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    Posted: 9/6/2008   Deadline: None    Start Date: Immediately Available
    Job Title: Tenure Track Faculty Position
    Employer: Univerisity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
    Dept.: Neurosurgery
    Description: The UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship position in the Department of Neurological Surgery in the recently established Timothy Reynolds Family Spinal Cord Injury Laboratory. The SCI lab will focus on translational research that will provide the basis for treatment of acute and chronic spinal cord injury including the use of stem cell based therapies. The State of New Jersey has made abundant resources available for research in SCI to New Jerseybased researchers.
    We are seeking a dynamic individual with a Ph.D. and/or M.D./Ph.D. with experience in research related to experimental spinal cord injury or neuroregeneration and neuroprotection. Experience with stem cell based work is an additional advantage. The position includes substantial start-up support and 1500 sq. ft. of open lab space in a state-of-the-art, newly constructed, research facility with outstanding core facilities. The candidate should possess an established track record of successfully obtaining extramural research grants or have demonstrated strong potential for academic achievement and funding. Salary and title will be commensurate with experience.

     

    Posted: 9/6/2008   Deadline: October 1, 2008   Start Date: July 1, 2009
    Job Title: Tenure Track Faculty-Assistant Professor
    Employer: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Description: ....The Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites applications for two full time tenure-track faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor. The successful candidates will be expected to establish independent, extramurally funded research programs and contribute to the teaching programs of the College of Medicine and Graduate School. We seek individuals whose research interests complement existing strengths in the department, including intercellular and subcellular signal transduction, membrane trafficking, ion regulation, and cellular/molecular neurobiology. We are especially interested in individuals who can contribute to the development and expansion of campus-wide centers of excellence in cardiovascular diseases, tumor biology, neuroscience, aging, and musculoskeletal biology.

     

    Posted: 9/6/208   Deadline: None   Start Date: End of 2008
    JobTitle:Postdoctoral Fellow
    Employer: University of Illinois
    Description: A post-doctoral position is available to study neuroprotective actions of the heat shock response (HSR) in animal models of neurodegenerative disease. The primary focus will be to characterize the ability of small molecular weight inhibitors of HSP90 to suppress inflammatory gene activation in Tcells and in parenchymal glial cells in the MOG induced EAE model of MS.


    Posted:  8/21/2008       Deadline   Open until filled          Start Date  October 1, 2008
    Job Title: Research Scientist
    Employer:  Jesse Brown VA Medical Center; University of Illinois at Chicago

    Description:  To investigate cellular/molecular mechanisms of neuroregeneration and examine neurocognitive functions in a controlled cortical impact injury (CCI) mouse model of traumatic brain injury (TBI); and to evaluate neuroprotective potential of candidate therapeutic interventions in this CCI model of TBI.

     

    Posted:  5/24/2008       Deadline   None          Start Date  ASAP
    Job Title: Neuroscientist with TS/SCI
    Employer:  Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Reston,

    Description:  Conduct and support research into computer vision, especially in Automated Target Recognition (ATR) and Automated Feature Extraction (AFE) domains. Research and develop algorithmic approaches to application of biological cognitive mechanisms and heuristics to computer-based processing of panchromatic imagery. Work closely with universities to develop research projects and proposals for computer vision tasks.


    Posted: 3/7/2008      Deadline   None          Start Date April 1, 2008
    Job Title: Post-doctoral Fellow
    Employer: University of Kentucky
    Description: A NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available for 3 years in the laboratory of Dr. Franca Cambi in the Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. The candidate will direct a project related to the regulation of PLP alternative splicing in oligodendrocytes and axo-glial interactions in vivo in a novel knockin mouse. To apply, please send a complete CV, a letter with research interests and a summary of recent projects as well as the names and addresses of two references.

