The laboratory focus is sepsis and septic shock. Using animal and cell models of sepsis, the fellow needs to be able to formulate new hypothesis, test them and come to a meaningful conclusion. 

Principal Investigator: Vidula Vachharajani MD

Lerner Research Institute Department: Inflammation and Immunity

Lab Research Topics:

• Immunology
• Bioinformatics
• Infectious disease
• Molecular biology
• Biochemistry
• For more information about the lab’s research, please visit: https://www.lerner.ccf.org/immuno/vachharajani/ or contact Dr. Vachharajani at [email protected]

Job Responsibilities:

• Independent project design with the goal of data generation, analysis, interpretation and manuscript preparation
• Plan and carry out mouse experiments
• Perform molecular biology experiments
• Data analysis from biological and genomic experiments
• Write protocols, amendments and publications

Education:

• PhD or MD/PhD required
• MD with relevant laboratory experience may substitute for PhD

Languages:

• English Proficiency proof required for candidates arriving on J-1, J-2, or F1 + OPT visa status

Work Experience:

• Previous experience in a research or academic setting.  Graduate student experience meets this requirement.
• Scientific writing experience

Additional Preferred Qualities:

• Write procedure details and update the lab SOPs
• Supervise technicians and graduate students

Personal Protective Equipment:

• PPE per institutional requirements; may vary by laboratory

Preferred Application Materials:

All application materials should be submitted directly via email to Vidula Vachharajani at [email protected].

• CV
• Research statement
• Reference list

Keywords: Postdoc, Research, LRI, Post-doctoral fellowship, Sepsis Research,