Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Company: Columbia University
Location: New York
Posted on: March 15, 2025
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Job Description:
Columbia University in the City of New York: Zuckerman
Institute
Location
06
Open Date
Dec 23, 2024
Salary Range or Pay Grade
$71,050 - $72,116
Description
The Huston Lab is located within Columbia University's Mortimer B.
Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, which brings together
world-class scientists across academic disciplines conducting
pioneering research to transform our understanding of how the brain
works - and gives rise to mind and behavior. The Institute fosters
a collaborative and inclusive environment across 50 labs, advancing
insights into human health by exploring how the brain develops,
performs, endures and recovers.
At the Zuckerman Institute, we are committed to becoming a more
inclusive, equitable and diverse place of scientific discovery and
support a culture of respect. Promoting diversity in science will
help drive the transformative science that can change the
world.
Situated in the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on Columbia's
Manhattanville campus, the state-of-the-art building offers an
environment where the highest level of scholarly scientific
research takes place on a daily basis, with the benefit of being
located in the heart of New York, one of the world's most vibrant
and culturally rich cities.
The Huston Lab at the Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University
seeks a Postdoctoral Research Scientist experienced in
electrophysiology or quantitative behavior for projects using
Drosophila melanogaster as a model system to understand the
integration of visual and proprioceptive sensory inputs and their
consequences for motor control.
The lab uses electrophysiology, behavioral experiments,
"connectome" analysis, and genetic techniques to crack the neural
circuits that transform visual inputs into the motor outputs
underlying the Drosophila gaze stabilization behavior.
Qualifications
Hands-on experience in at least two of the following areas
required:
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