{"id":191785,"date":"2026-01-22T19:40:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/postdoctoral-researcher-neurobiology-of-cocaine-addiction\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:40:57","slug":"postdoctoral-researcher-neurobiology-of-cocaine-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/postdoctoral-researcher-neurobiology-of-cocaine-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Postdoctoral Researcher \u2013 Neurobiology of Cocaine Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France (<a href=\"https:\/\/neurocentre-magendie.fr\/\">https:\/\/neurocentre-magendie.fr\/<\/a>), Department Bordeaux Neurocampus (https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/)<br \/>\n<strong>Duration:<\/strong> 24 months<br \/>\n<strong>Expected Start Date:<\/strong> March 2026 (flexible)<br \/>\n<strong>Salary:<\/strong> Based on experience and institutional guidelines<\/p>\n<p>We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join a multidisciplinary team studying the neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying vulnerability to cocaine addiction.<\/p>\n<p>To identify the neuronal basis of behavioral transitions, this position is dedicated to combining the following approaches:<br \/>\n&#8211; Miniscope calcium imaging to record neuronal activity during cocaine self-administration<br \/>\n&#8211; AI-based behavioral phenotyping (e.g., DeepLabCut) and neural data analysis<\/p>\n<h3>Responsibilities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Implement and optimize miniscope recordings in cocaine self-administering rats<\/li>\n<li>Apply machine learning tools to identify fine-grained behavioral motifs<\/li>\n<li>Develop pipelines to link neural dynamics with behavior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Requirements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD in neuroscience, neurocomputation or related field<\/li>\n<li>Experience with animal models and in vivo imaging<\/li>\n<li>Programming skills (Python, MATLAB, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Familiarity with behavioral analysis or machine learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Candidates should send their CV, letter of motivation, list of publications and 2 letters of reference (to be sent by references) to Dr V\u00e9ronique Deroche-Gamonet (<a href=\"mailto:veronique.deroche@inserm.fr\">veronique.deroche@inserm.fr<\/a>) and Dr Julien Courtin (<a href=\"mailto:julien.courtin@inserm.fr\">julien.courtin@inserm.fr<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contacts: V\u00e9ronique Deroche-Gamonet and Julien Courtin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":165380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-position"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}