Postdoc in Computational Neuroscience

We are now looking to appoint a postdoc in Computational Neuroscience, formally based at the Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience.

Work assignments 

You will work in a basic somatosensory research laboratory with focus on molecular genetics and neuronal circuitry of pain and somatosensation.

As postdoc, you will principally carry out research. A certain amount of teaching may be part of your duties, up to a maximum of 20% of working hours.

Qualifications

To be qualified to take employment as postdoc, you must have been awarded a doctoral degree or have a foreign degree that is deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree.  This degree must have been awarded at the latest by the point at which LiU makes its decision to employ you.

It is considered advantageous if your doctoral degree is no older than three years at application deadline for this job. If there are special reasons for having an older doctoral degree – such as taking statutory leave – then these may be taken into consideration.

We expect you to have a Ph.D. in data science or computational neuroscience or a related discipline, strong quantitative skills, and an enthusiastic approach to science.

Further, the applicant is expected to have strong background knowledge of the physiology of primary sensory afferents and neural networks. The applicant must also have proficiency in data science methods used for single cell transcriptomic analysis and computational approaches to quantitative analysis of neuronal activity recorded using genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECI). In addition, the applicant must have experience in developing automated behavioral analysis procedures.

It is a particular merit if the applicant also has experience in quantitative analysis of physiological data.

The applicant is expected to be fluent in both written and spoken English. Great emphasis will be given to personal qualities and suitability.

The workplace

You will be employed in Marcin Szczot’s research group at the Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN), Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences.

The Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences is one of the university’s largest departments, with operations mainly in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Our aim is to engage in medical and biomedical education and research of high international standing. At undergraduate level the department is responsible for most of the medical program, the speech and language pathology program and the biomedical program. For more information about the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, please see here.

The employment

This employment is a temporary contract of one year with the possibility of extension up to a total maximum of three years. The position as a postdoc is full-time.

Starting date October 2024.

Salary and employment benefits

The university applies individual salaries.

More information about employee benefits is available here.

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button. Your application must be received no later than October 16th, 2024.
 
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered. 
 
Please attach your selected research publications electronically, in pdf or word format, in the application template. Research publications, e.g. monographs, which cannot be sent electronically should be sent in three sets by mail to the University Registrar at Linköping University, University Registrar, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. The publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the deadline for application. 

Please note that printed publications will not be returned. They will be archived at Linköping University. 
 
In the event of a discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedent.