Research Associate - Open Rank

Job description

Overview POSITION SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Principal Investigator (PI) or designee, the Research Associate provides operational support to the laboratory. The Research Associate will perform research experiments as defined by the PI. The McCormick Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology at the UMass Chan Medical School studies the molecular interactions between microbes and the intestinal host that shape gastrointestinal health and disease. Our research focuses on how enteric pathogens and commensal microbes influence intestinal physiology, inflammation, and host defense mechanisms. A major area of investigation in the lab centers on microbial regulation of intestinal multidrug efflux transporters and how these pathways contribute to host–microbe homeostasis, antimicrobial resistance, and inflammatory disease. Using a multidisciplinary approach that integrates microbiology, cell biology, immunology, and animal models of infection and inflammation, our work aims to uncover fundamental mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis and host protection while identifying new therapeutic strategies for diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and infection-driven pathology. Thi...