Postdoc: Brain Circuits of Stress & Resilience

Posted 9 days ago

anacker labNew York (NY)

Neuropsychologists Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

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About the role

Anacker Lab at Columbia University and NYSPI is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to study neural circuits governing stress vulnerability and resilience in mice. The role focuses on how early life adversity shapes hippocampal and corticolimbic function to influence fear and cognitive flexibility. Responsibilities include stereotaxic surgeries, behavior testing, projection-specific optogenetic/chemogenetic manipulations, in vivo Ca 2+ imaging, data analysis with MATLAB/Python, and contributing to

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