Postdoc: Epigenetic Immunity & Single-Cell Genomics

1000scholars; Georgia; On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate focused on decoding how infection leaves durable epigenetic and transcriptional scars shaping long-term immunity, inflammation, and lung repair.

The role integrates single-cell transcriptomics and chromatin accessibility with CRISPR-based perturbations and deep cohort phenotyping to identify causal mechanisms in post-infection lung disease.

Qualifications

• MD or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline.
• No prior experience required.
• Strong collaborative and English communication skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement measurements of inflammation, host immunity, and cellular metabolism from patient samples.
• Perform and analyze single-cell RNA sequencing and epigenomic assays; integrate multi-omics data.
• Collaborate to validate regulatory elements and gene networks using CRISPR perturbations and organoid models.

Skills

Statistics

R

Python

English proficiency

Education

MD or PhD in Basic Science/Health Science

PhD in Biology/Immunology

Tools

CRISPRi/CRISPRa

scRNA-seq

scATAC-seq

CITE-seq

Cut and Run

Job description

Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate focused on decoding how infection leaves durable epigenetic and transcriptional scars shaping long-term immunity, inflammation, and lung repair.

The role integrates single-cell transcriptomics and chromatin accessibility with CRISPR-based perturbations and deep cohort phenotyping to identify causal mechanisms in post-infection lung disease.