PhD student and/or postdoc position in the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Trondheim, Norway

We invite applications for a PhD student and/or a postdoctoral fellow in the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and the Centre for the Biology of Memory (www.ntnu.no/cbm) at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, located in Trondheim, Norway, to study the function of hippocampus circuitry in learning and memory, using a multi-disciplinary approach combining virus-mediated genetic manipulation, optical stimulation and multi-unit recording techniques in behaving rodents. Our interest focuses particularly on understanding the function of the dentate gyrus and adult neurogenesis (Ref. Tashiro et al. Nature 442:929-33, 2006. J Neurosci, 27:3252-9, 2007. Leutgeb et al. Science, 315:961-6, 2007).

Candidates are expected to perform construction and characterization of new viral vectors and unit recording from specific neuronal populations in the dentate gyrus (granule cells, mossy cells and newborn granule cells) in behaving rodents. Candidates should have a strong background in Neuroscience, with experience/knowledge in Molecular Biology and/or Electrophysiology.

To apply, please send C.V. and a description of your research interest by email to ayumu.tashiro@ntnu.no