Postdoc Opportunities in Neuroscience in Canada

Postdoc Positions in neuroscience in canada

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Universities with open postdoc positions in neuroscience in Canada include University of Toronto, National Research Council Canada and McGill University.

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University of Toronto

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The Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of Toronto is seeking a Research Associate to join the laboratory of Dr. Gabor G. Kovacs for a 12-month limited-term appointment. This position is centered on translational research into the molecular and biochemical mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease, with a particular focus on tauopathies and other proteinopathies. The project integrates human postmortem brain tissue, protein biochemistry, cellular disease models...

Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Chemistry
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2 days ago

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National Research Council Canada

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The National Research Council Canada is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow in reinforcement learning and vision for a two-year appointment in Hamilton, Canada, within the Automotive and Surface Transportation organizational unit. The fellow will develop a graph-based inverse reinforcement learning framework to analyze and forecast human drivers’ eye-gaze scanpaths under adverse weather conditions. The project will infer reward structures underlying driver gaze behavior, use spectral graph analysis...

Computer Science
Cognitive Science
Deep Learning
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5 days ago

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McGill University

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Two postdoctoral fellowships are available through McGill University’s interdisciplinary Citadel of the Mind project, led by Professor Blake Richards and supported by the Schmidt Sciences Polymath Award. The project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive science, psychometrics, and video games , with the goal of developing new approaches to understanding intelligence and the mind. The first position, Postdoctoral Fellow – Cognitive Assessment and Psychometri...

Computer Science
Psychology
Cognitive Science
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1 week ago

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The University of British Columbia

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The University of British Columbia is advertising three postdoctoral fellowships in the Men’s Health Research Program at the Vancouver campus (UBC Point Grey). These fellowships are designed for early-career researchers who want to build and lead an independent research program in men’s health. Research themes include coping and consumption (stress, adversity, trauma, alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography, and other consumption behaviours), social connection (peer, partner, family, and community...

Epidemiology
Sociology
Behavioral Science
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2 weeks ago

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McGill University

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Multimodal Machine Learning for Human Neurotypes at McGill University (Montreal Neuro) This postdoctoral opening focuses on building a foundation model of human neurotypes by integrating cognitive task performance, conversational text, biometric data, psychometrics, and other multimodal signals. The project emphasizes self-supervised representation learning, multimodal architectures, latent-space modeling of individual differences, and rigorous evaluation of robustness...

Computer Science
Cognitive Science
Natural Language Processing
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2 weeks ago

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The University of British Columbia

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Fully funded PhD opportunity in Parkinson's disease and bone health at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) , Canada. The project is associated with the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in the Faculty of Medicine and is supervised by Dr. Sarah Purcell and Dr. Daryl Wile . Relevant academic areas include medical science , neuroscience , nutrition , kinesiology , exercise science , public health , and chronic disease prevention. The post specifically highlights ...

Sports Science
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Biology
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2 weeks ago

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The University of British Columbia

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver Campus, in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Kumar Lab under Dr. Ujendra Kumar . The project focuses on neuroscience and medical science topics including excitotoxicity , neurodegenerative disease models , and Alzheimer’s disease . Research activities include validating biomarkers, testing small-molecule therapeutics in animal models, and evaluating the neuroprotective and behavioral effects of ca...

Biology
Alzheimer's Disease
Neuropsychology
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2 weeks ago

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McGill University

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McGill University is advertising a Post-Doctoral Researcher position in Cognitive Assessment and Psychometrics at Montreal Neuro in Canada. The role is part of the Citadel of the Mind project, an ambitious research initiative supported by a Schmidt Sciences Polymath Award. The project aims to build a high-dimensional AI foundation model of human neurotypes using a mobile and browser-based puzzle video game that collects both quantitative cognitive-test data and qualitative conversational AI data...

Computer Science
Psychology
Cognitive Science
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2 weeks ago

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Majid Mohajerani

McGill University

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PhD and Postdoc positions are available at the intersection of AI, neuroscience, and behaviour modelling at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, with work connected to the Douglas Research Centre and Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. The project focuses on building foundation models for behaviour using large-scale animal video data. Research themes include video representation learning , self-supervised learning , video transformers , behaviour embeddings, query-by-example retri...

Computer Science
Psychology
Biomedical Engineering
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3 weeks ago

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Seyed Amirhossein Tabatabaei Dakhili

University of Alberta

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Assistant Professor Seyed Amirhossein Tabatabaei Dakhili at the University of Alberta is recruiting a graduate student for his lab in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences . The research focus is on obesity and other metabolic diseases , including MASLD and MASH . The lab works across peptide therapeutics , small-molecule drug discovery , pharmacology , and metabolic biology , with an emphasis on moving new therapeutic ideas from molecular design into preclinical models . This is a...

Pharmacology
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Biology
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1 month ago

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McGill University

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Fully funded MSc and PhD positions are available for a Fall 2027 start in CRISPR-based functional genomics and precision genome editing at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. The opportunity is in the Cuella-Martin Lab within the CERC in Genomic Medicine , Department of Human Genetics. The research focus is highly relevant to genomics , molecular biology , genetics , and medical science , with an emphasis on genome editing technologies and functional genomic approaches. Applicants should have...

Molecular Biology
Biology
Functional Genomics
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1 week ago

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Majid Mohajerani

McGill University

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PhD and Postdoc positions are available at the intersection of AI, neuroscience, and behaviour modelling at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, with work connected to the Douglas Research Centre and Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. The project focuses on building foundation models for behaviour using large-scale animal video data. Research themes include video representation learning , self-supervised learning , video transformers , behaviour embeddings, query-by-example retri...

Computer Science
Psychology
Biomedical Engineering
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3 weeks ago

Living costs in Canada

Estimated costs in Canada.

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Canada

Clothing

Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year

C$1.6k

$1,200/yr

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Personal Care

Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year

C$979

$720/yr

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Transportation

Public transport and local travel per year

C$1.3k

$960/yr

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Housing

Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year

C$11.4k

$8,400/yr

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Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo

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Western University

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Cognitive Neuroscience

Systems Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Multisensory Integration

Learning And Memory

Hopewell Professor of Brain Imaging

University of Calgary

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Research Interests

Cognitive Neuroscience

Neuropsychology

Neurodegenerative Disease

Neuroimaging

Brain

York University

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Medical Imaging

Immunology

Optical Imaging

Optical Sensing

Thermal Imaging

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Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada

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Research Interests

Cognitive Neuroscience

Behavioral Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Neuroimaging

Psychobiology

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Western University

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Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Cerebellar Disorders

Motor Control

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Western University

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Research Interests

Systems Neuroscience

Cognitive Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Clinical Neurophysiology

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