Topic: neural plasticity

A tenured associate professorship supports research across neuroscience, including neural plasticity, development, genetics and aging. Experimental, computational, cellular and non-model-organism approaches are welcome. The appointee develops interdisciplinary collaborations across biology and neuroscience, teaches and mentors students, and contributes university service. Application review begins 1 December 2026 and continues until filled.

The CNS is responsive to an ever-changing environment. Until recently, studies of neural plasticity focused almost exclusively on functional and structural changes of neuronal synapses. In recent years, myelin plasticity has emerged as a potential modulator of neural networks. Myelination of previously unmyelinated axons, and changes in the structure on already-myelinated axons, can have large effects on network function. The heterogeneity of the extent of how axons in the CNS are myelinated offers diverse scope for dynamic myelin changes to fine-tune neural circuits. The traditionally held vi