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Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Division: Neuroscience
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Work Location: Houston, TX
Salary Range: Per NIH Guidelines
FLSA Status: Exempt
Requisition ID: 16735
Summary
The St-Pierre lab (stpierrelab.com; Twitter: @StPierreLab) develops and applies new tools for monitoring and interrogating brain activity with millisecond-timescale temporal resolution. We seek an energetic team member to lead our efforts to characterize and apply new light-responsive proteins in vitro and in vivo. The successful candidate would work on two types of tools: (1) genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs), fluorescent biosensors that report voltage as changes in brightness, and (2) optogenetic silencers, light-gated channels that inhibit neuronal firing. Characterization of these tools requires simultaneous electrophysiological recordings and optical excitation/imaging. This position provides exciting opportunities to work with the latest optical technologies and develop new skills in two-photon voltage imaging, protein engineering, and synthetic biology.
Job Duties
- Documents results of experiments and reports to the principal investigator.
- Supervises, schedules and coordinates the activities of less experienced research staff.
- Cultures mammalian cells.
- Prepares brain slices, dissociated neurons, or both.
- Conducts experiments that combine electrophysiology and either optogenetic activation or optical imaging (multi-photon fluorescence microscopy).
- Maintains an electrophysiological rig, and troubleshooting if needed.
- Analyzes data using commercial software or customized data pipelines.
- Teaches techniques, procedures, and experimental design to other members of the lab.
- Communicates research results in group meetings, national or international conferences.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong track of publications.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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