AC bachelor within circuit neuroscience research

The Department of Biomedicine at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as a AC bachelor within basic neuroscience as per 1st January 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a fixed-term (3 years) full-time for the first 8 months then transitions to part-time (10 hours per week).

The department of Biomedicine prioritises diversity and a good work environment, as this is a prerequisite for groundbreaking research. In a diverse and international research environment, dedicated employees are looking to generate new knowledge within biomedical research areas such as infection and inflammation, membranes, neuroscience and personalised medicine. The Department of Biomedicine provides research-based teaching of the highest quality and is responsible for a large part of the medical degree programme. Academic staff contribute to the teaching. English is the preferred language in the laboratory, at meetings and at seminars. The department employs approx. 500 people from all over the world, and they make use of the department's modern laboratory-, core- and animal facilities. The Department of Biomedicine focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration with business and industry, and numerous researchers from the department have established companies to develop new medicinal treatments founded in professional scientific basic research. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here .

Your job responsibilities

As AC bachelor, your primary tasks are to support animal experiment research and data analysis. You contribute to an ongoing project concerned with delineating the circuit and function of neocortex, through data acquisition and analysis. In your daily work, you have a close interaction with competent colleagues.

Your main tasks will consist of:

• Support process of mouse brain surgery, behavioral experiment, and tissue clearing.
• Develop new experimental approach for the project
• Analyze data using open-source packages run by Matlab and Anaconda, including DeepLabCut, Brainreg, and AMaZiNe
• Develop new analysis codes/function appropriate for the newly acquired data
• Administrative responsibilities including presentation of progress in lab meeting

You will report to the Head of Department.

Your competences

You have a background within basic neuroscience research with particular interest in understanding the circuit mechanism of learning and memory. You also have a track-record of using Anaconda terminal to run DeepLabCut and Brainreg, and Matlab-based app like BehaviorDEPOT and AMaZiNe for behavior and image data analysis. The prior knowledge of tissue clearing process is a plus.

As a person, you are reliable, self-driven, and like to figure out the problem. You also have good interpersonal and communication skills, are inclusive and team-oriented and able to contribute to a good work environment.

We expect you to be fluent in oral and written English.

Questions about the position

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Naoki Yamawaki tel.:

Your place of work will be the Department of Biomedicine, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

We expect to conduct interviews December 2023. You may be given a case in connection with the interviews.

Terms of employment

Terms of employment and pay are regulated by the collective agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and academics in the state (AC).

Application

Your application must include the following:

• Motivated application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Indication of education (a copy of the diplomas should be uploaded)
• References/recommendations can be uploaded separately in the recruitment system

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Aarhus University's ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University's recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

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