Neuroscience Epilepsy Research Postdoctoral Program Fellowships in University of California

UC Irvine offers a Neuroscience Epilepsy Research Postdoctoral Program Fellowship. The Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral program in Epilepsy Research has multiple openings for non-tenured, academic term appointments as Postdoctoral Scholar. The program supports diverse approaches to the understanding of the fundamental neurobiological processes leading to epilepsy and/or holding promise for its cure. Participating laboratories include:

Tallie Z. Baram, PhD, MD: Mechanisms of epileptogenesis after febrile seizures, regulation of ion channels, in vivo and in vitro imaging.

Devin Binder, MD: Water transport and water channels in epilepsy, Aquaporins, optical imaging

Steven Cramer, MD: Functional imaging and robotics for identification and cure of excitotoxic and ischemic insults,

Christine M. Gall, PhD: Neurotrophins, integrins, activity-dependent plasticity

Alan L. Goldin, MD, PhD: Sodium channels, transgenic approaches, electrophysiology

Gary Lynch, PhD: Regulation of excitability and synaptic function and plasticity

Charles E. Ribak, PhD: Granule cell plasticity, neuroanatomy

Mick Rugg, PhD: Functional imaging of learning and memory circuits in health and disease

Ivan Soltesz, PhD: Electrophysiology, computational neurobiology, interneurons and inhibition

Martin Smith, PhD: Novel signaling- Agrin and neuronal excitability

Oswald Steward, PhD: Mechanisms of vulnerability to excitotoxicity

John Weiss, MD, PhD: Excitotoxicity, calcium and zinc trafficking

See:http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/epilepsyresearch/

These positions starting Fall 2009 are funded by an NIH training grant (T-32); eligible candidates must be U.S. citizens or non-citizen nationals or must be lawfully admitted for permanent residence. An MD or PhD degree is required, and MD qualified candidates are highly encouraged to apply. Salary is commensurate with experience and based on the Kirschstein-NRSA postdoctoral stipend levels for 2009. Candidates should submit resume and references to: tallie@uci.edu Postdoctoral Search/ Epilepsy, c/o Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology; University of California, Irvine; Irvine, CA 92697-1275.