Postdoctoral Researcher at Northeastern University

We are searching for a highly motivated post-doctoral researcher to join a growing team investigating the effects of early life adversity on the developmental trajectories of corticolimbic connectivity, threat-response behavior, and neuroimmunology.

The successful candidate will have strong experience in one or more of the following:

• Rat models of behavior (Acoustic Startle and USV analyses a plus)
• Stereotaxic surgery
• Neuroimmunology
• Neuroedocrinology
• Developmental neuroscience
• Brain dissections
• Gene expression assays (RNAscope, rtPCR)

You will be expected to:

• Help manage the laboratory alongside our Senior Lab team
• Design, perform and publish experiments under supervision of PI
• Help PI mentor and teach techniques to graduate students and undergraduates

You should expect:

• Devoted mentorship toward your scientific and professional development
• A friendly group of collaborative and fun-loving colleagues
• An extended group of collaborative human and animal labs studying sex differences, adolescent development, and early life adversity

To Apply: Please send cover letter (including your research interests), CV, and two names who can provide recommendation letters by email to h.brenhouse@northeastern.edu

Visit our website: https://brenhouselab.sites.northeastern.edu/