A post-doctoral position in experimental and computational sciences is available in the Speranza Lab at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute’s Florida Research and Innovation Center. The lab works to understand how barrier tissue sites function to stop the further dissemination of emerging RNA viruses. The lab uses cutting edge technologies in single-cell sequencing and highly multiplex immunohistochemistry combined with new computational tools to build models of how complex tissues respond and control virus replication. 

Ideal candidates will have a background in immunology, virology, or computational biology and a willingness to work in high containment laboratory settings. 

Please include CV, bibliography, contact for three references, and a statement of research interest in application. 

Principal Investigator: Emily Speranza, PhD

Department: Florida Research and Innovation Center

Lab Research Topics:

• Tissue immunology to viral infection
• Emerging RNA viruses
• High-plex immunohistochemistry for spatial proteomics
• Computational Biology
• Parsing host-pathogen interactions at the meso scale

Job Responsibilities:

• Independent project design with the goal of data generation, analysis, interpretation and manuscript preparation
• Tissue imaging using confocol microscopy
• Computational analysis of single-cell RNA data and/or spatial protein or RNA data
• Virus progation, inoculations, titering, and isolation

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:

• Experience in BSL-3 environment is beneficial but not required
• Previous programing experience in R or python
• Expertise in working with animals, and basic virology techniques
• Good presentation and writing skills
• Works well in a collaborative environment

Personal Protective Equipment:

• PPE per institutional requirements; may vary by laboratory

Preferred Application Materials:

• CV
• Bibliography
• Cover Letter stating research interests
• Contact information for 3 references

Keywords: Postdoc, Research, LRI, FRIC, Arboviruses, SARS-CoV-2