Job ID: 361668 About the Job
In this short-term postdoc position, you will conductexperiments to determine the effect of NMDA agonists and antagonists on coupling between AII amacrine cells in the mouse retina. You willuse neurobiotin tracer coupling to assess coupling between these amacrine cells. Qualifications
RequiredQualifications:
* A Doctorate Degree (PhD, which is completed within the last 3 years) in the field of neuroscience
* Previousexperience in dual-whole-cell voltage-clamp
* Previous experience using mouse retinal slice and whole-mount preparations
* Previousexperience with tracer coupling using neurobiotin injections
* Previous experience in immunohistochemistry
* Previous experience using"Symphony" acquisition and analysis software
* Previous experience using confocal microscopy and Fluoview software Aboutthe Department
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. It is an interdisciplinary science thatcollaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics, medicine and allied disciplines,philosophy, physics, and psychology.
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