Postdoctoral Associate, Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow – Boston University Medical Campus

Location:

Boston, Massachusetts

Salary: $67,500 – $75,000 per year. The range is a good faith estimate based on departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and internal pay comparison.

Position Type:
Full‑time / Regular

We are recruiting highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellows to work on projects in Immunology and host‑pathogen interactions. The immune system protects against invading pathogens and opportunistic microbes at barrier surfaces such as the lung and gut. Dysregulation of these interactions plays a critical role in bacterial infections (including pneumonia and sepsis) as well as inflammatory bowel disease.

Our laboratory is dedicated to achieving a mechanistic understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of bacterial infections and host‑pathogen interactions, with the goal of identifying and evaluating novel therapeutic targets. Projects may focus on IBD‑related mucosal immunity, pneumonia and sepsis, or shared immune mechanisms across these disease contexts.

• Bacterial polyphosphates in immunity at barrier organs (gut and lung)
• Host–pathogen interactions
• Innate immune cells, including macrophages, neutrophils and T cells
• Cytokine biology and immune signaling pathways (e.g. G‑protein signaling)

Pathogens of interest include Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Legionella spp., and others. Projects will be individually tailored to align with the qualifications and scientific interests of the postdoctoral fellow.

The research environment offers access to a broad spectrum of state‑of‑the‑art immunological techniques, including single‑cell transcriptomics (scRNA‑Seq, TOTAL‑Seq) and phospho‑/proteomics. Data analysis is supported by an experienced bioinformatician within the laboratory.

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Preferred candidates will have prior experience in experimental immunology, mouse models of infection or inflammation, innate immunity, and/or transcriptomic or proteomic approaches.

Please send your CV, publication list, transcripts, and names of three references to:
Markus Bosmann (mbosmann), M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Investigator of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.