Molecular Neuroscience jobs

PhD project in Corette Wierenga's lab at the Donders Centre for Neuroscience (Faculty of Science), part of the Donders Institute, on how plasticity at multiple synapses is coordinated within dendrites of hippocampal CA1 neurons in brain slices. Using single-cell electrophysiology, two-photon glutamate uncaging at multiple spines, advanced microscopy and…

Investigate differences in animal behaviour using single-nucleus transcriptomic analysis of brain tissue in the School of Psychology. The researcher will collect, process and interpret gene-expression data, maintain reproducible open-source analysis workflows, and contribute to data governance, publications and student supervision. This is a two-year,…

Postdoc in the Translational Molecular Imaging Lab (Nordberg and Chiotis Lab), Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, at KI Campus Flemingsberg. The lab develops and characterises PET tracers for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative proteinopathies, focusing on how neuroinflammation interacts with…

Develop a quantitative single-molecule imaging platform for drug discovery with Steven F. Lee. The initial focus is alpha-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease. Responsibilities include assay development, higher-throughput compound screening, image-analysis pipelines and coordination with academic and commercial partners. The role also contributes to…

Three-year training and development position in Dr Greg Jefferis's group in the Neurobiology Division of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, within a programme on molecular connectomics in Drosophila. The programme develops methods to map neuronal gene and protein expression onto reference electron microscopy connectomes and uses them to study the…

Establish an independent research programme on the cellular and molecular biology of aging in humans or model systems. Relevant topics include senescence, protein homeostasis, metabolism, mitochondrial biology, genome stability, epigenetic regulation, stem cells and the neurobiology of aging. The appointment includes teaching, mentoring, collaborative…

The Loerch laboratory studies neuronal ribosomes and protein synthesis. The intern will organize structural datasets, build reproducible analysis software, compare structural features, and investigate ribosome states in cellular cryo-EM images using two-dimensional template matching. Machine learning may form part of the work. The appointment is up to 20…

PhD project in Evgenia Salta's Neurogenesis & Neurodegeneration lab at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, run jointly with Carlos Fitzsimons's group at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, and funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Competition. The project asks how repetitive mild traumatic brain injury…

The Nirschl laboratory develops AI methods for human neurodegenerative disease. Projects combine whole-slide pathology, clinical and imaging records, molecular measurements and spatial omics to study tissue phenotypes and validate biomarkers in Alzheimer’s and Lewy body diseases. Responsibilities include model development and evaluation, reproducible…

The Simo and La Torre labs in the UC Davis School of Medicine (Cell Biology and Human Anatomy) are recruiting a full-time Junior Specialist in developmental neuroscience for a short-term appointment of up to two years. Research (90% effort) covers neuronal development, neuron migration and nervous system morphogenesis: maintaining and breeding mice, sample…

The Department of Neurobiology in the UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences is conducting an open search for non-tenured Project Scientists at the Assistant, Associate or Full level to carry out independent and collaborative research. Topics include neural circuits, neurotransmitter switching, genetics, cholinergic transmission, axon guidance, synapse…

The UC Irvine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is recruiting a full-time Assistant Professor in the In-Residence series (UCI Academic Senate membership) for a physician-scientist in human neuropathology focused on neurodegeneration, with 80% time for independent research and 20% on the clinical neuropathology service. Experience in an…

The Center for Neuroscience in the College of Biological Sciences and the Department of Neurology in the School of Medicine at UC Davis are recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in fundamental neuroscience: a researcher using cutting-edge approaches to understand mechanisms of brain function and dysfunction at the molecular, synaptic, circuit or…

The Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at UCSF, in the Sandler Neurosciences Center at Mission Bay, studies how the conformational heterogeneity, maturation and transmission of proteopathic assemblies (prions) of tau, amyloid-beta and alpha-synuclein differ across neural cell types and diseases. The Professional Researcher helps manage and contributes…

Support computational studies of why individuals differ in normal brain ageing. The technical role analyses large biological datasets, including single-cell genomic and transcriptomic measurements.

Provide experimental support for research on neurological and psychiatric disease mechanisms. The laboratory studies abnormal protein aggregation and disturbances in RNA translation.

Produce and characterize viral tools for brain-cell labelling, circuit tracing and functional manipulation at the Allen Institute. The Molecular Genetics Viral Technology team works with AAV, lentiviral and rabies-virus preparations. Responsibilities include molecular cloning, DNA/RNA purification, cell culture, virus production and titration, and in vitro…

The WashU Medicine Department of Neurology is recruiting a Senior Scientist to lead projects on cellular senescence, tau biology and their roles in neurodegenerative disease. The scientist co-designs and executes studies at the intersection of biological aging and neurodegeneration; develops cellular, molecular, biochemical and imaging techniques to study…

The Sternson Lab at the University of California, San Diego studies how neural circuits control appetite and motivated behavior. Its CaRMA imaging framework links large-scale measurements of neural activity in behaving mice to post hoc molecular identification of the same recorded neurons, combining in vivo two-photon calcium imaging with spatial…

Open-rank faculty recruitment covers systems, cellular, molecular, computational, clinical and cognitive neuroscience, including neural devices, neuroengineering and AI. Appointees build independent funded programmes, teach, mentor and collaborate across departments. Primary appointments match the research programme, with possible joint affiliations. The…

Study cellular mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease in the Jan Lab. Research integrates patient genetics, genomics and biomarkers with cellular and animal models, functional-genomic screening and measurements of morphology and transcription. Fellows develop independent projects during a three-year programme with a possible fourth year.

Support large-scale molecular profiling of neuronal populations and synapses in the Brain Proteome Organization team. Contribute to experimental workflows studying how proteins and their interactions shape synaptic physiology and brain-circuit connectivity.

Produce spatial-transcriptomic and in-situ-hybridisation data for classifying brain cell types. Execute high-throughput laboratory experiments, operate complex instruments and help troubleshoot and improve established workflows.

Brain Health is a new global collaborative research initiative designed to accelerate understanding of human brain diseases through large-scale human tissue analysis, open science, AI-enabled disease modeling, and translational platform technologies. Building on foundational advances in human brain cell atlases, quantitative neuropathology, single-cell and…