Post-Doctoral Fellow – Montaner Lab

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

Job summary

The Wistar Institute seeks a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow for the HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center. The role involves virological and immune system-based research, focusing on HIV reservoirs and immune detection, within a collaborative and innovative environment.

Benefits

competitive salary

excellent benefits package

Qualifications

• Strong background in HIV virology, molecular virology, immunology, and molecular/cellular biology.
• Experience with molecular screening, bioinformatics, microscopy, and flow cytometry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Regulation of innate immunity.
• Identifying new mechanisms of immunodeficiency.
• Developing strategies for control of HIV-1 infection.

Skills

HIV virology

molecular virology

immunology

molecular biology

Education

PhD

Tools

bioinformatics

microscopy

flow cytometry

Job description

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

Job Description

The Wistar Institute has an opening for a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Luis Montaner in the HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center. The Montaner lab combines virological and immune system-based research through long-standing community partnerships and clinical trials research, along with using laboratory models of virus infection.

The laboratory focuses on:

• Regulation of innate immunity.
• Identifying new mechanisms of immunodeficiency (and discovering new approaches to reverse them).
• Exploring interface between persistence of HIV reservoirs and immune detection.
• Developing strategies for control of HIV-1 infection.

Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent with a strong background in HIV virology, molecular virology, immunology, and molecular/cellular biology. Experience with molecular screening, bioinformatics, microscopy, and flow cytometry is a plus.

The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.

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.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

For more information about The Wistar Institute visit our website atwww.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