Qualifications:

• Background and interest in experimental physics, optics or engineering, and brain science, exceptional self-motivation, autonomy and creativity and team player

Offer:

• PhD project in the Nägerl team at the cutting-edge interface of optical method development, super-resolution microscopy and neuroscience, embedded in the graduate program EUR Light S&T and Bordeaux Neurocampus at the University of Bordeaux.

References:

• ERC-Synergy Project ENSEMBLE
• Bancelin et al. Aberration correction in STED microscopy to increase imaging depth in living brain tissue. Neurophotonics (2021)
• Angibaud et al. A simple tissue clearing method for increasing the depth penetration of STED microscopy of fixed brain slices. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2020)
• Inavalli et al. A super-resolution platform for correlative live single-molecule imaging and STED microscopy. Nature Methods (2019)
• Tønnesen et al. Super-resolution imaging of the extracellular space in living brain tissue. Cell (2018)
• Pfeiffer et al. Chronic 2P-STED imaging reveals high turnover of dendritic spines in the hippocampus in vivo. eLife (2018)

How to apply?

Email: a cover letter explaining your interests and motivation, CV, and a reference letter to: Prof. Dr. U. Valentin Nägerl (valentin.nagerl@u-bordeaux.fr).

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