Senior Research Fellow in Neuroscience

About the role

As a senior research fellow, you will work in a dynamic and highly collaborative team investigating white matter damage during low blood flow, a condition which leads to dementia.

The role will require the generation of in vivo chronic hypoxia models and subsequent ex vivo and in vitro experiments to investigate the functional changes to white matter which occur during decreased brain blood flow and oxygenation. This will require surgical induction of chronic hypoxia in mice, and electrophysiological and imaging techniques and analysis.

You will be expected to design and perform your own experiments, complementing the work done by other researchers in the lab and in close collaboration with Dr Nicola Hamilton-Whitaker at King's College London. You will write your results for publication in peer-reviewed journals and present the data both internally and externally to the scientific community.

The role will also require you to contribute to the writing of grant applications and supporting the research and development of more junior colleagues within the lab.

Please contact Catherine Hall for informal enquiries.

About you

The successful candidate should hold a PhD in neuroscience and have several years of experience as a postdoctoral researcher. You should be competent in the bilateral carotid arterial stenosis (BCAS) surgical procedure in mice, and extensive experience of both electrophysiological and imaging techniques, using ex vivo and in vitro preparations. You should have several publications in peer-reviewed journals based on your previous work and have a strong history of collaborating and supporting less experienced lab members in their work.

About our School

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The School of Psychology is proud to hold a Silver Athena Swan Award.

Why work here

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Further Key Information

Please contact Catherine Hall, for informal enquiries.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.

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