LJI T32 Immunology Training Program for US Citizen and Permanent Resident Postdoctoral Fellows

LJI T32 Immunology Training Program for US Citizen and Permanent Resident Postdoctoral Fellows
Program Title: Training in Immunological Mechanisms
Grant Number: T32 AI125179
Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH (NIAID)
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (LJI; http://www.lji.org) offers a research training program for postdoctoral scientists that are US citizens or non-citizen permanent residents. The program will provide training in immunological mechanisms related to development and treatment of Autoimmune, Inflammatory, and Infectious Disease and Cancer. The program involves 21 faculty members from LJI whose expertise is in immune cell function that relates to inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, atherosclerosis, and atopic dermatitis; infectious diseases such as dengue, zika, cytomegalovirus, coronavirus, and tuberculosis; and immunotherapy of cancer.

Eligibility:
• A United States citizen, or a non-citizen national, or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence and possess an Alien Registration Receipt Card (1-151 or 1-551) or some other verification of legal admission as a permanent resident.
• PhD, MD and MD/PhD scientists interested in basic and applied research of the immune system
• Commitment to pursue basic research training
How To Apply:
Positions are available immediately. Interested persons should submit a cover letter stating career goals, plus their curriculum vitae, and the names of at least 3 professional references. Applications should indicate the faculty mentors whose research is in line with the goals of the trainee. Early application is encouraged as we have a rolling review and admissions policy.
Please enclose all documents within a single file attachment.
Research Training Faculty (http://www.lji.org/faculty-research/faculty-directory/)
• Ferhat Ay, PhD Gene regulation by epigenomics data analysis
• Chris Benedict, PhD Virus control by TNF-related cytokines
• Hilde Cheroutre, PhD T cell memory and mucosal immunity
• Michael Croft, PhD TNF family cytokines and inflammatory disease
• Shane Crotty, PhD Humoral immunity, viruses, and vaccine design
• Patrick Hogan, PhD Protein-protein interactions, calcium signaling

• Alba Grifoni, PhD Bioinformatics and experimental approaches to antiviral immune responses
• Mitchell Kronenberg, PhD Invariant natural killer T cells and mucosal immunity
• Sam Myers, PhD Proteomics and signal transduction
• Bjoern Peters, PhD T cell antigen processing, presentation, and recognition
• Anjana Rao, PhD Gene expression in T lymphocytes and cancer
• Erica Ollmann Saphire, PhD Structural biology of viruses and antibodies
• Stephen Schoenberger, PhD T cell memory and cancer
• Alessandro Sette, Dr. Biol. Sc. T cell epitopes in infectious diseases and allergies
• Sonia Sharma, PhD DNA sensing and innate immunity
• Sujan Shresta, PhD Immunology of dengue virus
• Pandurangan Vijayanand, MD, PhD Epigenomics in asthma and cancer

• Daniela Weiskopf, PhD T cell responses in emerging infectious viruses


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