Research Scientist, All-Optical Investigation of Rodent Cognition is open at Astera in Alameda. The posting gives a salary of $80K - $150K. Posted on Aug 16, 2026, and still on Astera’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 15, 2026.
About the role
Help define the cognitive processes and experimental questions we pursue in mice, and design and iterate head-fixed behavioral paradigms to probe them. - Run two-photon imaging and holographic photostimulation experiments to read, write, and perturb specific neural activity patterns at single-cell resolution during behavior. - Run holographic targeting, power calibration, and closed-loop stimulation on the…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Astera’s careers page.
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