Job Opportunities

Open Positions: 

  • Postdoctoral Associate
    • Job ID: 347674
    • Full time position
    • Anticipated start date: Summer 2022

 

How To Apply:

Applications must be submitted online.  To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions.  You will be given the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume.

Additional documents may be attached after application by accessing your "My Job Applications" page and uploading documents in the "My Cover Letters and Attachments" section.

To request an accommodation during the application process, please e-mail [email protected] or call (612) 624-UOHR (8647).

 

Volunteer Projects:

We're in search of students who are motivated to gain new skills, and passionate about discovery! Review current lab project needs below and reach out via email if interested!

(Technical skill requirements below are a plus, but can be learned on the job as well!)

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Design & Build new depth-tracking for electrode recordings

Details:

Help build a custom depth-tracking sensor and display using an LVDT, for use during microelectrode electrophysiology recordings. The updated design ought to be powered in a way so as to be isolated from power outlet noise, thus improving the quality of neural recordings.

Technical skills:

  • Circuit design, soldering, general resourcefulness

Lab contact: Ed Bello ([email protected])

Microelectrode inventory & conditioning

Details:

Lab has a number of microelectrodes that require being inventoried, as well as for impedance to be actively set using specialized electrical equipment. In the process the student will learn about electrode properties for neuroscience studies involving both recording and stimulation.

Technical skills:

  • electrochemistry, technical manual reading

Lab contact: Ed Bello ([email protected])

Design & Build behavioral paradigm enclosure

Details:

A custom solution for a behavioral enclosure is needed to improve lab options for different experimental behavior tests in preclinical animal models. Enclosure to be made with acrylic and nylon materials as well as incorporating many standard parts (hinges, etc). The design will need to be prototyped in CAD software and implemented either by hand, by machine shop order, or a combination of both.

Technical skills:

  • CAD prototyping, machine-shop work orders, general resourcefulness, general handy-skills

Lab contact: Ed Bello ([email protected])

 

Electrophysiology data science & archiving

Details:

Lab requires electrophysiology data from a variety of projects to be migrated into a standard format (NWB format), and archived in an accessible and easily-searchable way. 

Technical skills:

  • Coding in Matlab or Python, data science, code development & source control, technical creativity

Lab contact: Ed Bello ([email protected])

Develop extension for 3d surgical planning software

Details:

Develop an extension of 3dslicer software to accommodate brain MRI & CT coregistration and surgical planning, as an improvement over current custom-software solutions. The volunteer will mostly be migrating current functionality into the software extension, but significant skill and creativity will be needed for further desired features. 

Technical skills:

  • Software development & source control, looking specifically for a Computer Science major (or similar educational background)

Lab contact: Ed Bello ([email protected])

Design & Build reach-position detector

Details:

Design a system for the detection of a limb being held in a fixed target position, provisionally based on infrared beam emitter/detectors. 

Technical skills:

  • Prototyping and engineering design, circuit design, soldering, programming for control of one or more of the following: Arduino, RaspberryPi, LabVIEW, or similar systems.

Lab contact: Ed Bello ([email protected])

Prototype joint kinematics tracking via wireless sensors

Details:

Design a system for detecting musculoskeletal joint angles using multiple Inertial Measurement Units. System must acquire streaming data from multiple such units, and data analysis may be either online or offline. A prototype already exists, but may need refining.

Technical skills:

  • Solid grasp of Engineering Statics (mechanics is a big plus), prototyping and engineering design, analytical programming skills in Matlab (or similar), programming for control of prototype boards (i.e. Raspberry Pi). 

Lab contact: Ed Bello ([email protected])