🧠 PhD opportunity in neuroscience The Center for Brain Research at the Medizinische Universität Wien offers a fully funded PhD position in circuit neuroscience, as part of the prestigious FWF Cluster of Excellence – Neuronal Circuits in Health and Disease. The project explores how inhibitory neural circuits regulate emotional states and brain-body interactions, using cutting-edge techniques such as: - calcium imaging - optogenetics - circuit tracing - behavioral profiling in animal models The position is embedded in the Excellent Brains PhD Program. This national training initiative brings together top-tier institutions across Austria (MedUni Vienna & Innsbruck, ISTA, IMBA, University of Vienna). 📍 Vienna, Austria 🗓️ Start: October 2025 (flexible) 📌 Deadline: 30 June 2025 📝 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dnEjH7KF https://coe.univie.ac.at/?page_id=6