Postdoctoral Fellow- Immunology Center of GA

Postdoctoral Fellow
- Immunology Center of GA

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

The Immun ology Center of Georgia (IMMCG) represents a new initiative by the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University to leverage the ability of the immun e system to combat disease. The IMMCG will accomplish this by assembling teams of biomedical researchers with strong records of scientific innovation and technological development. The IMMCG will be co-directed by world-class immun ologists Drs.

Catherine ,Lynn , Hedrick and Klaus Ley, both of whom have made major discoveries linking immun e cells to specific mechanisms of disease. The goal of the IMMCG is to produce novel and effective treatments for conditions that heavily impact the communities of Georgia and the United States. The new center is aggressively recruiting faculty and staff to lead projects focused on cardiovascular disease, obesity and metabolic disorders, auto immun e and infectious disease, neurodegenerative disease and cancer.

What do we offer?

University-wide resources for individuals with families and individuals underrepresented in science.

Supportive mentorship for multi-faceted career development and opportunities tailored toward individual career goals.

A stimulating environment with freedom to develop new research directions.

Regular opportunities to interact with other scientists at Augusta University and other international group meetings.

Training in human and mouse genetics, systems, and computational biology through interactions with lab members and workshops/courses offered on campus.

Possibility to experience international mobilization (Germany, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden).

Lab applies in-silico as well as in-vitro and in-vivo methods to further unravel the genetics of cardiovascular diseases. We have a large dataset and are engaged in large networks of national and international collaborations like CARDIoGRAMplusC4D, Leducq, and others, and actively participate in data and sample exchange.

• BIOINFORMATICS:
  Interested or have a good command of bioinformatics or computational biology.
• EXPERIMENTS:
  Application of GWAS, molecular QTL, precision medicine, Single-cell RNA and ATACseq, Single-cell CRISPR screening techniques.
• GENETICS:
  Genetics and biology of cardiovascular diseases.
• COLLABORATING:
  Collaborating with computational and wet-lab biologists for mechanism elucidation.
• PRESENTING:
  Preparing written and oral presentations of results for the team and the public.
• MENTOR:
  Supervision of staff and students.
• ORGANIZE DATA:
  Maintaining and organizing large amounts of genetic data and summary statistics.
• OTHER:
  Perform all other duties as assigned.

Ph.D. or equivalent from an accredited college or university in computational biology.

Experience with cardiovascular genomics preferred.

Detail-oriented with strong prioritization and organizational skills.

ABILITIES

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to complete work and to meet…