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The Systems Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Lab (PI: Laura McPherson) at the Washington University School of Medicine has immediate openings for two postdoctoral fellows. We are looking for motivated researchers with a strong interest in neural control of movement and systems neurophysiology.
Our lab studies neural control of voluntary movement in the intact nervous system and after neurological injury or disease. The primary way we do so is through study of the motor unit, the key structure that transforms neural commands that converge upon it in the spinal cord into motor output through the generation of muscle force. We use a novel reverse engineering approach applied to motor unit population discharge to study voluntary motor commands at the end-stage of central nervous system processing where motor commands are most relevant to movement.
Our translational work is focused on identifying pathological neural control of movement, determining how it relates to specific clinical motor deficits, and investigating how it can be targeted to improve the efficacy of neurorehabilitation interventions. Our overall goal is to advance the physical ability of people with neurological injury or disease by informing the development of rehabilitation interventions that are rooted in nervous system pathophysiology and personalized for individual patients based on the specific functionality of their nervous systems.
We currently have two immediate openings:
1) One post-doc will take a lead role in advancing a project that investigates neural mechanisms of motor deficits in multiple sclerosis. There will also be opportunities to participate in other ongoing studies in the lab. Link to job posting and preferred qualifications here
2) The other post-doc will take a lead role on a collaborative, multi-site, R01-funded project that uses reverse engineering of motor unit firing patterns to identify and characterize components of the voluntary motor command at the level of the motoneuron. There will also be opportunities to participate in other ongoing studies with people with neurological injury. Link to job posting and preferred qualifications here
Please contact Dr. McPherson (laura.mcpherson at wustl.edu) if you are interested or have questions.
Laura McPherson, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology
Faculty, Program in Neurosciences
Washington University School of Medicine
4444 Forest Park Ave, Campus Box 8502
St. Louis, MO 63108
laura.mcpherson@wustl.edu
sites.wustl.edu/snrlab
314-273-8432
Our lab studies neural control of voluntary movement in the intact nervous system and after neurological injury or disease. The primary way we do so is through study of the motor unit, the key structure that transforms neural commands that converge upon it in the spinal cord into motor output through the generation of muscle force. We use a novel reverse engineering approach applied to motor unit population discharge to study voluntary motor commands at the end-stage of central nervous system processing where motor commands are most relevant to movement.
Our translational work is focused on identifying pathological neural control of movement, determining how it relates to specific clinical motor deficits, and investigating how it can be targeted to improve the efficacy of neurorehabilitation interventions. Our overall goal is to advance the physical ability of people with neurological injury or disease by informing the development of rehabilitation interventions that are rooted in nervous system pathophysiology and personalized for individual patients based on the specific functionality of their nervous systems.
We currently have two immediate openings:
1) One post-doc will take a lead role in advancing a project that investigates neural mechanisms of motor deficits in multiple sclerosis. There will also be opportunities to participate in other ongoing studies in the lab. Link to job posting and preferred qualifications here
2) The other post-doc will take a lead role on a collaborative, multi-site, R01-funded project that uses reverse engineering of motor unit firing patterns to identify and characterize components of the voluntary motor command at the level of the motoneuron. There will also be opportunities to participate in other ongoing studies with people with neurological injury. Link to job posting and preferred qualifications here
Please contact Dr. McPherson (laura.mcpherson at wustl.edu) if you are interested or have questions.
Laura McPherson, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology
Faculty, Program in Neurosciences
Washington University School of Medicine
4444 Forest Park Ave, Campus Box 8502
St. Louis, MO 63108
laura.mcpherson@wustl.edu
sites.wustl.edu/snrlab
314-273-8432
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