Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship Position Available

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the largest institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), conducts and supports a global program of research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

The Division of Intramural Research within NIAID is recruiting for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship position with shared lab placement between the Prion Cell Biology Unit, located at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana (1 year), and the Experimental Immunotherapeutics Unit (EIU), located at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland (2 years).

The successful candidate will undertake a research program using human cerebral organoids to replicate key neuropathological features of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, an opportunistic infection of the brain caused by the ubiquitous human polyomavirus JCPyV.

Situated in the Bitterroot Valley of southwestern Montana, RML offers state-of-the-art facilities for genomics, proteomics, DNA microarray, electron microscopy, and biological imaging in a recently renovated laboratory.

The NIH Clinical Center, located on the NIH main campus in Bethesda, Maryland, is the largest research hospital in the world. EIU focuses on rare neuroimmunological diseases and specializes in translating basic discoveries to early-phase clinical trials.

Qualifications

Required

• Ph.D. or M.D.

Preference will be given to those candidates with experience and a background in advanced cell biology techniques and viral infections.

Pay and Benefits

Trainees will receive a stipend commensurate with their experience, and health insurance benefits are available.

To Apply

Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae (CV) and three letters of reference to the following contacts:

Irene Cortese, M.D.

Experimental Immunotherapeutics Unit

BG 10 RM 5C103

10 CENTER DR

BETHESDA MD 20814

[email protected]

Cathryn Haigh, Ph.D.

Prion Cell Biology Unit

Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity

RML

NIAID, NIH

903 South 4th Street

Hamilton, MT 59840

[email protected]

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