Neuroscience (Associate Professor)

Therapeutic Innovation Center at Baylor College of Medicine (THINC@BCM)
Houston, TX
Category Education
Job Description
Role Overview

An Associate Professor position is available in the St-Pierre lab in the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. The applicant will characterize and apply novel light-responsive proteins to advance tools for imaging and controlling neural activity.

What You Will Do

Characterize light-gated ion channels, evaluate GEVI performance, perform structure-function analysis, discover and clone novel channelrhodopsins, and analyze data using commercial software and custom pipelines.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have experience in neuroscience, electrophysiology, and optical imaging, and will be able to mentor and train junior lab members.

Requirements

  • Ph.D. in Neuroscience or related field
  • Postdoctoral experience in neuroscience, electrophysiology, and optical imaging
  • Experience with patch clamp electrophysiology, fluorescence and two-photon microscopy, and commercial software and custom pipelines

Benefits

  • Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer
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