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The Plasticity, Monoamines, and Recovery of Function Lab (PMRF Lab) at WashU School of Medicine, under the direction of Prof. Jacob McPherson (https://sites.wustl.edu/pmrflab), has immediate openings for two postdoctoral fellows with interests in neural engineering and neurorehabilitation.
The PMRF Lab studies patterns of synaptic communication within sensorimotor neural networks and how these networks learn to modify their function(s) when new patterns are introduced or existing patterns are altered. We are particularly interested in understanding the extent to which these basic principles of neural learning can be leveraged to restore a more appropriate balance of sensory and motor transmission after CNS injury.
One post-doc will take a lead role in advancing an NIH R01-funded project that seeks to develop a neural-computer interface for simultaneous rehabilitation of movement impairments and neuropathic pain in animal models of spinal cord injury (SCI). Direct link to WUSTL application site for animal-model post-doc here.
The other post-doc will take a lead role in advancing an AHA Innovation Award-funded project that seeks to use principles of Hebbian neural plasticity to modify neural transmission in brainstem-spinal motor pathways in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke. Direct link to WUSTL application site for human-subjects post-doc here.
If interested, please also send Prof. McPherson an email at mcpherson.jacob [at] wustl.edu
The PMRF Lab studies patterns of synaptic communication within sensorimotor neural networks and how these networks learn to modify their function(s) when new patterns are introduced or existing patterns are altered. We are particularly interested in understanding the extent to which these basic principles of neural learning can be leveraged to restore a more appropriate balance of sensory and motor transmission after CNS injury.
One post-doc will take a lead role in advancing an NIH R01-funded project that seeks to develop a neural-computer interface for simultaneous rehabilitation of movement impairments and neuropathic pain in animal models of spinal cord injury (SCI). Direct link to WUSTL application site for animal-model post-doc here.
The other post-doc will take a lead role in advancing an AHA Innovation Award-funded project that seeks to use principles of Hebbian neural plasticity to modify neural transmission in brainstem-spinal motor pathways in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke. Direct link to WUSTL application site for human-subjects post-doc here.
If interested, please also send Prof. McPherson an email at mcpherson.jacob [at] wustl.edu