Postdoc Fellowship, 3-Photon imaging of neural circuits in visual cortex

University of Minnesota

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Posted:

October 23, 2018

Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Salary:

$50,000

Type:

Full Time - Experienced

Discipline:

Academic / Research

A post-doctoral fellowship is available in the laboratory of Prakash Kara. Funded by BRAIN Initiative grants from the NIH and NSF, the lab studies visual perception and neuro-vascular coupling in the mammalian neocortex. We use two-photon and three-photon imaging, optogenetics, and electrophysiological techniques. More specifically, we assay synaptic and spiking activity along with the responses of individual blood vessels to sensory stimuli and optogenetic activation. Additional information is available at www.karalab.org

Sample Publications from the Kara lab:

• O'Herron P, Chhatbar, PY, Levy M, Shen Z, Schramm AE, Lu Z and Kara P. (2016). Neural correlates of single-vessel hemodynamic responses in vivo. Nature 534, 378-382

• Shen, Z., Lu, Z., Chhatbar, P.Y., O'Herron, P., and Kara P. (2012). An artery-specific fluorescent dye for studying neurovascular coupling. Nature Methods 9, 273-276

• Kara, P., and Boyd, J.D. (2009). A micro-architecture for binocular disparity and ocular dominance in visual cortex. Nature 458, 627-631

The ideal postdoctoral candidate will have prior research experience in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, or physics. Proficiency in fluorescence microscopy and/or electrophysiological recording in vivo, and quantitative analytical skills is preferred. Candidates must be highly motivated, have good interpersonal and organizational skills, and be prepared to work within and across interactive laboratory environments. Salary will be commensurate with experience, according to NIH guidelines.

Please email (pkara@umn.edu) a curriculum vitae, the names of two references, and a brief statement of your overlapping research interests with the Kara lab.

Internal Number: pkoct2018

About University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota faculty, alumni, and researchers have won 29 Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields including physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry. The University of Minnesota is one of America's Public Ivy universities, which refers to top public universities in the United States capable of providing a collegiate experience comparable with the Ivy League. The Twin Cities campus has the sixth largest student body in the United States, with 51,848 students in 2017-18. The Kara Lab moved to the University of Minnesota in 2018 as part of a new initiative, the Medical Discovery Team (MDT) in Optical Imaging and Brain Science. This MDT is a multi-disciplinary effort focused on mapping the detailed circuits that underlie sensation, perception and complex behaviors in the developing and mature brain. State-of-the-art optical imaging and optical stimulation techniques that provide sub-micron spatial resolution are used in experimental model systems of health, injury and disease.

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