What are the responsibilities and job description for the RESEARCH FELLOW position at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans?
Title: RESEARCH FELLOW
Employee Type: Fellows
Department: LSUNO Anatomy
Campus Location: ANATOMY
Job Summary/Basic Functions
The Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy seeks a postdoctoral fellow with a PhD in Physics, Engineering, Computational Neuroscience or a related field This individual will collaborate with Dr. Carmen Canavier on computationally intensive projects. One project involves modeling the local circuit in the medial entorhinal cortex with respect to theta nested gamma and grid cell activity and the other involves modeling the local circuit in hippocampal area CA1 with respect to cholinergic modulation and place field formation.
Required qualifications include excellent Python programming skills, proficiency in working in the Linux Environment, and proficiency in utilizing HPC clusters and SLURM scripts. Experience with Neuron and/or Netpyne Software Packages, large scale neural simulations and/or bifurcation analysis of the genesis of oscillations is preferred but not required.
Minimum Qualifications
Required Education: PhD
Required Field of Study: Physics, Engineering, Computational Neuroscience or a related field
Additional Information About Our School/Department
Comprehensive benefits are available to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; generous annual and sick leave; 14 paid holidays per year; and an employee health primary care clinic. See following link for more details on our benefits offerings: LSUHSC, New Orleans - Benefits
Other employee benefits include a full-service credit union, wellness benefits featuring complimentary fitness center membership for employees and their spouses, employee assistance program, campus assistance program, and pet insurance option. More information about these benefits can be found on this webpage: Additional Benefits