Postdoctoral Scientist in Host-Pathogen Interactions, Microbiology, and Cell Signaling Howard Hughes Medical Institute in United States

Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, United States . This NIH-funded position is in the laboratory of Dr. Stacey Gilk in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology. The project focuses on host-pathogen interactions , especially how the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii subverts host lipid metabolism to support infection and replication. Research topics include lipid droplets, endoplasmic reticulum-lipi...

Fengrong Wang, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, is recruiting one or two PhD students for a lab project on Toxoplasma gondii and the transition from acute to chronic infection. The research is highly interdisciplinary and combines biochemistry , molecular biology , genomics , and structural biology to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying parasite differentiation. This is a strong fit for students interested in infectious disease research, parasite biology, and mechanistic...

University of Michigan is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Cell and Molecular Biology / Virology in the Maurer Lab, based in the Department of Biophysics and affiliated with Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan Medical School. The project focuses on adeno-associated viral vector biology and related research in cell and molecular biology, virology, host-pathogen interactions, mammalian gene regulation, chromatin structure and function, DNA replication/repair, and advan...

PhD Graduate Research Assistantship in Metabolism and Host-Pathogen Interactions at the University of North Texas (UNT), in the Alonso Laboratory at the BioDiscovery Institute and Department of Biological Sciences. This opening is for a PhD student beginning in Fall 2027 . The project focuses on the human fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum and how it acquires and uses nutrients inside host immune cells. Research topics include biochemistry , metabolism , metabolic pathways , host-pathogen in...

Washington University in St. Louis is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Surgery / Cardiothoracic Surgery. The position is based in an NIH-funded laboratory studying how immunometabolism regulates lung fibrotic disease , with a research focus on the mechanisms underlying lung transplant rejection and interstitial lung disease . The successful candidate will work with human and mouse tissue specimens and help further develop a human lung chip to study alveolar m...