Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuroscience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuroscience

Position:

Post-doctoral Position

Deadline:

3 November 2026

Contract Length:

36 months

City:

Leeds

Country:

United Kingdom

Institution:

University of Leeds

Department:

Description:

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have an established background in neuroscience and want to build your career at one of the UK's leading research-intensive universities?

Learning does not just shape what we remember; it reshapes how we perceive, altering the earliest stages of sensory processing. We are recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a BBSRC-funded project investigating how the olfactory bulb, the first processing stage of the olfactory system, adjusts how it encodes odours in response to behavioural context. You will use in vivo two-photon calcium imaging in mice, alongside behavioural assays and computational modelling, to track how learning-driven changes emerge in these early circuits and how this shapes perception.

You will join a collaborative lab within a thriving neuroscience community at Leeds, home to over 44 research labs across multiple faculties, with access to cutting-edge imaging facilities.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A PhD (or close to completion) in neuroscience or a closely allied discipline
• The ability to design, execute, and write up research independently, evidenced by a developing track record of peer-reviewed publications in international journals
• Experience with in vivo recording of neural activity (e.g. two-photon calcium imaging or electrophysiology)
• Experience with in vivo rodent surgery
• Proficiency in Python (or a related language) for data analysis

Other desirable experience includes:

• Sensory neuroscience
• Rodent behavioural testing
• In vitro (slice) electrophysiology
• Computational modelling of neural systems

For more details and to submit an application, see:

http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/FBSBM1235

For informal enquiries, contact:

Dr Jamie Johnston

Contact Details

Name: Jamie Johnston

Email: j.johnston@leeds.ac.uk

URL: http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/FBSBM1235

Meetings & Career

• A PhD (or close to completion) in neuroscience or a closely allied discipline
• The ability to design, execute, and write up research independently, evidenced by a developing track record of peer-reviewed publications in international journals
• Experience with in vivo recording of neural activity (e.g. two-photon calcium imaging or electrophysiology)
• Experience with in vivo rodent surgery
• Proficiency in Python (or a related language) for data analysis
Other desirable experience includes:
• Sensory neuroscience
• Rodent behavioural testing
• In vitro (slice) electrophysiology
• Computational modelling of neural systems
  
  Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have an established background in neuroscience and want to build your career at one of the UK's leading research-intensive universities?
Learning does not just shape what we remember; it reshapes how we perceive, altering the earliest stages of sensory processing. We are recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a BBSRC-funded project investigating how the olfactory bulb, the first processing stage of the olfactory system, adjusts how it encodes odours in response to behavioural context. You will use in vivo two-photon calcium imaging in mice, alongside behavioural assays and computational modelling, to track how learning-driven changes emerge in these early circuits and how this shapes perception. You will join a collaborative lab within a thriving neuroscience community at Leeds, home to over 44 research labs across multiple faculties, with access to cutting-edge imaging facilities.