美国杜克大学免疫学博士后岗位

Institution

Duke University

Position
 
Post Doctoral Fellow in Immunology

Location

Durham, NC

Date Posted

Nov 15 2007

Description

The Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI), occupying a place of national and international leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS, is currently seeking candidates for two postdoctoral positions in our CHAVI RNA expression program. One position will work with Dr. Norman Letvin at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA and the other position will work with the CHAVI Director, Dr. Barton Haynes, and Dr. David Goldstein at Duke University and the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy in Durham, NC

The overall goals of the CHAVI are to discover the enabling technology to produce a HIV/AIDS vaccine. The RNA expression program utilizing bioinformatics will help the CHAVI team learn more about the viral and immunological events and host genetic factors associated with HIV transmission and infection. Since its inception in July 2005, the CHAVI has established clinical trials sites in Africa, the United States and the United Kingdom, initiated the study of innate and adaptive cellular and antibody responses in acute HIV infection and exposed and uninfected patients, and established the EuroCHAVI Genetics Consortium. This is a multi-institutional team performing experimental and computational studies to test new vaccine strategies to overcome key immunological roadblocks in HIV vaccine design

Qualified candidates should have a relevant Ph.D. and experience in RNA expression work or computational biology evaluating genomic data

Contact

Please send a cover letter, current CV, and three letters of reference to the applicable location. If interested in either location, please indicate in your cover letter and send to: Dr. Norman Letvin, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave., RE 113, Boston, MA 02215. Email: nletvin@bidmc.harvard.edu

AND/OR

Dr. David Goldstein, Duke University Medical Center, Institute for Genome Sciences, 103 Research Dr., Box 3471, Durham, NC 27710. Email: dgoldstein@duke.edu