SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI NEUROSCIENZE
ITALIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSCIENCE

Postdottorato

Postdoctoral Position

Città : Grugliasco (TO)
Regione : Piemonte
Istituzione : University of Turin
Dipartimento : Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology
Termine domande : 03/31/2012

Durata del contratto : 2 years

Employer information: The Neurobiology Research Group is part of the Veterinary School of the University of Turin (Italy).

Research is mainly focused on molecular, pharmacological and functional aspects underlying the transmission of nociceptive information in the mammalian spinal dorsal horn. Key facilities include animal housing, fully equipped electrophysiology (patch clamp), and histology laboratories with a confocal microscope; a laser microdissector microscope and a transmission electron microscope and a basic biochemistry/molecular biology unit Job description: The successful applicant will be offered a two year postdoctoral position to investigate new molecular targets for treating diabetes-induced neuropathic pain. Type 1 diabetes will be induced by streptozotocin injections in wild type and transgenic mice.

Nociceptive behavior will be analyzed to monitor the development of pain hypersensitivity.Molecular, morphological and functional changes in spinal nociceptive pathways will be investigated by combined histological and functional approaches.

Requirements: Required:

• • PhD degree;
• • Age 35 or lower
• • Experience with animal behavior, animal dissection and molecular biology (i.e. RT-PCR; western blotting, in situ hybridization).

Preferred:

• • Background in the pain field;
• • Basic experience in immunohistochemistry and electrophysiological techniques.

Interested applicants should send their curriculum to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by march, 31st, 2012. 

Contact: 

Dr Franceco Ferrini - University of Turin
Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology
Grugliasco (TO)
Via Leonardo da Vinci, 44
10095
Telefono : +39-011-670-9110
Fax : +39-011-670-9138
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