Postdoc Opportunities in Microbiology

Nanyang Technological University Singapore is seeking a Research Fellow in Environmental Fluxomics to contribute to quantitative microbial research using multi-omics approaches. The project involves microbial cultivation, molecular microbiology, and the generation and analysis of genomic, transcriptomic, fluxomic, and related datasets. The researcher will use bioinformatics and computational tools to analyse biological data and will develop or apply metabolic, ecological, statistical, and relate...

The Boon Lab at Washington University in St. Louis is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to investigate viral transmission, immune responses and vaccine science. The project focuses on influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission using mouse and hamster models. The researcher will use barcoded viruses to track how pathogens replicate, disseminate and spread within and between hosts. The work will examine how vaccines, immune responses and environmental factors influence transmission,...

The Burghardt Lab in the Plant Science Department at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to investigate genome editing and validation of bacterial genes that shape beneficial plant-microbe interactions in agroecosystems. The project centers on the genetic rewiring of rhizobia–legume interactions to influence competitive fitness inside and outside the host and to support optimal nitrogen fixation. The scholar will identify candidate genes from prior lab experiments...

This postdoctoral research opportunity is based in the Division of Biology, Chemistry and Materials Science within the Office of Science and Engineering Labs at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland. The project addresses biofilms associated with medical device-related infections, with a focus on understanding how biofilms form on device surfaces and how they can be detected and controlled. The fellow will work on metho...

This postdoctoral position at the University of Maryland, College Park is centered on identifying bacterial and viral pathogens from human and animal sources using traditional culture and molecular approaches, and on developing and validating natural antimicrobials to counter bacterial pathogens and improve animal health and immunity. The research involves an ongoing animal study with a strong poultry focus. The successful candidate will help maintain the animal research facility, monitor poultr...

This postdoctoral position is based in Scarlet Shell’s lab in the Department of Biology & Biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The project centers on how Mycobacterium tuberculosis manages the relationship between RNA metabolism and mutation tolerance, with a particular focus on the ways this pathogen mitigates fitness costs caused by mutations selected during antibiotic exposure and other infection-related stressors. The successful fellow will contribute to a research program...

This postdoctoral associate position is based in the Yuan Laboratory at Virginia Tech and focuses on experimental research in viral immunology and vaccine responses. The project centers on studying T cell responses induced by rotavirus and norovirus vaccines, using flow cytometry together with in vitro and in vivo approaches in gnotobiotic pigs. The successful candidate will join a research environment that combines laboratory immunology, virology, and animal-based experimentation. Day-to-day wo...

The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology in the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, School of Medicine, at the University of California, Irvine anticipates future openings for a postdoctoral scholar in immunology, virology, and vaccine development. This research environment is centered in Ophthalmology Research at UC Irvine and draws on interdisciplinary approaches spanning genomics, bioinformatics, RNA sequencing, CyTOF, FACS, advanced imaging, biochemistry, immunology, and cell biology. Th...

The Blader Laboratory at Virginia Tech is recruiting a postdoctoral associate to continue research on how infections in the brain lead to neuronal complications such as seizures. This project builds on prior findings from the laboratory showing that, in infected mice, the majority of inhibitory synapses are eliminated through phagocytosis. The postdoctoral researcher will investigate why inhibitory synapses are selectively removed and identify the neuronal and/or immunological cells and proteins...