Postdoctoral Fellow - Single-Cell & Spatial Immunology Atlas

Merck; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a cross-functional translational research team spanning computational biology, immunology, spatial genomics, and translational medicine. You will work on single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to uncover disease mechanisms in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.

Based in Cambridge, MA, this role offers mentorship from leaders across academia and industry, opportunities to publish, present at conferences, and contribute

Responsibilities

• Receive mentorship from experts across computational biology, immunology, translational medicine, and drug discovery.
• Publish first-author manuscripts in leading journals.
• Present at major international scientific conferences.
• Develop expertise in cutting-edge single-cell, spatial, and multi-omics technologies.
• Build a strong interdisciplinary network across academia and industry.
• Gain experience translating complex biological datasets into actionable therapeutic insights.
• Lead efforts to build cellular atlases of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.
• Define spatial tissue niches and cellular microenvironments in disease contexts.

Job description

Merck is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a cross-functional translational research team spanning computational biology, immunology, spatial genomics, and translational medicine. You will work on single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to uncover disease mechanisms in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.

Based in Cambridge, MA, this role offers mentorship from leaders across academia and industry, opportunities to publish, present at conferences, and contribute