STAFF SCIENTIST SR

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lsuHarahan (LA)

Molecular and Cellular Biologists Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

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About the role

The Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy seeks a senior staff scientist with a PhD in Physics, Engineering or a related field as well as a minimum of three years postdoctoral work in a biologically related field. This individual will collaborate with Dr. Carmen Canavier on computationally intensive projects and will be expected to develop collaborations with other LSUHSC faculty that require the successful candidate’s computational expertise. These collaborative efforts are expected to result in extramural funding.

Required qualifications: Proficiency in Neuron and/or Netpyne Software Packages Excellent Python programming skills Proficiency in working in the Linux Environment Proficiency in utilizing HPC clusters and SLURM scripts Experience with large scale neural simulations and bifurcation analysis of the genesis of oscillations is preferred but not required.

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