Lung Immunology Postdoc - In Vivo & In Vitro

University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA); Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) seeks a postdoctoral fellow to study how local innate immune responses, especially the complement system, influence bacterial pneumonia severity. The role involves both in vitro and in vivo experiments in a NIH-funded lab within the UCLA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care.

Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences and have experience with cell biology techniques, flow cytometry, and microscopy.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in biomedical sciences required.
• Experience with standard cell biology techniques as well as murine in vivo models required, as well as microscopy and flow cytometry.
• Experience in molecular biology or structural biology is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive how local innate immune responses, such as the complement system, modulate pneumonia severity using in vitro and in vivo studies.
• Utilize state-of-the-art modalities including flow cytometry, ELISA, microscopy, sequencing for mechanistic insights.

Skills

In vitro assays

Flow cytometry

Microscopy

Molecular biology

Education

PhD in biomedical sciences

Tools

Murine in vivo models

Conditional knockout mouse models

Job description

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) seeks a postdoctoral fellow to study how local innate immune responses, especially the complement system, influence bacterial pneumonia severity. The role involves both in vitro and in vivo experiments in a NIH-funded lab within the UCLA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care.

Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences and have experience with cell biology techniques, flow cytometry, and microscopy.