Postdoctoral Research Fellow

**Job Description**
Join Professor Bruno van Swinderen’s laboratory as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to investigate a hypothesised sleep function focused on optimising attention by measuring prediction error signals in the brain. The role supports the compelling hypothesis that a key function of sleep is to balance prediction and surprise.

**Skills & Abilities**
• Emerging profile in research in the discipline area
• Demonstrated experience with coding in Matlab, Python, or R
• Strong track record in computational science, image analysis, or mathematical modelling of complex systems
• Evidence of publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences
• Experience using Drosophila melanogaster as a model for neuroscience research
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Some experience in meaningful internal service roles and contributions towards external activities
• Working knowledge of Drosophila melanogaster research techniques (including connectomic applications to probing circuits and behaviour)
• Expertise with live animal imaging (e.g., 2-photon microscopy)
• Associated imaging analysis techniques and high performance computing

**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Neuroscience
• Computer Science
• Data Science
• Relevant related field

**Experience**
Other:
• An emerging profile in research in the discipline area
• Evidence of publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences
• Experience using Drosophila melanogaster as a model for neuroscience research
• Some experience in meaningful internal service roles and contributions towards external activities
• Working knowledge of Drosophila melanogaster research techniques (including connectomic applications to probing circuits and behaviour)
• Expertise with live animal imaging (e.g., 2-photon microscopy) and associated imaging analysis techniques and high performance computing necessary for the project.

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