The Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Neurotechnology & Biophysics

Position ID:The Rockefeller University-Laboratory of Neurotechnology & Biophysics-POSTDOC [#20012]
Position Title: Postdoctoral Positions: Optical Neurotechnology Development and Systems Neuroscience
Position Type:Postdoctoral
Position Location:New York, New York 10065, United States
Subject Areas: Neuroengineering
Biotechnology
Neuroscience / Computational, Computational neuroscience, Neuroscience, Systems neuroscience
Biophysics / Biological Physics
Physics / Biological Physics, Biophysics, Optical & Laser Physics, Optical Physics, optics, Optics and Photonics, Quantum Computation, Quantum Computing, Quantum Optics, Quantum Optics and Quantum Science, Quantum Science (more...)
Appl Deadline: (posted 2021/10/11, listed until 2022/04/11)
Position Description:    

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The emergence of new optical technologies combined with advanced computational and molecular tools have led to major advances of our understanding of how the circuitry and dynamics of neuronal populations give rise to brain functions and behavior. Our lab has been focused on the development and application of advanced optical imaging technologies to advance neuroscience. Over the last years, we have developed a portfolio of optical technologies that allow for large-scale and whole-brain optical recording and manipulation of neuroactivity at high spatiotemporal resolution across model systems with an emphasis on development of imaging tools for highly scattering brain tissues [1-9]. In our most recent imaging technology, we have demonstrated that up to 1 million neurons distributed across different depths of both hemispheres of the mouse cortex can be recorded at single cell resolution [9].

How would you push microscopy and imaging technologies further, and which fundamental questions in neuroscience would you be able to uniquely address with such capabilities?

We are welcoming applications from creative, highly motivated, and ambitious candidates interested in pursuing projects based on their own ideas or within existing lines of work in the lab in either of the above areas.

Positions
Depending on candidates’ background, experience, and interest, positions are available in one or more of the following projects:
  • Development of new high-speed optical methods for large scale recording of neuroactivity
  • Imaging through scattering media
  • Multi-regional representation and processing of information across the mammalian cortex
  • Applications of new conceptual ideas from quantum optics and ultrafast optics to bio-imaging and biology

Qualifications
  • Highly motivated, ambitious, and creative
  • Ph.D. in physics, (quantum) optics, optical engineering, electrical engineering or systems neuroscience
  • Prior experimental work in one and more of these areas is highly desirable: designing and constructing optical setups or instruments, working experience with ultra-fast laser systems and optics, fiber optics, AMO physics, light/matter interaction, statistical data analysis, systems neuroscience, in vivo imaging and animal experience (craniotomy surgery, rodent behavior)
  • Basic programming skills (e.g. Matlab, Python, LabView)
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills, ability to work in an interdisciplinary team and willingness to work outside their core expertise

How to apply
Interested candidates should send their CV including list of their publications as well as the contact information of at least two references to vaziriadmin@rockefeller.edu. For more information and to see our list of open positions, please visit our website at: https://vaziri.rockefeller.edu/

References
  1. Andrasfalvy, B., et al., Two-photon Single Cell Optogenetic Control of Neuronal Activity by Sculpted Light. PNAS, (2010). 107(26): 11981-11986.
  2. Losonczy, A., et al., Network mechanisms of theta related neuronal activity in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Nature Neuroscience, (2010). 13(8): 967-72.
  3. Schrodel, T., et al., Brain-wide 3D imaging of neuronal activity in Caenorhabditis elegans with sculpted light. Nature Methods, (2013). 10(10): 1013-1020.
  4. Prevedel, R., et al., Simultaneous whole-animal 3D imaging of neuronal activity using light-field microscopy. Nature Methods, (2014). 11(7): 727-730
  5. Prevedel, R. et al., Fast volumetric calcium imaging across multiple cortical layers using sculpted light. Nature Methods, (2016). 13: 1021-1028
  6. Skocek,O., et al., High-speed volumetric imaging of neuronal activity in freely moving rodents. Nature Methods, (2018). 15: 429–432.
  7. Nöbauer, T., et al., Video rate volumetric Ca2+ imaging across cortex using seeded iterative demixing (SID) microscopy. Nature Methods, (2017). 14: 811-81.
  8. Weisenburger, S. et al., Volumetric Ca2+ Imaging in the Mouse Brain using Hybrid Multiplexed Sculpted Light (HyMS) Microscopy. Cell (2019), 177: 1-17.
  9. Demas, J., et al., High-Speed, Cortex-Wide Volumetric Recording of Neuroactivity at Cellular Resolution using Light Beads Microscopy. Nature Methods, (2021). 18: 1103-1111.

Application Materials Required:
Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:
And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:
https://vaziri.rockefeller.edu/
email
 
1230 York Ave Box 221
New York, NY 10065