4.5-year Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physiology and Biophysics of Mammalian Cochlea – To commence 1 January 2010 or soon thereafter.
Applications are invited
from PhDs with research training in physiology, neuroscience, physics or
engineering to join an MRC funded research programme to study the physiology and
biophysics of the mammalian cochlea. Our research is directed at exploiting
genetically modified mice to explore the workings of the cochlea. Ideally, but
not necessarily, the candidate will have previous experience of in vivo
measurements and an interest in sensory physiology. Our aim is to develop the
candidate’s scientific strengths and to provide the essential training necessary
to carry out the experiments and for further career development. Our group is
one of four closely related research groups working on the biophysics, molecular
biology, and development of the mammalian cochlea that constitute the Hearing
Group at Sussex. This group has
strong research collaborations and funding with laboratories in Europe and the
A list of representative
publication related to the research topic can be found
at
http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/Andrei_Lukashkin/Personal/Personal_publications.html
Starting salary: £ 30,594 per annum. This full-time post is available for 4.5 years.
Starting date: 1 January 2010 or soon
thereafter.
Closing date for
applications: 11 December 2009.
We carry out
research training for DPhil students and final year undergraduate Neuroscience,
Biochemistry and Biology Students. In the past we carried out a joint
research-training programme with the Royal Sussex Hospital. To date we have
trained four Research Registrars, one to D.Phil level and three to M. Phil
level. Registrars who have trained in our laboratory have won the Iionos
Registrars prize from the Royal Society of Medicine on 3 consecutive occasions
and have been awarded a Burghard Research Fellowship from the Royal Society of
Surgeons.
Doctorate Research Training Programme
Faculty – training course
Dr Corné Kros -
Physiology and biophysics of hair cells.
Dr Mark Maconochie -Molecular
genetics of inner ear development.
Dr Guy Richardson - The development of
the cochlea.
Professor Ian Russell - The physiology of the
cochlea.
Dr Mikhail Bashtanov – Laser interferometry in the study of the
biophysics and mechanical properties of hair cells.
Dr Richard
Goodyear - Techniques in the study of cochlear development, ultrastructure
and immunohistochemistry of the cochlea.
Dr. Stuart Johnson - Techniques
for studying synaptic transmission in hair cells.
Dr. Kevin Legan -
Techniques in molecular biology and molecular genetics of hearing.
Dr. Andrei Lukashkin – Otoacoustic emissions and modelling
of the cochlea function
Dr Victoria Lukaskina - Techniques for measuring
otoacoustic emissions, basilar membrane motion and receptor potentials in the
cochlea.
Dr Walter Marcotti - Techniques for studying sensory
transduction in hair cells mice.