Postdoctoral Researcher

The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS is seeking a candidate for the position of:

Postdoctoral Researcher

Number of available positions: 3

Place of work: Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Field of science: Neuroscience

Remuneration/month: 16 000 PLN of full remuneration cost, i.e. expected net salary at c.a. 9 000 PLN/month (ca. 2 000 EUR/month)

Max. period of employment: 48 months

 

Project title: Nencki-EMBL Center of Excellence for Neural Plasticity and Brain Disorders: BRAINCITY

Project is carried out within the MAB FENG/IRA FENG programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, Contract no. FENG.02.01-IP.05-0010/24

 

Project description:

We seek a motivated researcher to join a joint Beroun–Knapska effort on non-invasive stimulation of neuronal plasticity in the central amygdala to improve impaired motivation. Building on Beroun lab work on learning-induced synaptic plasticity in addiction (Bijoch et al. Cell Rep. 2023; Bijoch et al. Transl. Psych. 2023; Stefaniuk et al. Biol. Psych. 2017) and Knapska lab expertise in social/emotional circuitry, Eco-HAB–based high-throughput behavior, and imaging (Puścian et al., eLife 2016; Knapska et al., PNAS 2006; Andraka et al., Curr. Biol. 2021; Puścian et al., Br. J. Pharmacol. 2021; Mol. Psychiatry 2022; Winiarski et al., Sci. Advances 2025; Kazmierowska et al., Neuroimage 2022; Kolada et al., J. Neurosci. 2023), the project targets motivated behaviors in mouse models of depression, and drug and alcohol addiction, with human-relevant translation. Methods may include social/motivational assays, circuit activity mapping, fMRI, and plasticity-oriented stimulation with therapeutic potential

Project leaders: Ewelina Knapska, Anna Beroun

 

Scope of tasks:

• Planning and conducting experimental work;
• Data analysis;
• Manuscript preparation;
• Supervision of PhD students.

 

Application procedure and deadline:

Applications should be sent to postdoc@nencki.edu.pl with the note “Postdoc EK AB”

Closing date for applications: 31.10.2025

 

Required documents:

• CV;
• Letter-of-intent;
• 2 letters of recommendation;
• Copy of PhD diploma (or equivalent);
• Contact information, including e-mail address and phone number;
• The candidates may include additional information or copies of documents/certificates in support of the application.

You can use the foreign equivalent of a Polish academic degree if it meets at least one of the following criteria:

• is covered by the provisions of an international agreement on the equivalence of education,
• was issued by an authorized institution operating in an EU, OECD or EFTA Member State,
• was issued in another country and recognized on the basis of the regulations
• on the recognition of academic degrees obtained abroad (learn more about the procedure for the recognition of academic degrees:

https://nawa.gov.pl/en/recognition/recognition-for-professional-purposes/recognition-of-scientific-degrees-and-titles

 

For more details about the position please visit:

https://braincity.nencki.edu.pl/laboratory-of-emotions-neurobiology/

https://berounlab.nencki.edu.pl/

 

Additional information:

Please include the following clause in your CV:

“I give consent for my personal data included in the recruitment form to be processed by Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS with its registered seat in Warsaw at Pasteur Street No. 3 (data controller) for the purposes of recruitment for Broker position pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC in compliance with a legal obligation to which the data controller is subject to (Art. 6 section 1 letter a) and the Act on personal data protection of 10 May 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1000).”