Employer: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Closing date: Open until filled
Discipline: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology, Oncology, Computational Biology
Position Type: Full Time
Job Type: Postdoc Fellowship
Organization Type: Academia
We seek postdoctoral fellows who are passionate about advancing the mechanistic understanding of immune system organization and function in health and disease, including infectious disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer. This includes individuals with interests broadly related to cell migration, antibody responses, lymphoid organ biology, mucosal immunology, intercellular communication, cell engineering, cancer immunology, and intravital microscopy. As well as wet-bench researchers, we are seeking individuals with computational biology training who are interested in a position at the interface of computational biology and immunology for projects involving analysis of large datasets, including single-cell RNAseq data and 4-dimensional datasets of cell dynamics in tissues. Previous experience in flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, multiphoton microscopy, 10x Genomics, and related techniques are strongly desired.
Salary:
Salary for postdoctoral fellow is in alignment with the most current NIH NRSA pay scale: base of $54,840 per year with increases according to number of years of experience.
LSUHSC – Shreveport is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in immunology, microbiology, virology, cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology or a related field, or a medical degree.
To apply, please send your CV and the contact information for at least three professional references to Dr. Nonaka at taichiro.nonaka@lsuhs.edu