Postdoctoral / Research Specialist position in Behavioral Neuroscience & Methods Developement
The Reiser lab at the Janelia Research Campus seeks creative scientists to join us in figuring out how vision works and how it turns into behavior in the increasingly tractable fly brain. This position will focus on developing and using new behavioral methods to push the limits of laboratory Drosophila behaviors, possibly merging with ongoing neurophysiology experiments. If you love (or want to get better at) tinkering with instruments, programming, open science, and enabling great experiments, this position could be for you!
In our lab we use behavioral, anatomical, imaging, electrophysiological, and computational methods to understand the neural circuits for vision and navigation in Drosophila. This is an exciting time to be working on the fly brain! We will soon have full brain connectomes AND precise genetic access to nearly every cell type in the brain.
Many project directions are possible that are related to our active research topics:
- visual feature detection & visual place learning
- visual motion guided behaviors
- neuromodulation of visual pathways during behavior
- new behaviors to be developed!
Requirements:
- A keen interest in animal behavior and/or unraveling brain function.
- Postdoc: Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Biology, BioEngineering, Computer Science, or other quantitative fields / Research Specialist: advanced degree in one of these fields preferred.
- Experience in some of these areas: animal behavior, instrumentation, neurophysiology, Drosophila molecular/genetic methods, neuroanatomy, computer vision, and machine learning.
- Familiarity with scientific computing environments and open-source software development (preferred but lack of this experience should not discourage interested applicants).
Janelia is a unique, exciting research environment near Washington, D.C., with abundant opportunities for collaboration and learning new things. Interested applicants should apply by email (reiserm 'at' janelia.hhmi.org).
The Reiser lab is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment. Members of groups underrepresented in science are especially encouraged to apply.
HHMI is an equal opportunity employer.
Graduate Program
If you are interested in the Janelia Graduate Program, or if you are at Johns Hopkins and would like to do a summer rotation in my lab, you will find helpful information here.
HHMI is an equal opportunity employer.
Undergraduate Program
If you are an undergraduate student interested in working here for a few months, try the Janelia Summer program.