Jin Zhang

The Zhang Lab at UMass Chan Medical School is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to investigate how internal states and experience reshape sensory pathways and behavior. Using the mammalian taste system, the research examines the mechanisms of sensory plasticity and how physiological states influence taste and intake. The lab combines molecular, genetic, neural imaging, and behavioral approaches to study changes in sensory processing and behavior. The position offers exciting research projects and opportunities to develop independent research directions within an interdisciplinary sensory neuroscience environment. Recent lab work includes research on how sodium deficiency regulates taste and intake, including the role of endothelin-1 from tongue glands in gating sodium taste and intake.