# Postdoctoral Position: Molecular Mechanisms and Neural Circuits of Fear Memory, Maternal and Social Behavior **URL:** \ **Category:** Jobs\ **Created:** [December 8, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://scientistsolutions.discourse.group/t/postdoctoral-position-molecular-mechanisms-and-neural-circuits-of-fear-memory-maternal-and-social-behavior/1215 "2025-12-08T12:09:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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# Postdoctoral Researcher **Employer** [Rutgers University Shumyatsky lab](https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/employer/12844985/rutgers-university-shumyatsky-lab) **Location** Piscataway, New Jersey **Salary** Salary is from $63,000 and commensurate with experience. **Closing date** 3 Mar 2026 > **** > ## Job Details Postdoctoral Position: Molecular Mechanisms and Neural Circuits of Fear Memory, Maternal and Social Behavior Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, laboratory of Dr. Gleb Shumyatsky. A key question in research on memory and behavior is how the brain responds to environmental stimuli, and a major challenge here is the heterogeneity of cell-signaling pathways, brain cells and neural networks. We study activity-dependent molecular processes in the amygdala-, hippocampus- and prefrontal cortex-associated networks at the level of neural circuits and single cells using mouse genetics. Our focus is on fear memory, anxiety, social and maternal behavior as well as autism- and depressive-like behaviors in a mouse. Our recent work has identified dynamic changes in microtubules during memory encoding (Uchida et al., _Nature Communications_ 2014; Martel et al., _Journal of Neuroscience_ 2016). We also described epigenetic modifications and new gene targets of CREB-dependent transcription following learning (Uchida et al., _Cell Reports_ 2017). More recently, we have found a molecular pathway regulating dopamine function during stress-enhanced fear extinction (Morishita et al, _Molecular Psychiatry_ 2024). The successful candidate will have a recent PhD in molecular biology or neuroscience and a track record of first-class science demonstrated by first-author peer-reviewed scientific articles. Expected experience is in molecular biology (strong background in cloning, mutagenesis, immunoprecipitation, RNAseq and mouse genetics), neural circuits and mouse behavior. Salary is from $63,000 and commensurate with experience. Please send your CV, a brief statement of research interests and three references to [gleb@hginj.rutgers.edu](mailto:gleb@hginj.rutgers.edu) Rutgers is located in central New Jersey, one hour away from New York City and Philadelphia, and enjoys a diverse international academic and cultural community. Applications will be immediately reviewed until the position is filled.