Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-30035-393
Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY
•Onsite
About The Position
The fellow’s main research project would be part of a funded 5-year grant from the NIMH focused on the neural basis of depression. Successful applicants will use nonhuman primate behavior, electrophysiological recordings, chemogenetic activation, fMRI, and deep brain stimulation to investigate the how frontal cortex and interconnected structures are involved in controlling affective behavior in the context of depression.
Requirements
- PhD in neuroscience or psychology
- >3 years working with non-human primates in a neuroscience setting
Responsibilities
- Train non-human primates to perform behavioral tasks
- Record neural activity
- Conduct neurosurgeries with the laboratory team
- Acquire structural and functional MRI data
- Analyze high-dimensional neural data
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
