3 PhD Positions in Cellular Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands (2017)

All projects use cultured rodent and human neurons, brain slices and genome editing to delete candidate genes or introduce disease-relevant variation and reporters. Main analysis tools are: cell biology, (electron-)microscopy and life cell imaging (Project 1), patch clamp physiology and fluorescence imaging (project 2) and fluorescent trafficking assays (project 3). All projects will test their main findings in more integrated models. You will be part of international research networks and exploit a variety of other analysis tools available here. You will be appointed in Amsterdam and work primarily in Amsterdam with regular visits to the other labs. The PhD-students will be trained on site. All the optical techniques, equipment, analysis software, viral vectors and mutant mice are available from the start of the project.

Requirements
We are looking for candidates that hold, or will soon hold, a master degree in (Medical) Biology, Biophysics or Physics, preferably with hands-on experience in the methods listed above, and a strong motivation to pursue a career in science.

Further details:
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