Department Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept
Salary range $59,822 to $67,303
Posted date March 26, 2025
Closing date April 9, 2025
Position Type Full Time - Trust Funded

POSITION SUMMARY

The main responsibilities of the Research Associate (RA) will be to carry out, under the supervision of the PI, advanced respiratory physiology and neurophysiology experiments designed to explore in the central respiratory neural network the mechanisms by which breathing rhythms are generated, how they are impacted by sleep networks, hypoxia (low oxygen), hypercapnia (high CO2), drugs of abuse (e.g., cannabinoids, opioids), genetic mutations. The RA will also be responsible for data analysis and preparation of figures and manuscripts for publication. The work will be carried out with considerable independence. The main contribution will be the generation of new knowledge – specifically insight into the function and organization of the neural network that controls breathing and how that network responds to challenges with clinical sequelae.

QUALIFICATIONS

The Research Associate will hold a PhD in Physiology, Neuroscience or a related discipline. The position requires experience with advanced respiratory and neurophysiological methods for recording (via electrophysiology, imaging or whole-body plethysmography methods) and manipulating in rodents (via viral, optogenetic, chemogenetic approaches) the function of specific brain regions involved in breathing control. The position also requires experience with a host of labeling techniques including RNAScope, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy.
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Note: This opportunity will be available until midnight April 9, 2025, Edmonton, Alberta local time

• Participates in the planning of research activities, research design and the most appropriate methodologies to achieve identified research goals
• Designs experiments, data collection protocols, and conducts analysis of research results
• Assists with the preparation of proposals for new research activities, including assisting in the preparation of research grant applications
• Participates in the writing of research papers
• Assists with training and supervision of 2-3 lab trainees (undergraduate/graduate students, postdoctoral fellows)