Postdoctoral Fellow in Lung Immunology

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Allen Lab; Los Angeles (CA); Presencial; USD 58.000 - 68.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Allen Lab invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scientist to join a dynamic team. The work focuses on how aging and host factors shape immune responses in the lung.

The successful candidate will lead in vivo mouse studies, genetic perturbation, immune-stromal co-culture, and single-cell/spatial genomics to define stromal-immune circuits that govern homeostasis and disease. This role offers opportunities to contribute to high-impact publications and collaborate

Formación

• Doctorate degree in biomedical sciences, immunology, or related field is required.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills are required.
• Experience with mouse models is strongly preferred.
• Training in immunology and cell/molecular biology is preferred.
• Experience with flow cytometry is preferred.
• Experience with high-dimensional datasets (single-cell or spatial genomics) is preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Lead projects on how lung parenchyma shapes immune function using in vivo mouse models.
• Utilize genetic perturbation, immune-stromal co-culture, and functional assays.
• Apply single-cell and spatial genomics to analyze aging-related changes.

Conocimientos

Communication

Independent work

Collaboration

Educación

Doctorate in biomedical sciences or immunology

Herramientas

Flow cytometry

Single-cell sequencing

Spatial genomics

Descripción del empleo

Why does aging simultaneously impair host defense while increasing susceptibility to inflammatory disease? How do tissue-resident stromal cells and their memory of prior exposures reshape immune function over the lifespan?

Dr. Nancy Allen invites you to consider this Postdoctoral Scientist opportunity to join her dynamic team!

The Allen lab is a new lab at Cedars-Sinai and is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Scientist to join this effort. Our lab studies how the lung parenchyma shapes immune responses, with a particular focus on how aging and other host factors alter these interactions. Building on prior work defining stromal‑immune circuits that drive inflammatory T cell responses in the aged lung (Allen et al., Immunity 2026), we aim to further dissect how these interactions maintain tissue homeostasis and contribute to disease.

The Postdoctoral Scientist will lead projects investigating how the lung parenchyma shapes immune function using a combination of in vivo mouse models, genetic perturbation, immune‑stromal co‑culture and other functional assays, as well as single-cell and spatial genomics.

Applicant Qualifications:

Education:

• Doctorate degree in biomedical sciences, immunology, or other related field (Required).

Experience and Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to work collaboratively as well as independently are required.
• Experience working with mouse models is strongly preferred.
• Training in immunology, cell and molecular biology is preferred.
• Experience with flow cytometry is preferred.
• Computational experience and/or familiarity with high-dimensional datasets (e.g., single-cell or spatial genomics) is preferred.