Description

The Department of Neuroscience at West Virginia University Research Corporation is currently accepting applications for a Laboratory Technician with the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.

About the Opportunity

Synapses are fundamental building blocks of neural circuits. The mis-regulation of synaptic formation, function and plasticity is associated with numerous disorders and diseases such as addiction, depression, Alzheimer’s disease as well as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). My lab has a long-standing interest in understanding how molecules that regulate synapse formation are linked to neuronal activity and control the maturation and function of excitatory synapses.

The efforts of Hruska lab are directed at investigating how the molecular nano-architecture of dendritic spine synapses underlies structural plasticity in health and disease. To do this, we have taken advantage of state-of-the-art imaging approaches such ...