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Postdoctoral fellows
Postdoctoral fellows in the lab typically have a PhD in Neuroscience/ Bioengineering or a related discipline. Postdoctoral fellows are expected to have a first author peer-reviewed paper from their prior PhD work in systems neuroscience. Contact Tanuj to check for availability of postdoctoral fellowship position.
Postdoctoral fellows will be expected to apply for external fellowships, in addition to leading their research project.
Graduate Students
Graduate students are accepted through Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University's PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences and UCLA's PhD Program in Bioengineering.
Students through CS HSU: If you are admitted to the CS HSU graduate program, contact Tanuj if you are interested in a rotation in the lab. The goal of the rotation would be to identify what research direction excites you the most and a question that you can pursue passionately, if you find the lab a right fit for you.
Students through UCLA: If you are interested in the UCLA BME graduate program, our lab can only accept matched-PhD students from this program. These students join the lab right from the first year into the program, and start thesis research. Since the option of rotation does not exist for trainees coming from the UCLA graduate program, we prefer to commit to students with advanced research experience in a closely related discipline, and whose research interests are already aligned with general research directions of the lab. We also prefer to determine a project with matched UCLA PhD students early on. UCLA matched PhD students hold a Visiting Graduate Student title at CS HSU for the full duration of their graduate studies.
In general, graduate students are expected to be driven and curious about research directions being pursued in the lab. Graduate students will also participate in mentoring undergraduate interns, work with the research team and learn from postdocs and the PI.
Research Associates
RA-I: Our RA-I's are typically involved in animal surgeries, behavioral training, electrophysiologic recordings and histology. Therefore, for RA positions candidates with interests in animal behavior, electrophysiology and histology are considered. RAs are also involved in laboratory management activities such as ordering lab supplies, serving as lab represetative at monthly EHS meetings, and they serve as lab's liaison with the comparative medicine unit at Cedars-Sinai (that oversees animal ordering and husbandry).
If you have recent graduate or if you are an undergraduate senior year student of neuroscience / bioengineering (or a related discipline) who has an interest in intensive research experience prior to medical/ graduate school, this position might be apt for you. Check back this space to see if we have a job opening at the RA-I level.
RA-II: RA-II's recruited to the lab will have advanced experience in animal procedures or systems neurophysiology data analysis. Check back this space/ contact Tanuj to see if have an opening at the RA-II level.
Research Interns
Research interns are on-boarded through Cedars-Sinai's Research Internship Program. Undergraduates/ medical students can do an Internship for academic credit/ paid internship (check with Tanuj if a paid internship is available). In the past, we have hosted Research Interns from UCLA Neuroscience, Bioengineering, Psychobiology and Biomedical Systems undergraduate programs and medical students from Western University of Health Sciences. Research Interns will typically work on a project under the supervision of the Project Scientist/ Postdoctoral Fellow/ Senior Graduate Student. We also recruit summer interns through Cedars-Sinai's INSPIRE research internship program- an annual paid internship program. If you are interested in a summer internship through the INSPIRE program, contact Tanuj early on (Jan/ Feb) to discuss your research interests.
Medical Residents/ Fellows
Please contact Tanuj if you are clinical trainee at Cedars-Sinai interested in doing research.