Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine Full-time
Job Description
Position Description
Area: Immunology/Autoimmunity
Duration: 1 year renewable
Start Date: Immediately
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications
The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for two (2) Postdoctoral Scholars in Immunology.
Job Description:
The postdoctoral scholar will be involved in the use of antigen-specific nanomedicines capable of re-programming different immune cell types in vivo to dissect immunoregulatory cell networks. The candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of scientists working at the interphase among protein engineering, nanomedicine, in vivo cell re-programming, developmental immunology and chronic inflammatory disease. They will have the opportunity to use a variety of functional, phenotypic (e.g. multi-dimensional flow cytometry, mass cytometry), transcriptomic (e.g. scRNAseq) and epigenetic tools (e.g. ChIPseq, multiome) to dissect pharmacodynamic effects of in vivo cell re-programming.
Qualifications:
A PhD in Immunology or related field, or an MD degree with relevant research experience.
Application Details:
Interested candidates should submit, via email, a letter of interest with a brief summary or previous accomplishments and future career goals, as well as a current curriculum vitae and names, degrees and emails of three references, to Dr. Pere Santamaria at psantama@ucalgary.ca
Additional Information
To learn more about postdoctoral scholar opportunities at the University of Calgary and all we have to offer, view our Postdoc Careers website (https://careers.ucalgary.ca/pages/postdoc-opportunities). For more information about the Cumming School of Medicine visit Careers in the Cumming School of Medicine (https://medicine.careers.ucalgary.ca/).
Job Opening ID #22080
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