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The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS is seeking a candidate for the position of:

Postdoctoral Researcher

at the Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Behavioral Neuroscience

Number of available positions: 1

Place of work: Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Behavioral Neuroscience, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, PAS

Researcher career profiles (R1-R4): R2

Field of science: Neuroscience

Type of recruitment: NCN Maestro

Requirements:

• • Education: PhD in Neuroscience or Bioinformatics;
• • Professional experience: behavioral and/or molecular neuroscience; or bioinformatics;
• • Skills: brain surgery and behavioral tests on rodents, or advanced image and data analysis;
• • Experience in iDISCO brain clearing, light sheet microscopy and data analysis, miniendoscopes application in a behaving mouse, network analysis would be a key asset;
• • Strong interest in the brain research;
• • Proficiency in English;
• • Exceptional motivation for the scientific research (demonstrated via publications, references of the candidate's thesis tutor);
• • Doctoral degree obtained not earlier than 7 years before the year of employment in the project. The period of 7 years may be extended by the duration specified in the NCN regulations.

Project description:

Scope of tasks:

Neuronal basis of spatial choice.

Hippocampus is a part of our brain system for spatial navigation and memory, as well as one of the most investigated regions of the brain. However, recent experiments showed that our understanding of its the function is incomplete and can be challenged. In particular, our experiments show that inactivation of hippocampus impairs spatial choice in close-to-ecologic conditions, but it has no impact on memory. Moreover, we observed that cellular and behavioural mechanisms that support spatial choice in old mice differ from those observed in young animals. Motivated by these observations we will investigate neuronal networks that support spatial choice, and, in particular, the role of the hippocampus in these networks. To this end we plan to accomplish three tasks: identify brain networks activated during spatial choice training; analyze activity of hippocampal neurons during spatial choice and analyze brain networks during spatial choice in the aged brain. We will implement novel technologies to visualize the networks and present their characteristics with single cell resolution both ex vivo (iDISCO) and in a behaving animal (mini-endoscopes). This project will be performed in collaboration with dr. Xiaoke Chen (Stanford University) and Alessio Attardo (Max Plank Institute of Psychiatry), we will introduce in the lab cutting-edge technologies that allow for whole-brain imaging ex vivo and in vivo imaging of the hippocampus of the living mouse.

Employment conditions:

• • Full time contract;
• • An employment contract for 12 months;
• • Remuneration PLN 6 500 net/month;
• • Access to modern equipment and support from other experienced researchers;
• • Possibility for extensive interdisciplinary collaborations within the team and in the Institute, as well as international collaborations with Academia.

Application procedure and deadline:

Required documents:

• • CV;
• • Letter-of-intent;
• • 2 letters of reference;
• • Copy of PhD diploma (or equivalent);
• • Contact information, including e-mail address and phone number;
• • Statement by the candidate that he/she will not receive remuneration from other projects funded by the National Science Centre;
• • Declaration that the candidate will not take up other jobs during the period of employment in the project.

You can use the foreign equivalent of a Polish academic degree if it meets at least one of the following criteria:

• • is covered by the provisions of an international agreement on the equivalence of education,
• • was issued by an authorized institution operating in an EU, OECD or EFTA Member State,

• • was issued in another country and recognized on the basis of the regulations on the recognition of academic degrees obtained abroad (learn more about the procedure for the recognition of academic degrees:

  https://nawa.gov.pl/en/recognition/recognition-for-professional-purposes/recognition-of-scientific-degrees-and-titles

Applications should be sent to postdoc@nencki.edu.pl with note: “KR MAESTRO” till 28 February 2026.

Link to website: https://radwanskalab.eu/