The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Precision Psychiatry & Mental Health

Careers at the SNF Center

We are currently recruiting for three postdoctoral positions, each offering a unique opportunity to contribute to exciting research.

 

Job Opportunities

  • Technician B #554641

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Research Technician to join a cutting-edge research project using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons. This position is part of an initiative at the SNF Center for Precision Psychiatry, focusing on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disorders. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and characterization of iPSC-derived neuronal models to study disease mechanisms and identify potential therapeutic targets. Apply Here.

  • Technician B #554545

The laboratory is seeking a meticulous and enthusiastic Research Technician to contribute to the investigation of psychiatric disorders using mouse models and cutting-edge scientific techniques. Based at the SNF Center for Precision Psychiatry, this position supports groundbreaking research into the neural underpinnings of schizophrenia and other major psychiatric disorders. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting behavioral, neurophysiological and molecular studies to investigate disease mechanisms and identify potential therapeutic targets. Apply Here.

  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist (IPSC) #161623

The Postdoctoral Research Scientist, under the mentorship of Drs. Joseph Gogos and Steven Kushner, will establish and lead a research program focused on studying human iPSC-derived neurons and brain organoids, as well as mouse brain xenotransplantation models to investigate psychiatric diseases. Using cutting-edge approaches—including calcium and voltage imaging, single-cell RNA sequencing, chromatin profiling, in vivo imaging, and electrophysiology in awake behaving mice—the ultimate goal is to facilitate translational efforts and develop targeted treatments. The successful candidate will have opportunities to collaborate with researchers and platforms at the Institute and across Columbia’s top-tier stem cell and neuroscience community. Apply Here.

  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Mouse Model) #161621

The Postdoctoral Research Scientist, under the mentorship of Drs. Joseph Gogos and Steven Kushner, will establish and lead a research program that aims to study the development, organization and function of neural circuits in mouse models of psychiatric disorders using advanced molecular, cellular and brain imaging methods with the ultimate goal to facilitate translational efforts and develop new targeted treatments. Successful candidates will have opportunities to interact and collaborate with researchers and research platforms at the Institute as well as across Columbia’s top-tier stem cell and neuroscience community. Apply Here.

  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist (In Vivo) #161620

A Postdoctoral Research Scientist position is available in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Center for Precision Psychiatry & Mental Health and the Zuckerman Institute, to study in vivo synaptic, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory deficits in mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders with the ultimate goal to facilitate translational efforts and develop new targeted treatments. Under the mentorship of Drs. Joseph Gogos and Steven Kushner, the successful candidate will join a leading group of researchers using cutting-edge optical microscopy (ie.,  ultrafast, random access 3-dimensional acousto-optical microscopy with real-time motion correction) in combination with the latest generation of genetically encoded voltage, calcium, and neurotransmitter sensors to dissect the organization and function of hippocampal and cortical circuits during spatial and episodic learning. Apply Here.

 

 

We always welcome CVs from outstanding candidates looking for post-doc opportunities who are excited about the promise of precision psychiatry.  If this is you, please don’t wait for a job to be posted; submit your CV and a statement of interest to snfcenter@cumc.columbia.edu.