Postdoctoral Scholar - Laboratory Medicine and Pathology - Murphy Lab

Seattle, WA

Oct 02, 2026

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The University of Washington, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology is a broad and dynamic department that strives for a consistent level of high achievement in all of its activities. The Department offers full diagnostic services in all areas of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, is a top ranked research organization as measured by research awards from the National Institutes of Health and offers an array of specialized educational training programs.

The UW Medicine Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology brings together state-of-the-art technology and highly trained, world renowned personnel to provide comprehensive diagnostic and personalized service to physicians, community hospitals, independent laboratories, and other health care organizations. Our operations are based at the University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, South Lake Union, Northwest Hospital and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

Faculty members also serve at Seattle Children's Hospital, the Veteran's Administration Puget Sound Healthcare System, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. These collaborative efforts have generated innovative, translational studies in the basic mechanisms of disease as they apply to diagnostic laboratory medicine and pathology.

The Malaria Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory (Dr. Sean Murphy) has an outstanding opportunity for a 1.0 FTE Postdoctoral Scholar. This full-time, 12-month position has immediate availability for an initial one-year appointment
. The position will be renewable annually contingent on performance and available funding. The base salary range for this position will be $5,705/per month ($68,460/annually), commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Postdoctoral scholars are represented by UAW 4121 and are subject to the collective bargaining agreement, unless agreed exclusion criteria apply. For more information, please visit the University of Washington Labor Relations website.

The postdoctoral scholar will contribute to an exciting research program within the Murphy Laboratory ( MURPHY LAB - UW - Home https://foylab.xyz/ ). Our lab focuses on studying malaria immunology, developing ultrasensitive diagnostics to support malaria clinical trials & field studies, and developing candidate vaccines. The work of the postdoctoral scholar will focus on clinical diagnostic methods, helping to develop a new assay to detect gametocytes from dried blood spot and whole blood samples.

General Duties:

• Lead the analytical development and validation of gametocyte-specific biomarker targets, including generation of data suitable for regulatory and FDA-submission activities.
• Evaluate and compare the analytical and diagnostic performance of candidate biomarkers and assay configurations.
• Develop and execute project work plans, experimental strategies, and validation studies to support assay optimization and implementation.
• Design, refine, and validate laboratory protocols, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and quality systems for integration of selected biomarker into existing assay platforms.
• Conduct testing and analysis of…