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Covid - 19 Vaccination Requirement for all UM Students, Faculty, and Staff
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The University of Michigan is taking the additional step of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all University of Michigan students, faculty and staff across all three campuses, including Michigan Medicine, by the start of the fall term on Aug. 30th. This includes those working or learning remotely.
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Access vital COVID LINKS through Wolverine access
Use wolverine Access to report vaccinations, screening check-in with ResponsiBlue, report positive test results or Covid exposure, sign up for asymptomatic testing, and many other helpful links.
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DEI Professional Development Certificate Information Session for Graduate Students
Thursday, September 2nd, 10 am to 1 pm
Did you know Rackham offers a DEI Professional Development Certificate designed to prepare graduate students to work in a diverse environment while fostering a climate of inclusivity? Attend this introduction session to learn about the requirements of the program and discover how this certificate can prepare you to enter a diverse and global job market. Find out more about the program on our DEI Certificate page.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
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Anti-Racism: What Can I Do?
Quick Start Self-Guided Course
If you just want to get started and go at your own pace, you can download this quick-start guide. It includes four sections, intended to be spread over four weeks. Each section has links to resources, articles, videos, podcasts and other materials that will help you on your journey. At the end of each section, there is a set of starter questions and a place for you to reflect on what you learned that week. This is not a complete guide to anti-racism activism, but can serve as an introduction to this very important topic for those who don't know where to start.
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NGP DEI Outreach and Activism
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If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form.
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The NGP’s DEI Outreach & Activism task force has set up an opportunity to come together and help those in the community facing housing inequality, and we need your help!
Our goal for completion is September 1, 2021.
Avalon Housing and HouseN2Home have paired up to facilitate the construction of a 70-unit apartment complex for adults transitioning from shelters to permanent housing, and they need our help to furnish a unit. The Outreach & Activism DEI task force aims to collect donations and move them into one of the units once construction is complete at the end of the summer.
Visit our SignUpGenius page to donate items. We are aiming to collect NEW items, but if donating something used, please ensure the item is gently used/like new. Feel free to donate in groups and make sure to look out for the running list of donors in the NGP Weekly! Donations will be collected in the Resting Potential Room (RPR), Keith Duncan’s lab (5323 Med Sci I), or Keith Duncan’s home (email to coordinate).
For monetary donations to the Avalon Housing/HouseN2Home project, visit the Avalon/HouseN2Home website.
Email NGP-DEI-Housingproject@umich.edu for more information. 
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Neuroscience Dissertation Defense
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Thursday, August 12th at 3 p.m.
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Neuroscience Dissertation Defense
Veronica Beck will present:
""Role of Scn1b in Colonic Myenteric Neuron Function in a Model of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy"
Dr. Isom, Chair
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Meeting ID: 912 5520 5196 Passcode: Beck
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Upcoming Neuroscience Dissertation Defense
August 25th Stefan Sweha
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Congratulations Shelly!
Dr. Shelly Flagel elected President-Elect of the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society
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The European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) is an international society at the crossroads of pharmacology, experimental psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience.
At the recent EBPS 2021 Biennial Meeting, Dr. Flagel was elected to serve as the President-Elect from 2021-2023 and as President from 2023-2025.
To read more about the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society click here.
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Neuroscience Course Announcement for Fall 2021
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Neuroscience of Consciousness
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
"The nature and the neural basis of consciousness is a foundational question in neuroscience. As a scientific inquiry, it speaks to the existence of reality as we perceive it, and from a translational and therapeutic perspective, a fundamental understanding of the biological basis of consciousness has implications for disorders ranging from psychiatric disorders to the disorders of consciousness. In this course, we will start with a brief overview of the current neuroscientific frameworks and theories to study consciousness, and then as we move forward, will discuss the recent literature on the neurobiology of physiological (sleep), pharmacological (anesthesia, psychedelic states), and pathological states (coma, vegetative state) of consciousness. The students will participate in discussion and presentation of recent relevant literature."
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
Neurosci 704, 1 credit
VIRTUAL, Wednesday 12-1pm weekly
There should be no restrictions but if you have issues registering, please let me know. If you have questions about the course please reach out to either Dinesh (dineshp@med.umich.edu) or Giancarlo (gvanini@med.umich.edu),
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Friday, August 6th at 4 - 5 pm
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Thursday, Sep. 2nd and Friday, Sep. 3rd
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Advanced Computational Neuroscience Network (ACNN) Workshop
Virtual event with in-person opening
Register for free and submit a lightning talk abstract at go.illinois.edu/ACNN2021
Abstracts due Monday, Aug. 23
See the full program at go.illinois.edu/ACNN2021schedule
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Nalbandov Public Lecture
Kamil Ugurbil of the
University of Minnesota
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Keynote speakers
Jean-Baptiste Poline of McGill University
Shella Kleiholz of Georgia Tech
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Zoom lectures from:
Monica Rosenburg of the University of Chicago
Caterina Gratton of Northwestern University
Archana Venkataraman of Johns Hopkins University
Joaquin Goñi of Purdue University
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Filing Taxes for Graduate Students
Wednesday, September 1, 11 am to 12:30 pm
This session will help you prepare your taxes and answer your questions. Please note that although all students are welcome, this session is geared towards domestic students.
