Postdoctoral Scientist: Immune Metabolomics

Texas Biomedical Research Institute; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

On-site fitness center

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

Texas Biomedical Research Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Scientist to join a multidisciplinary team focused on identifying bioactive metabolites, lipids, and natural products related to infectious diseases and cancer. The role involves mass spectrometry, multi-omics, cell culture, and animal models to elucidate host-pathogen interactions and immune responses.

Successful candidates will design independent experiments, generate hypotheses, and contribute to abstracts, posters, and manuscripts

Qualifications

• Hold a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DDS, DVM, or equivalent).
• Experience with metabolomics and lipidomics is highly desirable.
• Ability to design independent research and develop hypotheses.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct independent scientific research under direction of PI.
• Conduct metabolomics, lipidomics, chemical biology, immunology, bacteriology, infection immunity, and cancer therapeutics research.
• Identify mammalian and microbial metabolites as potential ligands or antigens.
• Develop and test hypotheses; troubleshoot assays.
• Maintain accurate records and present results to lab members.
• Prepare abstracts, posters, talks, and manuscripts.
• Assist in grant and contract applications as needed.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and participate in seminars.

Skills

Experimental design

Data analysis

Immunology

Bacteriology

Collaboration

Scientific writing

Grant writing

Mass spectrometry

Metabolomics

Lipidomics

Protein expression

Animal models

Education

Doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DDS, DVM, or equivalent)

Tools

Mass spectrometry

Cell culture

In vivo animal models

Job description

Texas Biomedical Research Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Scientist to join a multidisciplinary team focused on identifying bioactive metabolites, lipids, and natural products related to infectious diseases and cancer. The role involves mass spectrometry, multi-omics, cell culture, and animal models to elucidate host-pathogen interactions and immune responses.

Successful candidates will design independent experiments, generate hypotheses, and contribute to abstracts, posters, and manuscripts