Job ID: 121863

Postdoctoral Researcher position in pain transduction

Position: Post-doctoral Position

Deadline: 31 March 2025

Employment Start Date: 1 April 2025

Contract Length: A one-year postdoctoral position (extendable to three years)

City: San Juan de Alicante

Country: Spain

Institution: Institute of Neuroscience

Department: Cellular and Systems Neurobiology

Description:

A one-year postdoctoral position (extendable to three years) is available in the Sensory Transduction and Nociception Research Group at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante, Spain. This position is offered within the framework of a project funded by the Spanish Government (MICIU; PID2022-140961OB-I00).

Description: our research investigates how sensory neurons detect environmental signals and encode them into messages that generate sensations. We focus on TRP and Piezo2 channels as molecular transducers of thermal and mechanical signals in peripheral nerve terminals under physiological and pathological conditions. A key objective of our current project is to identify and characterize subpopulations of primary sensory neurons in various models of chronic pain. This effort is guided by single-cell transcriptional profiling and the optogenetic exploration of thermosensory and mechanosensory circuits. To achieve these goals, we employ a comprehensive array of techniques, including calcium imaging, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), in vivo and in vitro electrophysiology, and behavioral assays.

Requirements: candidates should hold a PhD in Physical or Life Sciences. We seek a curious, highly motivated person interested in sensory transduction and pain research and with experience in one or more of the following techniques: electrophysiology, mechanobiology, optopharmacology, behavioural assays, cellular transcriptomics or in vivo cellular imaging. Candidates for the position are expected to have a strong publication record and the potential to seek independent funding during the course of the project.

Applicants can send an e-mail to Dr. Félix Viana (felix.viana@umh.es) or Dr. Ana Gomis (agomis@umh.es) with a CV including a list of publications and technical expertise, a description of research interests and two names of individuals willing to act as references for the candidate.

Application review will begin immediately and will continue until a suitable candidate is selected.