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Postdoctoral Research Associate

Employer
Henry Ford Health System/Immunology Program
Location
Detroit, Michigan
Salary
Commensurate
Closing date
Mar 18, 2021

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Discipline
Life Sciences, Immunology, Cancer Research
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
Postdoc
Organization Type
Academia

Postdoctoral Research Associate/Instructor position are available immediately to study skin immunology, tissue resident macrophages [lung alveolar microphage, liver Kupffer cells, and skin Langerhans cells (J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Sep;142(3):976-978; Nat Commun. 2020 Jul 30;11(1):3822)], NKT cells, and MAIT cells (J Immunol. 2019 Dec 15;203(12):3256-3267; Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020 May 26;8:384) in Henry Ford Immunology Program/Henry Ford Cancer Institute and Center for Cutaneous Biology and Immunology/Department of Dermatology. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or MD/PhD in molecular biology or immunology.  The background knowledges in tissue resident macrophages, NKT cells and MAIT cells, skin Immunology, cancer Immunology, with some mouse and FACS experience, are desirable.  Candidates should be career orientated, self-motivated and possess good communication skills.  The successful candidate will join a team using diverse approaches (single cells-RNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq, ChIP-Seq, CyToF, and different gene delivery systems) to understand the molecular mechanisms controlling immune cell development and their functions in autoimmunity and cancer immunity.  A complete application will include curriculum vitae with a research interest and the names and contact information of three references.  All materials should be sent to Dr. Qing-Sheng Mi (qmi1@hfhs.org), Director, Henry Ford Immunology Program, Henry Ford Health System, 1 Ford Place, Detroit, MI 48202.

Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) is one of the nation’s leading and largest comprehensive health systems, which has more than 23,000 employees.  Over 80 full time principal investigators engage in basic and translational research, while more than 1000 physicians lead or participate in clinical trials. HFHS receives more than $90 million annual research funding from outside sources.   In terms of total NIH funding, in 2018, HFHS was ranked the first among non-university based health systems in Michigan and #20 in the category of Independent Hospitals in US. Established in the summer of 2008, the Henry Ford Immunology Program and Dermatology Basic Research Program have been developed to promote the interdisciplinary basic and clinical research in HFHS.

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