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Mount Sinai Morningside · 2 months ago

Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-30030-279

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$72K/yr - $80K/yr

Mount Sinai Morningside is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, and they are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to engage in translational research projects focused on host-pathogen interactions and vaccine responses. The role involves working with various preclinical animal models and conducting immune profiling and serological assays in a laboratory setting.

Hospital & Health Care

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

The postdoc will be involved in translational research projects that study host-pathogen interactions and host-vaccine responses in preclinical animal models

The research projects include work with guinea pigs, hamsters, mice and human primary cell cultures in BSL2/3/3+ facilities with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus

The aim of these studies is to find correlates of protection and understand host immune responses to viral infection and vaccination in different models

Special focus will be on immune profiling of mouse lungs in mice with skewed host immune responses upon respiratory infections

This work will be done at bio safety levels 2 (influenza virus) and 3 (SARS-CoV-2) in the lab

Hamster intranasal vaccination

Adjuvant formulation and vaccine admixing

Virus titration from nasal turbinates and lungs in preclinical animal models

Setting up preclinical infection models with influenza virus and coronaviruses

Serological assays (ELISA, microneutralization assays, ADCC assays, ADCP assays)

Cellular mediated immunity assays (ELISPOT, flow cytometry)

(Single cell) immune profiling (flow cytometry, single cell and bulk RNAseq, luminex cytokine ELISA, …) and assist with multi-OMICS data acquisition and analysis

Qualification

PhDBSL2 experienceSerological assaysSingle cell techniquesOMICs data analysisSample preparationImmune profiling

Required

PhD required

Experience with handling mice in BSL2 environments

Sample preparation for OMICS data generation

Experience with serological assays (ELISA) and single cell techniques (flow cytometry, RNA seq,… )

OMICs data analysis with standard analysis pipelines

Company

Mount Sinai Morningside

At Mount Sinai Morningside, we offer exceptional clinical care and research within the comfort of a neighborhood hospital known for compassion and sensitivity.

Founded in 1846

New York, US

1001-5000 employees

http://www.mountsinai.org/morningside

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Leadership Team

Faye Reiff-Pasarew

Deputy CMO, Associate Chief of Hospital Medicine, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Lucy Xenophon, MD, MPH

Chief Transformation Officer

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