     

    Posted:  2/15/2008       Deadline   None          Start Date  Immediately Available
    Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
    Employer: INSERM
    Description:  A postdoctoral position is available immediately for 3 years, starting beginning of January. We are looking for a candidate with good skills in neural cell culture, immunohistochemistry, histology and molecular biology to study transcription factors that regulate oligodendrocyte development. The lab is part of the Neuroscience Institute (IFR70) at the Salpetriere Hospital (www.ifrns.chups.jussieu.fr). Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. To apply please send a complete CV, a letter of intention, and a summary of recent projects and scientific interests, as well as the names and addresses of two referees with letters of recommendation to: nait@chups.jussieu.fr


    Posted: 2/12/2008   Deadline: None    Start Date: Immediately Available
    Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroimmunology/Electrophysiology
    Employer: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Description:  A NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available immediately in the laboratory of Dr. Tammy Kielian in the Departments of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR, USA. The candidate will direct a project related to the effects of neuroinflammation on glial gap junction communication during CNS infections (See: J. Neurochem., 95:475-483, 2005; Glia, 55:104-117, 2007). Technical expertise in electrophysiology and confocal microscopy is essential.


    Posted: 2/12/2008   Deadline: None    Start Date: Immediately Available
    Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroimmunology
    Employer: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Description:

    A NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available immediately in the laboratory of Dr. Tammy Kielian in the Departments of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR, USA. The candidate will direct a project related to the interface between Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and Th17 lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of S. aureus infection in the brain (See: Infect. Immun., 73:7428-7435, 2005; J. Immunol., 176:6802-6811, 2006; J. Immunol., 178:4528-4537, 2007). Experience with mouse models of disease, flow cytometry, and recombinant viral vector technology is preferred.


    Posted:  2/3/2008       Deadline:  None           Start Date: Immediately Available
    Job Title: Post-doctoral Fellow or Assistant Scientist
    Employer:  Neurological Surgery , University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Description:  NIH funded postdoc/scientist position is available to study the mechanisms of inflammation in post-ischemic neuronal damage.
    For further info see http://www.neurosurg.wisc.edu/labs/vemuganti


    Posted:  2/3/2008        Deadline: April 1, 2008     Start Date: Summer/Fall 2008 (flexible)
    Job Title: Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Developmental Neuroscience
    Employer:  Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChildren’s Memorial Research Center
    Description: Applications for appointment at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, tenure-track, in the Department of Pediatrics are invited from individuals engaged in developmental neuroscience research. The successful candidate will be expected to establish an independent, externally funded research program and to teach in Northwestern University’s graduate school or medical school.

     

    Posted:  11/20/2007        Deadline: None     Start Date: Until Filled
    Job Title: Associate/Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
    Employer: Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics at the Medical College of Georgia
    Description: Inviting applications for tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor positions in the Program in Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics. Candidates should have PhD or MD, postdoctoral experience, and potential to develop or maintain a strong extramurally funded research program in developmental or regenerative neurobiology. The MCG is a growing state supported academic medical center.

     

    Posted:   9/29/2007  Deadline: None    Start Date: Immediately Available
    Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
    Employer: University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT
    Description: A postdoctoral position in the laboratory of Dr. Nada Zecevic funded by NIH and National Society for Multiple Sclerosis involving studies on progenitors/precursors in the CNS with emphasis on the cerebral cortex of primates.  Candidate will develop methods to use hESC as a source of progenitors for oligodendrocytes. Alternatively progenitor cells are enriched from fetal brains available through Brain Banks.



    Posted: 9/26/2007    Deadline: December 1, 2007:    Start Date: Open:
    Job Title: Tenure Track Faculty Position
    Empoyer: University of Maryland
    Description: A tenure track position is available to highly qualified individuals with interests that complement and extend research in the department. The successful candidate will interact with ongoing research on developmental brain metabolism including preclinical studies on neuroprotection in hypoxia/ischemia, excitotoxic damage, and traumatic brain injury, and will mentor young faculty and fellows in research.