We are a multi-disciplinary team, and we are always looking for highly self-motivated students with quantitative skills and a strong interest in neuroscience to join us. We provide mentorship and support to nurture future neuroscientists in an open, diverse, and inclusive environment.
Undergraduate Student Positions
Update on 2024-12-11: current full, except for highly determined and motivated students with strong electrical engineering/CS backgrounds.
We offer these research positions: course projects CSB497/498 & BCB330/430, summer research awards, and volunteers.
Please follow this link: https://forms.gle/5TJKof5J58SWQETv5 Qian checks the Google forms at least every 2 weeks and reads ALL the applications.
- If you are interested in a research position, we should plan for course projects CSB497/498 or BCB330/430. Please apply in advance and experience the lab before the course project.
- If you are interested in summer research awards, our priority is our existing students with excellent research progress and achievements, so it is better for you to start in the lab one or two semesters in advance.
- If you are interested in Work-Study position, we have openings for fish feeding position, every April and August at https://clnx.utoronto.ca/. You can directly apply.
Work-Study positions (2-3) are for zebrafish fish feeding. Please look for our post on Clnx in April for summer positions, and in August for Fall/Winter positions.
Graduate Student Positions
Please fill in this form if you are interested in graduate student positions: https://forms.gle/i2FTesk1GvaTxYYf9
As our lab is in the Department of Cell & Systems Biology (CSB), please also apply for the CSB graduate program (here) in parallel.
Potential fellowships:
- For international students: data science, general.
- For domestic & international students: data science.
Postdoctoral Positions
- A postdoc in optics or physics: maintain and operate 2p microscopes (primary responsibility), assist in building behavioral rigs, perform systems neuroscience research, and potentially build cost-effective microscopes optimized for neural recordings in zebrafish. Funding is available for 3-5 years. Application is open until 2024-12-31.
- A potential postdoc in computational neuroscience Funding will be subject to future grants or postdoc fellowships. https://datasciences.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral-fellowship/, https://schmidtfellows.utoronto.ca/apply/
If you are interested in our postdoc positions, please email Qian Lin with the application materials:
- A cover letter that explains why you are interested in our research, and what you plan to do in our lab;
- CV highlighting your skill sets and publications;
- Contact information for two reference letters.