{"id":4771,"date":"2018-02-19T07:41:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2018-02-19T07:41:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:41:42","slug":"postdoc-position-at-imperial-college-london-optics-holography-neuroscience-optogenetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/19\/postdoc-position-at-imperial-college-london-optics-holography-neuroscience-optogenetics\/","title":{"rendered":"Postdoc position at Imperial College London &#8211; optics, holography, neuroscience, optogenetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"884\" height=\"675\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4772\" srcset=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture.png 884w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture-300x229.png 300w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture-768x586.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Post by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/a.foust\">Amanda Foust<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Applications are invited for the above post to work with Dr. Amanda Foust (Bioengineering department) and Prof. Pier Luigi Dragotti (Electrical and Electronic Engineering department) on a BBSRC funded project in Neurotechnology. Our objective is to develop a new high speed, high throughput, three-dimensional imaging modality to track network-level neuronal activity in mammalian brain. This cross-disciplinary project will integrate fields of neurophysiology, optical engineering, signal and image processing. <\/p>\n<p>The successful candidate will build, test and optimize the new optical system in live mouse brain slices. This will include two-photon, holographic optogenetic neuron stimulation and simultaneous imaging with synthetic or genetically-encoded fluorescent calcium indicators. S\/he will work closely with a PDRA co-supervised by Prof Dragotti to process and interpret image data. <\/p>\n<p>The successful candidate will have a PhD (or be very near completion, or equivalent) in neurosciences, physics, engineering or a related topic. Experience in neuronal functional imaging, voltage and\/or calcium fluorescence, is a requirement. Additional experience with brain slice electrophysiology including whole-cell patch clamp, optogenetic neuronal stimulation and\/or two-photon microscopy is desirable. The successful candidate will receive further training in optical system design, alignment, optimization and maintenance from Dr. Foust. The successful candidate will also have a good publication record, be able to show evidence of working well in teams, and demonstrate an ability to work to tight deadlines. Preference will be given to candidates with a deep experimental background, and to those with experience writing custom neurophysiology data acquisition\/analysis software in Matlab, Python or other language. The ideal candidate would be a \u201ctool developer\u201d as well as \u201ctool user.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/jobs\/description\/ENG00212\/research-assistantassociate\">Link to job ad with application instruction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pwpimage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"286\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4773\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n<em>Post by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/a.foust\">Amanda Foust<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Applications are invited for the above post to work with Dr. Amanda Foust (Bioengineering department) and Prof. Pier Luigi Dragotti (Electrical and Electronic Engineering department) on a BBSRC funded&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/19\/postdoc-position-at-imperial-college-london-optics-holography-neuroscience-optogenetics\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21,54,15],"class_list":["post-4771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","tag-imaging","tag-jobs","tag-optics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4774,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions\/4774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}