POSTDOCTORAL Position // Insitute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP),Paris. Deadline : Now

Team of María Cecilia Angulo Neuron-oligodendroglia interactions in myelination and myelin repair Insitute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP) INSERM U1266, Paris, France 

Profile : We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in electrophysiology, optogenetics, in vivo recordings and/or behavior and who has a special interest in regeneration. The post-doc candidate will integrate our team located in the new Institut of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP) inside Sainte-Anne Hospital, a highly stimulating environment. 

Project : When myelination is impaired or myelin is destroyed in the CNS, cognitive, motor and sensory functions are compromised. Despite the low regeneration capacity of the CNS, a spontaneous production of newly formed oligodendrocytes and a partial myelin repair can occur in response to a demyelinating injury. We recently showed that a moderate neuronal activity in vivo improves myelin repair by increasing both the density of OLs and myelin production in demyelinated lesions, inducing a remarkable functional recovery (Ortiz et al., 2019). The present project aims to determine the mechanisms allowing neuronal activity to improve myelin repair and, in turn, action potential conduction. 

Lab : Recent relevant publications of the team: 

Orduz D et al., (2019) Nat Commun 10:4249  Ortiz FC et al. (2019) JCI Insight 4(9):e123434  Balia M et al. (2017) Glia 65(11):1821-1832  Wake H et al. (2015) Nat Commun 6:7844.  Orduz D et al. (2015) eLife 4:e06953 

The position will be for 2 years

Starting date: as soon as possible 

Website: https://ipnp.paris5.inserm.fr/research/teams-and-projects/19-equipe-angulo 

Application : Interested candidates should send their CV, a motivation letter including research interests and names of 2 referees to: maria-cecilia.angulo@parisdescartes.fr