Postdoctoral Trainee

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation's top public universities and is among is the top ten research universities in the nation for federal research expenditures as well as for federally funded social and behavioral sciences research and development.

Here at Carolina, our highly skilled postdocs play a vital role in our research enterprise and towards our overall commitment to research excellence. Across many disciplines, postdocs contribute to the intellectual vitality of the University. They provide innovative ideas and perspectives, foster a stimulating research environment and advance knowledge within their fields. Postdocs are crucial members of our scientific research workforce, contributors to our research outputs and an important reason why Carolina is one of the leading public research institutions in the country.

UNC-Chapel Hill offers postdocs comprehensive medical and vision coverage, paid leave, and benefits and services that support professional development and a healthy work/life balance. Chapel Hill regularly ranks as one of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, a reputation guided by the diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

This Postdoctoral Trainee position is available through a NIH T32 training program, designed to train promising early career investigators. The Postdoctoral Trainee will investigate the kinetics and function of neutrophils and macrophage subpopulations in developing and resolving pneumonia and in acute lung injury. One active focus is mechanisms of neutrophil heterogeneity, its regulation and function. Another area explores the expression and function of ICAM-1 on alveolar epithelial type I and II cells, endothelial cells and immune cells. Studying these processes in injury caused by inhalation of toxicants may also be a component of this position. The studies utilize molecular and cell biological technologies, including single cell RNAseq/CITEseq, bulk RNA profiling and qPCR, spatial biology, flow cytometry, mass cytometry, cell sorting, ELISAs, immunoblotting, murine experimentation and histology, as well as translational science technologies.

Essential duties of the individual holding this position include:
* Designing and carrying out studies;
* Analyzing and interpreting data;
* Publishing papers describing these results, all with the mentor.

Career development of the Postdoctoral Trainee will be an important component of this position.

A PhD in Immunology, Pathology, Genetics, Cell and Molecular Physiology or similar discipline required and/or MD.

Experience in Immunology, Pathology, Genetics, Cell and Molecular Physiology or similar discipline required.

Preferred qualifications include:
1) Knowledge in immunology (particularly inflammation and innate immunity), cell and molecular physiology, and/or pathology of disease,
2) Experience in mouse models, particularly of lung disease.
3) Experience and proficiency in some of the technologies described above, and
4) Familiarity with large transcriptomic or proteomic datasets, as generated by scRNAseq or spatial biology.

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