Join the Phillips Lab

Position: Postdoctoral research fellow

Institution: Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Employment location: Calgary, AB, Canada

Duration: Two years (possibility of extension)

Start date: Immediately

Salary: Flexible depending upon experience and accomplishments to date

We are seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to join the translational research team of Dr. Aaron Phillips. Successful applicants will join an interdisciplinary team that includes personnel enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and MD/PhD programs, as well as biomedical engineering and clinical staff. The team has several international collaborative projects with major partners located in Switzerland and Croatia. Dr. Phillips’ lab is independently supported by Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grant, Compute Canada, and Rick Hansen Institute. The Phillips Lab uses a combination of integrated physiology and neuroscience, with the aim of deeply understanding autonomic and cardiovascular function. Currently, the laboratory is aimed towards developing a neurostimulation therapy to restore healthy autonomic and cardiovascular function in those living with a spinal cord injury.

Research tools include CLARITY-optimized light-sheet microscopy, sympathetic and brainstem neuronal recordings, telemetry arterial cannulation and sympathetic recording, spinal cord transection/contusion, and a variety of genetic strains (e.g., Th-Cre, PV-Cre). The lab is also employing a novel computational pipeline for managing large data-sets of physiological metrics.

Positions are open for strong candidates with interest in preclinical neuroscience or physiology in the areas of cardiovascular and/or autonomic physiology, and/or biomedical engineering/computer science. Postdoctoral fellows interested in applying should have a minimum of one first-authored paper in a peer-reviewed journal with an impact factor greater than two. 

     · Have a strong interest in neuroscience, neurophysiology, or cardiovascular physiology.

     · Be fluent in English, both orally and written.

· Strong academic record and examples of scientific productivity

· Strong academic record and examples of scientific productivity

     · Well-developed academic writing and oral communication skills

     · Be able to write in English independently.

· Strong academic record and examples of scientific productivity

     · Have a PhD or MD completed in the last three years.

     · At least two first-authored paper in a peer-reviewed journal with an impact factor above 2

· Strong academic record and examples of scientific productivity

     · Passion for research that helps people.

     · Experience with applied preclinical cardiovascular/autonomic research.

     · Well-developed academic writing and oral communication skills.

To apply, please send the following to the attention of Dr. Aaron Phillips (aaron.phillips@ucalgary.ca):

(1) Cover letter including statement of research experience and interests

(2) CV

(3) Three letters of reference

(4) Copy of graduate transcript

(5) Writing sample (e.g., chapter of thesis or first author publication).