Post Doc Research Fellow Lab

Elise Cope’s Lab (copelab.org) in the Department of Neuroscience and the Center of Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG) at the University of Virginia is seeking to hire a motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to investigate how structural plasticity contributes to social memory function in the healthy and diseased brain. Research in the lab focuses on hippocampal microcircuits underlying social memory, with an emphasis on the roles of adult-born neurons, perineuronal nets, and microglia. The Cope Lab employs behavioral, histological, pharmacologic, environmental, transgenic, viral, chemogenetic, and in vivo electrophysiological methods to uncover how these cells and their cellular or extracellular structures interact and collectively shape hippocampal social memory function.Postdoctoral Research Associates will manage their own projects, interact with other lab members and collaborators, present their work at lab meetings and conferences, and contribute to grant applications and manuscripts for publication. Candidates will be expected to learn new techniques as a part of their training requirement. This position also includes opportunities to help mentor and teach students.The position is a 12-month appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and the availability of funding.Postdoctoral employment is temporary and is normally limited to an individual who has been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate within the previous five years and who will be involved in full-time research or scholarship at the University. Employment as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is viewed as training and is preparatory for a full-time academic or research career, is supervised by a senior scholar, and allows the appointee to publish the results of his/her research or scholarship during the training period.The University of Virginia is located in picturesque and historical Charlottesville, with outstanding schools, affordable housing, is less than two hours from Washington, DC, and only an hour away from Richmond, VA.Doctoral degree in neuroscience, or a related field by the start date of the appointmentFirst author publication(s)Experience in the independent conduct of laboratory experiments including experimental design, data display in figures, data analysis including standard statistical analyses, and data managementInterest and confidence in developing new techniques for hypothesis testingHigh level of motivation and technical capacity to drive a research projectStrong organizational skills and attention to detailExcellent communication skills, demonstrated by a strong publication record, consistent with the candidate's career stage, and presentations at conferencesAbility to work with others as part of a team, including both teaching and learning from othersPreferred Qualifications:Experience with one or more of these methods: mouse handling, stereotaxic survival surgery, behavior testing, immunohistochemistry, confocal imaging, in vivo neural recordings.This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.This position is a restricted position and is dependent upon project need, availability of funding, and performance. Internal applicants may search and apply for jobs on the UVA Internal Careers website.Complete an application online with the following documents:Cover letter Curriculum vitae (CV)Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration. References will be completed via UVA’s standardized process Skill Survey. For questions about the application process, please contact Jon Freeman, Recruiter, at View email address on click.appcast.io more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see and The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Job SummaryJob number: R0071681Profession: Research