Neuroscience PhD position (4-year funded)

About this position

The position

• We are accepting applications for a 4-year predoctoral position (PhD student) to investigate the properties of human circuits using surgical brain tissue samples.
• The selected candidate will apply either advanced imaging or patch-clamp electrophysiology techniques directly to surgically resected human brain tissue, working to understand how human neural circuits function and how they are altered in epilepsy patients.
• This position is funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI FPI position).

The team

• We are a new research team at Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRIB) supervised by Jake Watson.
• We work closely with the Hospital del Mar Epilepsy and Neurosurgery Units to link circuit properties to patient disease.
• HMRIB is based in the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB).

Requirements

- Master's degree in Neuroscience, Biochemistry, or equivalent - Prior experience in molecular or cellular biology - Excellent English language skills - Prior experience with image analysis or patch-clamp electrophysiology is highly valued

Please send

a CV and short expression of interest. Applications will be continuously reviewed until 1 November 2026.

How to apply

1. Read the full advert on the source site — it carries the authoritative terms.
2. Prepare your SOP, CV, transcripts and referees before the deadline.
3. Apply through the university's own portal. Never pay a fee to a third party.