Post-Doctoral Fellow - Auslander Lab

The Wistar Institute; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow to apply advanced machine learning techniques in research focused on immunology and microbial genomics. Ideal candidates will be PhD holders or nearing degree completion, eager to contribute to innovative research in biomedicine.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Access to cutting-edge research facilities

Qualifications

• Strong background in computational biology or microbiology.
• Experience or interest in machine learning techniques.

Responsibilities

• Employ state-of-the-art machine and deep learning techniques on biological data.
• Develop new methods to understand microbial modulation of immune responses.

Skills

Computational Biology

Immunology

Molecular Evolution

Education

PhD or equivalent

Job description

The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Monday, June 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM

A Post-Doctoral Fellow position is open in the laboratory of Dr. Noam Auslander at The Wistar Institute. The Auslander lab employs state-of-the art machine and deep learning techniques to complex biological data, to answer pressing research questions in biomedicine. The lab focuses on developing new methods to understand how microbes modulate immune responses in human diseases, with a focus on cancer.

Candidates should have a PhD (or equivalent) degree or should be close to obtaining their doctoral degree. Applicants must have a strong background in one or more of the following disciplines: (1) Immunology, with some prior experience in computational biology (2) Molecular evolution, and in particular for microbial genomics (2) computer science training, with an interest in computational biology.

In addition to the online application, please submit a curriculum vitae and contact details of three references to Dr. Auslander via e-mail at [e-mail] .

The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources to its faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities. Research discoveries conducted at Wistar have led to the development of vaccines; the identification of genes associated with cancers; and the development of many other significant research technologies and tools.

We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.

For more information about The Wistar Institute visit our website at www.wistar.org .

It is the policy of the Institute to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, citizenship, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), pregnancy, caregiver status, domestic or sexual violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or on the basis of genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, with respect to all terms and conditions of employment.

The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America