The Watson Laboratory has just moved to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and are looking for new, motivated postdoctoral fellows. Our lab is interested in understanding how cellular metabolism controls innate immunity and inflammation. We leverage the notorious human pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other intracellular pathogens, to study how mutations in mitochondrial genes and pathogen virulence factors alter macrophage metabolism and polarize immune responses.
| Department |
Department of Medicine |
| Full Description |
The Watson lab has just moved to Vanderbilt University and are looking to hire new postdoctoral fellows. Come join our supportive, collaborative, creative, and curious team of students and postdocs in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. We are dedicated to your success!
Our recent postdocs have been awarded prestigious national fellowships including:
• NIAID New Innovator Award for Postdocs (DP2)
• NIAID K22
• NIAID K01 award
• LAUNCH Career Award from the Parkinson's Foundation
The Watson lab takes a multidisciplinary approach to probe the interface between bacterial pathogens and the host macrophage. Working in our lab, you will learn to integrate cell biology, bacterial genetics, immunology, biochemistry, and systems biology techniques to elucidate how intracellular bacterial pathogens modulate cellular innate immune mechanisms. One area we are particularly intersted in is undestanding how mitochondrial homeostasis and cellular metabolism controls inflammation and infection outcomes.
Please apply if you are interested in:
• how altered mitochondrial function conferred by genetic mutations impact innate immunity and inflammation in the gut
• developing new ex vivo/in vivo infection models for nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM)
• the connections between infection, peripheral immune responses, and neuroinflammation/neurodegeneration/behavior.
http://thepatrickwatsonlab.com |
| Application Details |
Position Requirements:
Candidates must have a PhD in immunology, microbiology, neurobiology, or related field. A successful applicant will have expertise in cellular immunology, flow cytometry, cell sorting and other immunology methods as well as molecular approaches (i.e., transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses) fluorescent microscopy, mouse handling, and infection.
How to apply:
If interested, please email:
• a brief letter of interest
• CV
• Contact info for 3 references (phone number and email)
to robert.o.watson@vumc.org
Our lab welcomes applicants who can contribute to advancement of diversity and inclusiveness through their scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and professional service. |
| Contact |
Robert Watson
robert.o.watson@vumc.org
(203) 606-1191 |
| Posted |
2024-10-02 17:28:06 |
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