Postdoctoral Positions in Integrative Neuroscience 2011 at NUIG

Personal Scholarship Essay The successful candidate will work on a work program that will employ, integrated, multidisciplinary, whole-system approach to explain the interaction of neural neurobiology of anxiety-pain, with special emphasis on the role of the endogenous cannabinoid system. Neurobiological mechanisms underlying fear-induced analgesia and hyperalgesia related concerns will be investigated.

Position Details:

This Personal Scholarship Essay post is funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Principal Investigator Program grant of ~ € 1 million to Dr. David P. Finn, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, NUI Galway (for more information and the latest publications see http:// www.nuigalway.ie / pharmacology / Dr_David_Finn.html). The work will involve collaboration with Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and the National Center for Biomedical Engineering Science at NUI Galway, University of Nottingham and University College London. Successful candidates will join a vibrant group of researchers at NUI Galway's Neuroscience Cluster (http://ncbes.nuigalway.ie/neuroscience.aspx) and the Center for Pain Research (http://www.nuigalway.ie/centre_pain_research/).

Essential Qualifications:

Personal Scholarship Essay Applicants must have completed, or close to completion, PhD in a relevant field and have an interest in pursuing pre-clinical research into pain, stress / anxiety and their interaction. http://www.callforpapersinfo.com
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Desired Qualifications: The Personal Scholarship Essay ideal candidate will have significant experience in one or more of the following: Behavioral neuroscience / neuropharmacology, pre-clinical pain, stress and / or models of anxiety research; stereotaxic surgery, intracerebral and intrathecal injection; immunohistochemical, neurochemical; in. vivo microdialysis coupled to HPLC, mass spectrometry for quantitation of small molecules, Western immunoblotting, RT-qPCR. Peer-reviewed publications in areas relevant to the project are also desirable.

Application Deadline:
Application Deadline June 3, 2011

Further details:
For more information about these scholarships please visit the link below.

http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/docs/Postdoctoral%20Researcher%20NUIG%2035-11.doc