Vacancy ID: PDS004879

Position Summary/Description:
This Post-Doc Research Associate position is in the laboratory of Roland Tisch, Ph.D., within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC -CH). Enthusiastic and self-motivated candidates are being sought to join a basic and translational research program focused on the immunology of T cell-mediated autoimmune disease; specifically type 1 diabetes (T1D). Our group is part of an outstanding, broad and highly collaborative research community at UNC -CH.

The interest in T1D is two-fold: 1) Defining the events involved in the breakdown of self-tolerance to the insulin producing beta cells, and 2) Development of immunotherapies for T1D. The work makes use of several genetically manipulated mouse models of T1D, as well as humanized mouse models, and a broad range of cellular and molecular immunological techniques.

Projects are available in both basic a...