As a young and growing lab, we are always looking for ambitious and motivated people to join our team!
We are a collaborative and inclusive team working toward understanding the rules of neuronal circuit organization and function.
Our team is affiliated with Inserm and is located in the Paris Brain Institute (ICM)
Our vibrant community at the ICM and throughout Paris promotes broad collaboration and learning opportunities
Our team is committed to the training, mentorship, and career development of the next generation of neuroscientists
Looking for more reasons to join our team? Read below.
Positions
Postdoctoral researchers
Read the announcement.
We currently have available funded positions for postdoctoral researchers.
If you are an ambitious and driven researcher, interested in experimental or computational systems neuroscience, and seeking an environment that fosters intellectual and professional growth, we invite you to consider joining our team. Together, we'll make a lasting impact on science and pave the way for your successful research career.
Our team values diversity and welcomes researchers from all backgrounds and profiles. If your project ideas align with our research focus, we encourage you to get in touch with us.
Pure experimental, as well as computational/theoretical, or hybrid projects are available, depending on your interest and skills.
Profile
We are particularly interested in researchers with:
Background in neuroscience, physics, mathematics, computer science, biology, or engineering
Experience with rodent neuroscience
Experience with in vivo or slice electrophysiology, or 1P/2P imaging
Experience with behavioral experimentation
Quantitative spirit and proficiency in data analysis and programming are essential for success in our lab.
Opportunities
As a postdoctoral researcher in our group:
You will be an integral part of shaping our research direction and team culture. You will engage in exciting and meaningful research and will have access to all the tools necessary to push the boundaries of scientific exploration, with our cutting-edge techniques and state-of-the-art facilities.
You will have the opportunity to mentor graduate and master's students. This role enhances your leadership and communication skills while you contribute to the growth of the next generation of scientists.
By guiding and collaborating with these aspiring researchers, you contribute to the collective knowledge and expertise of the team. Mentoring fosters a supportive and enriching atmosphere that reduces the mental strain of working alone on a project, as you can share ideas, problem-solve together, and gain fresh perspectives.You will have ample opportunities to develop vital skills for your future academic career, such as mentoring, grant writing, presenting your work, publishing papers, and leading projects to completion. In parallel, you will gain invaluable first-hand experience in setting up and managing a young research team.
We encourage participation in conferences and workshops, where you can present your research findings to the wider scientific community.
Fellowships
Postdoctoral fellowships are valuable for your research career.
As a postdoctoral researcher in our team, you are encouraged to submit grant applications. We will provide you with the training and support to submit these applications.
Whether you choose to apply before or after joining our lab, these grant applications not only have practical benefits in terms of securing resources, but they offer an outstanding opportunity for your scholarly development. They offer a chance to refine your project ideas and concretely outline the steps of your future project. In addition, they provide a great training ground for strengthening your writing skills, which are indispensable for your future career.
Senior & staff scientists
If you are a senior postdoc or tenured researcher and you share our research vision and passion, you are welcome to join our team.
You will be an integral part of shaping our research direction and team culture.
You will be able to have your independent line of research.
You will engage in exciting and meaningful research and will have access to all the tools necessary to push the boundaries of scientific exploration, with our cutting-edge techniques and state-of-the-art facilities.
You will have the opportunity to mentor graduate and master's students.
You will have the opportunity to apply for a permanent CRCN position.
Please contact me directly to discuss our potential collaboration.
Data scientists and software engineers
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If you are a data scientist, programmer, or engineer, with a keen interest in helping to understand the brain, consider joining our team.
In our work, we study the activity of neuronal circuits in behaving animals.
To achieve that, we perform large-scale recordings from thousands of neurons simultaneously using multimodal recordings, including electrophysiological or optical imaging approaches.
Using this unprecedented data, we will be able to understand information flow in the brain in ways that would be unimaginable only a few years ago.
The scale and complexity of this data provide major challenges and unique opportunities.
We are looking for computationally-orientated researchers to join our team as temporary or permanent staff members, to help us develop methods to interact and analyze our multi-dimensional neurophysiological and behavioral data, and to develop innovative analysis approaches and efficient processing pipelines, to accelerate the progress of our research on our path to understanding the brain.
As a data analyst in our group, you will interact closely with experimentalists and contribute crucially to the research.
