Behavior + Electrophysiology Postdoc Fully Funded - University of Michigan
 Society for Neuroscience | |
 United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor | |
 Apr 29, 2025 | |
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Behavior + Electrophysiology Postdoc Fully Funded - University of Michigan
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Job Details The laboratory of Brendon Watson at the University of Michigan Medical School is searching for 1full-time fully-funded postdoctoral fellow in systems neuroscience. Our lab specializes in long-duration electrophysiology+behavior experiments to study electrophysiologic correlates of factors impacting mental health. In these experiments, we are focusing recordingdaily rhythms in a diurnal rodent sincethey may providetranslatability to human biology thantypical nocturnal lab rodents. We combine long-duration recordings with complementaryanalyses of long-term state of network to try to better understand factors underlying psychiatric disorders and general neural processing. We would train the postdoc in our specific techniques including EEG, silicon probe recordings, sleep scoring, EEG/LFP analyses, spike sorting, spiking analytics and automated behavior scoring. We will study both healthy animals and disease models. Ideal applicants will have experience in acombination of rodent electrophysiologic recordings, rodent behavior, and coding (MATLAB or Python). Interested applicants please reply to brendonw@umich.edu, Please include CV, letter of intent/summary of background and copies of published articles relevant to your application. More information: https://sites.google.com/view/watsonlab/ Company Assistant professor in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Michigan who conducts basic neuroscience research and treats patients with psychiatric disease. | |