clamp)
- Histological tract tracing
- Motor control analysis using high speed video
- Small animal magnetic resonance imaging
- Automated experimental control
- Computational modeling
- High performance parallel computing for simulation and data analysis
If you are interested in joining our group, email a letter of interest describing your research goals, skills and experience, your C.V., and the names of three references (please do not have reference letters sent unless requested) to amanda.mauthe2@uleth.ca. Applicants should put "CCBN Polaris recruitment" in the subject of their email.