UTSW OBI Scholars – Assistant Professor or Associate Professor
Core
Early career scientists conducting mechanistic studies on human nervous system disease, focusing on circuit biology, neurodegeneration, or computational neuroscience.
Role type
Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor (IC)
Builds
Laboratory-based or human subject research programs
Domain
Neuroscience (Human nervous system disease, hippocampal circuit biology, memory, neurodegeneration)
Deliverable
production ML models | research
Required skills
Mechanistic studies of human nervous system disease, circuit biology, molecular/cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, theoretical/computational neuroscience modeling
Preferred skills
Experience in hippocampal circuit biology, memory research, neuroimmune mechanisms, endolysosomal mechanisms
Technologies
Two-photon microscopy, light-sheet microscopy, STED, spatial transcriptomics (Xenium, Merscope), cryo-EM, high-performance computing, MEG, high-density EEG, focused ultrasound
Responsibilities
Conduct independent research in mechanistic studies of human nervous system disease; secure funding and lead lab discoveries; collaborate across neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, and clinical departments
Seniority
Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track