Positions Available
Data Scientist in Bioinformatics and Neuroscience
We are hiring a Staff-Level Data Scientist to be involved in several multi-year BRAIN Initiative related NIH and NSF funded projects. These projects focus on understanding cortical computation during behavior by combining behavior, genomics, spatial transcriptomics, anatomical reconstructions, and large-scale population recordings. This person will be involved in help to analyze experimental data, developing software tools to aid in the data analysis, and helping with data infrastructure and management.
Specific Projects include:
Post-Doctoral Researchers
We are seeking highly creative individuals who are interested in pursuing independent projects core to the lab's research interest. While experience with in vivo imaging and rodent behavior and a quantitative background is desired, we are also interested in individuals with a broad range of expertise within and outside of neuroscience. You can even be a mathematician, physicist, engineer, computer scientist, molecular biologist, artist, or musician. Some examples of potential good fits include:
Graduate Students
We welcome students from a broad range of undergraduate backgrounds. Applications should have some previous experience in a research environment. Students interested in pursuing a PhD in the lab can apply through the following programs:
Boston University Graduate Program in Neurophotonics
Boston University Graduate Program in Biology
Boston University Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
Data Scientist in Bioinformatics and Neuroscience
We are hiring a Staff-Level Data Scientist to be involved in several multi-year BRAIN Initiative related NIH and NSF funded projects. These projects focus on understanding cortical computation during behavior by combining behavior, genomics, spatial transcriptomics, anatomical reconstructions, and large-scale population recordings. This person will be involved in help to analyze experimental data, developing software tools to aid in the data analysis, and helping with data infrastructure and management.
Specific Projects include:
- Analysis of genomic data.
- Image analysis for in situ sequencing of gene expression.
- Automated behavioral training and video analysis.
- Analysis of dense electron microscope reconstructions of neuronal connectivity (ie. Connectomics).
- BA/BS degree (MS/PhD preferred) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Bioinformatics, Neuroscience or related technical field.
- One to three years of academic or professional experience.
- Programming experience in MATLAB, Python, and R is required.
- Extensive background in either genomic analysis, image analysis, computer vision, or machine learning is preferred.
Post-Doctoral Researchers
We are seeking highly creative individuals who are interested in pursuing independent projects core to the lab's research interest. While experience with in vivo imaging and rodent behavior and a quantitative background is desired, we are also interested in individuals with a broad range of expertise within and outside of neuroscience. You can even be a mathematician, physicist, engineer, computer scientist, molecular biologist, artist, or musician. Some examples of potential good fits include:
- Neurophysiologists with previous experience working with non-human primates interested in addressing similar questions in rodents.
- Developmental neurobiologists interested in studying how circuit formation guides circuit function and behavior.
- Computational neuroscientists interested in testing theoretical models using experimental data acquired in the lab.
- Molecular neurobiologists interested in utilizing molecular and genetic tools for addressing systems-level questions.
- Optical engineers interested in developing and applying novel technologies for large-scale recording and stimulation of neuronal populations.
Graduate Students
We welcome students from a broad range of undergraduate backgrounds. Applications should have some previous experience in a research environment. Students interested in pursuing a PhD in the lab can apply through the following programs:
Boston University Graduate Program in Neurophotonics
Boston University Graduate Program in Biology
Boston University Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering