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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> research group "Animal Navigation" headed by Prof. Henrik Mouritsen at the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University
of Oldenburg </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">has been awarded a 6-year ERC Synergy Grant for a project entitled
<i>QuantumBirds</i>: <i>Radical pair-based magnetic sensing in migratory birds</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> together with Prof. Peter Hore, University of Oxford.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applicants are invited for a
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Postdoc in Two-Photon Calcium Imaging of the Bird Retina<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(100% E13 TV-L, 5 Years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">starting as soon as possible in Oldenburg, Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The navigational and sensory abilities of night-migratory songbirds, travelling alone over thousands of kilometers, are absolutely staggering. The successful
completion of these magnificent voyages depends crucially on the birds’ ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field. The experimental evidence suggests something extraordinary. The birds’ magnetic compass sensor seems to rely on coherent quantum phenomena
that indirectly allow magnetic interactions a million times smaller than <i>k</i><sub>B</sub><i>T</i> (Boltzmann’s constant multiplied by temperature) to be detected in biological tissue.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Working in
<i>QuantumBirds</i> brings together quantum physics, spin chemistry, behavioral biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology in a unique, ambitious, imaginative and genuinely synergetic research programme. We aim to prove whether the primary magnetic detection
event occurring in the birds’ retinas involves the quantum spin dynamics of photochemically formed radical pairs in cryptochrome proteins.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Using two-photon calcium imaging, you would work on how the bird retina encodes the response to magnetic fields in the responses of its ganglion cells
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in an international and interdisciplinary group of researchers, who regularly publish their findings in the very best scientific journals (including e.g. 5 papers in Nature since 2009).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your Qualifications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience in calcium imaging is mandatory<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High level of enthusiasm, motivation and ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Above-average academic university degree and a PhD in neuroscience, biology, physics or similar</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Excellent skills in programming (Matlab or Python) and image processing are mandatory<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience in <i>two-photon</i> calcium imaging is
<a name="_Hlk1123403">advantageous</a> as is experience in working with the vertebrate retina<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You have published your previous results in very good ISI-indexed peer-reviewed scientific journals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What we offer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The QuantumBirds (</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="file:///C:\Users\Tina%20Schlüter\Documents\ERC\Stellenausschreibungen\www.quantumbirds.eu"><span lang="EN-US">www.quantumbirds.eu</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
project is </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">located at the University of Oxford, UK (physical and chemical aspects) and at the University of Oldenburg, Germany (biological and biochemical aspects), and collaborates with research
groups from around the world. You will be located in Oldenburg and become part of a large diverse team working closely together on related questions and will have access to a wide range of superb modern equipment, techniques and expertise.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information about our group, see
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.member.uni-oldenburg.de/henrik.mouritsen/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.member.uni-oldenburg.de/henrik.mouritsen/</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The University of Oldenburg offers a broad variety of options that will help to further promote your professional development; this includes going to conferences,
courses and workshops with great networking opportunities, as well as participating in career and leadership programs.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Family and scientific career are supported by us and the University of Oxford and the University of Oldenburg.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How to apply<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> application should include a letter of motivation, a detailed CV, a publication list,
names and phone numbers of at least two personal references, university and high school certificates. Please send your application
<b>as a single pdf-file</b> to Dr.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Beate Grünberg
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:beate.gruenberg@uni-oldenburg.de"><span lang="EN-US">beate.gruenberg@uni-oldenburg.de</span></a></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">.
</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All applications received before the
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1st</span></strong> of<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> April,
</span></strong>2019 will be considered. We will start looking at the applications after the deadline and will consider further applications until the position is filled.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We and the University of Oldenburg are aware of the power of diversity. In order to increase the percentage of female faculty and staff members, female
candidates with equal qualification will be given preference. Applicants with disabilities will be preferentially considered in case of equal qualification.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">apl. Prof. Dr. Karin Dedek<br>
University of Oldenburg<br>
Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Neurosensorics/Animal Navigation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">26111 Oldenburg<br>
Germany<br>
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Tel.:+49-(0)441-798-3425<br>
Fax.:+49-(0)441-798-3284<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Mail:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="mailto:karin.dedek@uni-oldenburg.de"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:blue">karin.dedek@uni-oldenburg.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Web:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/karin-dedek/"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:blue">https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/karin-dedek/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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