Associate Staff Scientist (Way) Host defense in pregnancy and the newborn

Job description

Dr. Singsing Way has an immediate opening for a motivated and innovative Associate Staff Scientist. Our laboratory investigates creative ways to fill knowledge gaps relevant to improving pregnancy outcomes or boosting host defense in newborn babies. We primarily attack these problems using an immunological focus addressing fundamental questions like why mothers do not reject their babies, why babies do not reject their mothers, and how babies adapt during the brisk transition from a sterile in utero environment to the external world filled with commensal microbes at the time of birth. Given the importance of reproductive fitness and pregnancy outcomes in trait selection, we envision these platforms can also reveal fundamental new insights for immunology in other contexts including autoimmunity, transplantation and cancer. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Conduct Research - Design, execute and record laboratory experiments; apply standard scientific/research protocols to experiments, research and improve current methods and evaluate innovative techniques. Design and perform experiments and record data according to research protocol. Independently reproduce, evaluate, research and improve techn...