Investigating sleep circuitry

Coinciding with this new knowledge, through huge leaps forward in genetic technologies in the last 20 years, modern neuroscience has unravelled the inner workings of the brain with unprecedented precision. Despite this revolution, the question of why we sleep still remains largely uncharted terrain.

The scientist who successfully completes this project needs to be curious about how the brain works, how it encodes vital and health restorative processes that switch on during sleep. They would need a desire to use state-of-the-art systems neuroscience technologies and learn high level skills.

This project will employ of combination of advanced technologies including in vivo and in vitro electrophysiology and fluorescent imaging.

If you join this project you would benefit from training under supervisors who have developed some of these technologies in their labs. You would therefore receive optimal support to help you troubleshoot and overcome obstacles.

Through this project, you would be well positioned to navigate an unexplored frontier of neuroscience, providing the setting to make seminal discoveries. For those who seek to pursue a research career in neuroscience, a project of this nature would be a springboard.

The results of this work have the potential to reveal fundamental mechanisms of the brain and inform the next generation of investigation at the intersection of sleep and dementia.