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