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NGP Retreat is coming back for 2021! We will be holding an in-person retreat October 1-2 at the Maumee Bay lodge in Oregon, OH (45 minutes from Ann Arbor)! See the website for information on the location. All faculty and students are invited to attend! Friday, October 1st will feature faculty talks, a Keynote speaker, dinner, and a student poster session. Saturday, October 2nd will feature morning activities, a DEI event, and the faculty data blitz. Look out for an RSVP form in the next few weeks!
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Reconnect at Neuroscience 2021
One Meeting, Two Experiences — Participate Online, November 8-11, and in Chicago, November 13-16
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is excited to announce details for Neuroscience 2021, with opportunities to participate online and in person. SfN’s Annual Meeting Focus Group, led by the Program Committee Chairs, has reimagined the digital experience, specifically virtual poster sessions, and we're excited to celebrate SfN's 50th anniversary meeting with neuroscientists around the world at our most inclusive experience to date.
Join the nearly half a million neuroscientists from around the world who have propelled their careers by presenting an abstract at an SfN annual meeting — the premier global neuroscience event.
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The University of Michigan Concussion Center is seeking passionate concussion researchers to help the center through the development and sharing of groundbreaking ideas that translate laboratory, clinic, and community observations into knowledge products that reduce concussion risk and improve outcomes in those affected by the injury. All research domains related to concussion will be considered, and in partnership with the university’s anti-racism hiring initiative, we are also interested in candidates that focus on social and cultural health disparities in concussion prevention, identification, and management.
Three tenure track faculty positions:
• 1 senior concussion faculty member (currently associate or full professor)
• 2 junior concussion faculty members (currently PhD student, post-doc, medical resident/fellow, or assistant professor)
More information can be found in our downloadable PDF HERE.
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The Center for RNA Biomedicine, a pioneering program of the $150M University of Michigan Biosciences Initiative, solicits applications for faculty positions at the assistant professor level. The faculty positions will be on the tenure track with university year appointments starting Sep. 1, 2022, or Jan. 1, 2023. Downloadable PDF HERE.
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Internal Postdoc Openings
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WATSON LAB
The laboratory of Brendon Watson at the University of Michigan Medical School is searching for 1 full-time fully-funded postdoctoral fellow in systems neuroscience.
We seek a postdoctoral fellow to perform combined behavior and electrophysiology in rodents chronically in their homecages, with the goal of determining electrophysiologic correlates of stress and antidepressant treatment.
Our lab expertise is in electrophysiology and brain network function. In this project, we combine that with a novel system we have developed to record from animals over weeks in their homecages. This recording system classifies behavior at sub-second resolution while allowing multi-region electrophysiologic recordings simultaneously. In this study we will use this powerful system to study the effects of chronic stress on the electrophysiology of limbic system circuitry. We will also study how subsequent ketamine acts on those same circuits to potentially reverse stress effects.
We seek experimentalists with a PhD and expertise in in vivo electrophysiology and behavior with an interest in the neurobiology of mood-related circuits. Coding experience is preferred. We will work in collaboration with the machine learning group of Dr. Ivaylo Dinov.
We are at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, in the department of psychiatry and this project will be NIH funded. Positions will begin as early as July 1, 2021 and are funded for 1 year at the standard NIH postdoctoral fellow payscale with option to extend if it is mutually agreeable to both lab director and fellow.
The Watson Lab is committed to making neuroscience a more open and inclusive field, so we strongly encourage applications from individuals with non-traditional backgrounds or from underrepresented groups.
Interested applicants please reply to brendonw@umich.edu, Please include CV, letter of intent/summary of background and copies of published articles relevant to your application.
For more lab information: http://watsonneurolab.org/
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AHMED and SARTER LAB
The labs of Drs. Omar Ahmed (http://www.omarlab.org/) and Martin Sarter (https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/msarter/) at the University of Michigan are seeking two outstanding, driven postdoctoral fellows for research on a newly funded, five-year project on cortico-striatal circuitry and the integration of cognitive, spatial and motor functions. Together, the two labs combine state-of-the art methods and research approaches to conduct systems and behavioral neuroscience research. Our labs have enjoyed a record of continuous, high productivity and successful pre- and postdoctoral training. Our joint research is embedded in a larger, well-funded multi-disciplinary research program aimed at determining the neuronal circuitry underlying complex movement disorders in Parkinson’s disease. Therefore, trainees and their research will benefit from intense interactions with clinical researchers conducting converging research in patients. We seek trainees with prior training in systems and behavioral neuroscience in rodents and who aspire to a productive and visible career. For more information please contact Omar or Martin (ojahmed@umich.edu; msarter@umich.edu). Posting HERE.
