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Research Fellow, Biochemistry and Neurosciences

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN
Location
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Salary
£33,199 per annum
Closing date
28 Jun 2019

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Academic Discipline
Biological Sciences, Life sciences
Job Type
Academic Posts, Research Fellowships
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

School of Life Sciences

Location: Lincoln 
Salary: From £33,199 per annum
This post is full time, and fixed term for 3 years.
Closing Date: Friday 28 June 2019
Interview Date: Monday 29 July 2019 

The University of Lincoln, UK, is looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the interdisciplinary Sensory Biology Lab, in the School of Life Sciences. The position forms part of a larger project entitled ‘The Insect cochlea: a non-invasive path towards enhanced sound detectors’ supported by an ERC Consolidator grant awarded to the Professor of Sensory Biology. This project aims to develop new technological improvements that constitute the grounds of new theoretical advances in the design of super-sensitive acoustic sensors, using the katydid (or bush-cricket) ear as primary model. 

A creative and motivated postdoctoral scientist, with experience in biochemistry or a related discipline, you will be expected to use calcium imaging techniques, laser Doppler Vibrometry (LDV), and provide insight into the function of all steps of the hearing process of the katydid tympanal organ (outer, middle, and inner ear components). 

This project has two main themes:

  1. the development of a technique that allows us to map, non-invasively, the effect of mechanical waves on sensory cell activation using calcium imaging and LDV in intact hearing organs
  2. the characterisation of the natural response of the ear sensory cells to multiple sound inputs and their role in directional hearing, using calcium imaging and LDV in intact hearing organs. This part of the project will involve one PhD student and requires training and close collaboration with colleagues in Cambridge.

The postholder will actively help to write and publish high quality peer-reviewed scientific papers. In addition to contributing to the development of research proposals and applications for external funding, the postholder will also contribute to the dissemination of results to the scientific community through presentations at international conferences and workshops, and to the general public through public lectures and interviews with the media where appropriate.

The selected candidate will also carry full responsibility for the practical implementation of electrophysiological and mechanical measurements, and for driving iterative exchanges with results from other group members. They will also be involved in the practical supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as in the planning and execution of fieldwork. The postholder will preferably have lab management experience.

The sensory biology lab (http://bioacousticssensorybiology.weebly.com/) offers a dynamic research environment and facilities where the successful applicant will be a member of a multi-disciplinary group working closely together on a defined problem applying techniques from fields as diverse as acoustics, electro-physiology, hearing, material engineering, applied mathematics and biophysics. 

Informal enquiries can be addressed to Professor Fernando Montealegre-Z (fmontealegrez@lincoln.ac.uk).

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Since Her Majesty the Queen first opened the University of Lincoln, we’ve had some of the most satisfied students in the UK. And our quality of teaching and research has helped us achieve a growing and international reputation. However, with an ambition to become one of the country’s top institutions, we’re just at the start of our exciting journey.

With over 13,000 students spread across our three campuses of Brayford Pool Marina, Riseholme Park and Holbeach, we’re one of the Lincolnshire’s largest employers. We strive to provide each of our 1,500 plus members of staff a working environment where equality, respect and opportunity are core values. And, whether you’re an academic, researcher, senior manager or part of our professional support team, you’ll find a home of creativity and innovation.
 

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