Postdoctoral Fellow

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; United (PA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Pennsylvania's Wherry lab in the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to join a CRI-funded immunotherapy data resource project. The Fellow will lead analyses, integrate data across Atlas labs, and develop data-driven hypotheses from large immunology datasets.

Applicants should have a PhD, MD, or MD/PhD with strong work in immunology or cancer biology, and a record of independent and collaborative research.

Qualifications

• PhD, MD, or MD/PhD in immunology or cancer biology.
• Strong independence and teamwork abilities.
• Proven research productivity and collaborative experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project in the Wherry lab and coordinate data integration across Atlas labs.
• Address data-driven hypotheses using large datasets and advanced analyses.

Skills

Independence

Teamwork

Education

PhD/MD/MD-PhD

Tools

Flow cytometry

scRNA-seq

Proteomics

Spatial analysis

Job description

Postdoctoral Fellow

Location: University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

Open Date: Aug 07, 2026

Deadline:

The Wherry lab, in the Department of Systems Pharmacology andTranslational Therapeutics, has an opening for a postdoctoralfellow to join a CRI-funded research project. This position is partof a larger CRI Initiative to establish a data resource that willenable data-driven innovation in immunotherapy and address thetranslational gap between preclinical models and clinical trials.This Immunotherapy Altas will incorporate comprehensive immunelandscapes across commonly used mouse models as well as how theselandscapes are altered when immunotherapy perturbations areapplied. The goal for this position is to contribute to theestablishment of this resource and to use it to address data-drivenhypotheses that are generated based on analyses of thisresource.

The postdoctoral fellow will lead this project in the Wherry laband be instrumental in integrating similar data across twoadditional CRI-Immunotherapy Atlas labs. Experimental approaches toaddress the tumor-immune microenvironment will include flowcytometry, scRNA (+TCR)-seq, proteomics, and spatialanalysis.

This position is an excellent opportunity to learn how to mastercutting-edge technologies, leverage large datasets, generatedata-driven hypotheses, and become a strong collaborativescientific leader.

Qualifications

Successful candidates will have a PhD, MD, or MD/PhD degree,experience in immunology and/or cancer biology, a strong record ofproductivity, and a demonstrated ability to work independently andas a team.

Equal Employment Statement

The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer.Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race,color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin(including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenshipstatus, age, disability, veteran status or any class protectedunder applicable federal, state, or local law.