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XU LAB
Dr. Shawn Xu’s lab in the Life Sciences Institute is seeking postdoctoral fellows to study sensory neuroscience. The Xu lab focuses on identifying novel sensory receptors and channels that sense temperature, touch, odors, tastants and light, and investigating how they regulate sensory signaling and behavior using both C. elegans and mouse models. See details at: https://www.lsi.umich.edu/science/our-labs/xz-shawn-xu-lab. Email contact: shawnxu@umich.edu
APOSTOLIDES LAB
Information here
LI LAB
The laboratory of Dr. Peng Li at the Life Sciences Institute of the University of Michigan is seeking postdoctoral fellows to study neural control of breathing (http://www.lsi.umich.edu/labs/peng-li-lab).
Contact Peng Li, PhD
LOWENSTEIN LAB
Information here
DUS LAB
The Dus lab has an open postdoctoral position to study how dietary environment persistently alters sensory and reward circuits to promote maladaptive behaviors in flies and rodents. Techniques used in the lab are in vivo imaging, behavior, molecular biology, neuro & optogenetics, and genomics. Interested candidates should apply by emailing mdus@umich.edu.
DUAN LAB
Seeking postdoc with extensive experience in developmental biology for an NSF-funded project on brain development in zebrafish.
Please email: Cuming Duan, PhD
RAPHAEL LAB
Postdoctoral position is available for gene editing of auditory neurons in cultured explants and in vivo. Please contact Yehoash Raphael for more information.
BORJIGIN LAB
Please email Dr. Borjigin directly for more information.
EBAN-ROTHSCHILD LAB
Neuronal Circuitry of Sleep and Wakefulness using highly innovative techniques. For details please contact: adae@umich.edu.
WALDHAUS LAB
Seeking a postdoctoral candidate with interest in Regenerative Medicine of the inner ear. The study is about tracing the process of auditory hair cell regeneration at single cell level and whole transcriptome resolution. Information
SATIN LAB
A NIH-funded POSTDOCTORAL position is available immediately in the Satin Lab for a PhD or an MD to study stimulus-secretion coupling mechanisms and ion channels in mouse and human pancreatic islets. Candidates should have experience in live cell imaging, image acquisition and analysis, molecular biology, and using adenoviruses to express novel optical probes in cells, as well as other proteins. Experience in patch clamping would be an additional strength, as is knowledge of ion channel physiology, metabolic biochemistry, and/or familiarity with mathematical models.
Interested individuals should supply a current CV and the names of 3 individuals who could be used as references directly to Les Satin, PhD
OLSON LAB
The Olson lab is focused on understanding the neurons and neural circuitry within the central nervous system that regulate feeding, energy balance and metabolism. We combine neuron-specific Cre recombinase expressing transgenic mouse lines with stereotaxic delivery of Cre-inducible viruses to acutely and chronically manipulate subsets of neurons in order to understand their physiologic functions. Active project areas include genetic dissection of the paraventricular hypothalamus, ventromedial hypothalamic regulation of blood glucose and mechanisms of feeding regulation housed in the lateral parabrachial nucleus. We currently have an opening for a post-doctoral fellow interested in the central control of energy balance. The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of rodent neuroanatomy, an interest in physiology and exposure to rodent surgery. Interested candidates should contact Dr. David Olson: dpolson@med.umich.edu.
SHORE LAB
Research fellow Kresge Institute
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External Postdoc Openings
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The Neurocircuitry of Motivated Behavior (NMB) Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (PI: K.T. Wakabayashi, Ph.D. Please see https://psychology.unl.edu/ken-wakabayashi) invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in Behavioral Neuroscience. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated postdoctoral researcher to take a key role in planning and executing both behavioral and basic neuroscience experiments. The NMB laboratory studies brain circuits that regulate motivated behavior, particularly as they relate to natural, alcohol and drug reward and abuse.
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The Psychology Department at St. Mary’s University invites applications for an adjunct faculty position for the Fall semester, starting Fall 2021, to teach Physiological Psychology. Candidates for the position should have a PhD in Psychology, preferable in physiological psychology, biological psychology, cognitive/behavioral neuroscience, or related psychological discipline. ABD candidates will be considered. Experience of at least two years of demonstrated excellence in teaching at the university level is strongly preferred. Teaching responsibilities in the Fall semester will include one section of Physiological Psychology taught face-to-face (or virtually/synchronously will be considered). Candidate will be responsible for administering and grading exams and other course related assignments, and for holding office hours.
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Please refer to this list of predoctoral funding opportunities for more information.
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