Profile
Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills
Interest in neuronal dynamics and computation, behavior, and neural circuits
Ability to analyze multi-dimensional and multi-modal data
PhD or MSc in neuroscience, data science, computer science, applied mathematics, physics, or equivalent combination of degree and experience
Experience with computational statistics, data modeling and analysis, signal processing, and modern machine-learning methods
Solid programming skills and ability to write high-quality, reusable code in Python or Matlab
Experience with software development (e.g., version control, unit testing, databases) is preferable
Main responsibilities
Organize data management pipeline
Analyze neurophysiological and behavioral data
Develop analysis methods and software tools to facilitate the analysis of multi-modal and multi-dimensional neurophysiological data
Implement cutting-edge data science approaches (statistical, computational, and ML) for complex neuroscience problems
Create robust and efficient data pipelines to extract, transform, and visualize data
Develop, test, and implement scientific software (e.g., for reproducible analysis pipelines and data storage)
Interact with experimentalists to design experiments and implement analyses
Analyze current technologies, algorithms, models, and methods
We offer competitive compensation and benefits within an interactive, interdisciplinary working environment, where cutting-edge science thrives and a dynamic, international research community awaits.
As part of your role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with other teams, attend trainings, mentor students, have independent projects, and present at major relevant conferences (Cosyne, NeurIPS).
If you are eager to join our vibrant research community and contribute to groundbreaking discoveries, we warmly welcome your application. The position is available immediately, with the potential for a permanent contract based on performance.
Master's students
We always have room for motivated students to join us on our path to discovery. We are happy to host national and international master's students for their internship or thesis projects.
Joining our team you will have the chance to contribute to exciting discoveries, gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art techniques, and work alongside experienced researchers.
Collaboration and mentorship are at the heart of our lab's culture.
We believe that working together leads to better science and enriching experience. As a master's student in our lab, you will have the invaluable opportunity to work closely with postdoctoral researchers who will help your research and foster your intellectual growth. By working together with your peers, you will have the chance to share ideas, problem-solve together, and gain fresh perspectives. Together, we will create an environment where you can thrive and achieve your full potential.
If you would like to join our lab, contact us elaborating on your research interests.
Undergraduate students
If you are a student and you are interested in getting involved in neuroscience research, feel free to contact us and we can schedule an internship or rotation in our team.
You will be paired with a student or postdoc in the lab and have the opportunity to learn and contribute to one of our ongoing projects.
Visiting students
We welcome visiting undergraduate, master, or graduate students from anywhere in the world.
Joining our team you will have the chance to contribute to exciting discoveries, gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art techniques, and work alongside experienced researchers.
If you would like to join our lab as a visiting student (for 3-12 months) to get lab experience or fulfill the requirements of a master’s thesis or undergraduate thesis, contact us elaborating on your research interests and describing the purpose, duration, and requirements of the stay.
Research technicians & lab managers
We do not currently have an available position.
Graduate students
We do not currently have an available position.
How to apply
If you are interested in any of these positions, do not hesitate to get in touch directly.
Please send a statement of your past work and future research interests, your CV, and contact information for 1-3 references to the address: contact@neuronaldynamics.eu
ℹ️ Note: We are typically receiving a very large number of applications. As a result, generic applications are not even considered.
Why join our team
We are a young and vibrant group of scientists, fueled by curiosity and passion for understanding the brain.
We work as a team and use or invent cutting-edge neurotechnologies to answer fundamental questions in neuroscience.
Our team is committed to the training, mentorship, and career development of the next generation of neuroscientists. To achieve that, we foster an inclusive and supportive environment in the lab where we can learn and advance science while having fun in the process.
Our work is multi-disciplinary, and so is our team. Irrespective of your background and project, our research environment will expose you to a diverse range of experimental and computational aspects of systems and circuits neuroscience. We thus encourage everyone to apply, especially those from underrepresented minorities.
Working in our team will provide you with invaluable experience across all stages of research and you will have the opportunity to engage in experiment design and execution, method development, software design, and data analysis, as well as publishing and communicating research results.
Our team is affiliated with Inserm and is located at the Paris Brain Institute (ICM), where we have access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources.
Our vibrant community at the ICM and throughout Paris promotes broad collaboration and learning opportunities.
If you would like to know more, you can read our team's mission and values.