Interesting Features at PWN for 9.14.15

Hello all! Keep an eye out for emails and announcements from PWN as we transition from using LinkedIn to Gmail for keeping in touch with our members. 

Career Advancement Opportunities: 

Tenure-track faculty positions available in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University

Fantastic opportunities for faculty positions in Behavioral Neuroscience and in Human Cognitive Neuroscience/Cognitive Psychology with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2016. Successful applicants will have a PhD in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field, and will have a strong record of research productivity.

Interested candidates for the Behavioral Neuroscience position should have interests and expertise in the mechanistic basis of behavior using animal models, and those with experience using cutting-edge approaches that integrate physiological or molecular methods with neural systems-level methods are especially encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates for the Human Cognitive Neuroscience/Cognitive Psychology position should have interests and expertise in human perception, memory, and/or cognition using one or more experimental methods.

More details and application portal in the link above.


Postdoctoral research position available in the Department of Pharmacology and Center for Substance Abuse Research at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia

Excellent opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher with a recent PhD degree in either neuroscience or pharmacology to study the neuropharmacology of designer cathinones found in 'bath salts' in the laboratory of Dr. Scott Rawls, PhD, at Temple University School of Medicine. The successful candidate will have experience in studying behavioral and neurochemical effects of drugs of abuse and will be motivated to develop or enhance expertise in use of self-administration assays, microdialysis assays, and immunohistochemical techniques to study behavioral, neurochemical, cellular, and neurotoxic effects of cathinones.

Apply: CV | contact information for 3 references
Send to: Dr. Scott Rawls, PhD | scott.rawls@temple.edu

Interesting Features at PWN for 8.1.15

I hope you have all had a fantastic summer so far! We are looking forward to another great year with PWN, and have arranged a PWN meeting to take place during the Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago in October. Additional details about the meeting will be forthcoming on this blog and via member emails, so keep an eye out for news from us!  


News from the PWN Pipeline: 

"If more directors took such steps, gender equity would be closer to reality."

Science writer Cynthia Fox covers a series of 'Women in Science' initiatives that have been put in place by director Dr. Douglas Hilton of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia to eliminate gender bias among researchers at the Institute. Some of his policies included appointing additional female department heads and senior professors, providing grants for female laboratory directors, offering technical help and potential job sharing for post doctoral mothers, establishing private breastfeeding rooms, and putting more women on committees to select speakers and award promotions. The article is an interesting read, and offers a contrast between efforts and policies enforced in Australia to combat gender inequity and those in the United States.


Career Advancement Opportunities: 

Post-doctoral research position available immediately in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA

A fantastic opportunity for a postdoctoral and highly motivated candidate with a strong background in molecular and cellular neuroscience to join the Sadri-Vakili NeuroEpigenetics Laboratory at MGH in Boston, MA.

The laboratory is focused on determining the molecular mechanisms that cause neurological and psychiatric disorders. In addition, researchers test the therapeutic potential of novel compounds for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease, and employ numerous techniques from assessing animal behavior to analyzing specific epigenetic modifications.

The successful candidate will have have experience working with rodent models, and will have established laboratory skills such as immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting, qPCR, and microscopy.

Apply: CV, brief description of research interests | contact information for 3 references

Send to: Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili | gsadrivakili@mgh.harvard.edu

Joint tenure-track faculty position available in Integrative Physiology and Psychology/Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder

An excellent opportunity for scientists with a PhD in neuroscience, physiology or a related science field to develop an active research program that implements transformative neuroscience and biomedical research approaches to explore the functioning of the nervous system in health and disease in humans and/or animal models. 

Successful candidates will demonstrate an outstanding record of research achievement and research funding success appropriate to level of seniority, as well as a demonstrated history of successful collaborative, interdisciplinary research, and a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education. 

More details in the link below

Information/Application portal | https://www.jobsatcu.com/postings/106168