Postdoctoral Fellow - Single-Cell Immunology & Virology

HireLifeScience; West Point (PA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive

Health insurance

Job summary

HireLifeScience seeks a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Vaccine Preclinical Development group at our West Point, PA site. You will investigate latent herpesvirus biology within immune dysregulation contexts and lead collaborative projects using high-dimensional single-cell and systems immunology techniques.

The role requires a PhD in immunology/virology or related fields, strong computational skills, and the ability to publish and present findings.

Qualifications

• Must currently hold a PhD OR
• Receive a Ph.D. no later than spring 2027
• Ph.D. in-Immunology, Virology, Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement experimental strategies to enrich and/or characterize immune cells from peripheral blood
• Perform and optimize single-cell and high-dimensional immunology assays
• Contribute to the development of computational frameworks leading to biomarker discovery
• Present findings at internal and external scientific meetings and contribute to manuscript preparation and publication
• Collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams spanning immunology, virology, and translational research

Skills

Immunology

Virology

Single-cell transcriptomics

Computational biology

Biomarker discovery

Team collaboration

Scientific writing

Presentation skills

Data interpretation

Publication record

Education

PhD in Immunology

PhD in Virology

PhD in Systems Biology

PhD in Computational Biology

PhD in Bioinformatics

PhD in Molecular Biology

Tools

Flex Apex

CITE-seq

Spatial Transcriptomics

R/Python for omics

Job description

HireLifeScience seeks a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Vaccine Preclinical Development group at our West Point, PA site. You will investigate latent herpesvirus biology within immune dysregulation contexts and lead collaborative projects using high-dimensional single-cell and systems immunology techniques.

The role requires a PhD in immunology/virology or related fields, strong computational skills, and the ability to publish and present findings.