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Lab-Abdel-Mohsen - Post-Doctoral Fellow

The Wistar Institute

Job Description


The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.

The Wistar Institute is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). All candidates must share our commitment to DEI. The Wistar Institute is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, mentoring, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of our academic/research community.

The Wistar Institute has an opening for a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen. The Abdel-Mohsen lab focuses on virology, with a special emphasis on HIV.

Candidates must have a PhD (or equivalent) or be close to obtaining their doctoral degree with a background in one or more of the following: virology, HIV research, translational research (working with human clinical specimens), flow cytometry, mouse models, immunology, and/or molecular biology. Experience with HIV research or glycobiology is preferred. The ideal candidate will have at least one-two publications in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals.


In addition to submitting the online application, interested applicants should e-mail their CV along with a cover letter briefly describing their research accomplishments and current research interests to Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, (

mmohsen@wistar.org

).


Wistar is home to one of the most productive

HIV

research programs in the nation, focused on studying the immunological and virological determinants of

HIV

persistence and immunopathogenesis (

https://wistar.org/research-discoveries/vaccine-immunotherapy-center/hiv-research-program

). Wistar

HIV

researchers are part of the Penn

CFAR

(Center for

AIDS

Research), one of 19

NIH

-funded

HIV

research centers located at academic and research institutions throughout the United States. The Penn

CFAR

facilitates interdisciplinary collaborations among basic and clinical

HIV

and

AIDS

investigators at the University of Pennsylvania, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and The Wistar Institute. The Wistar

HIV

research program also leads the Martin Delaney Collaboratory Program,

BEAT

-

HIV

, focused on advancing the

HIV

cure agenda through both basic and clinical studies. The collaborative team includes more than 60 members worldwide from academia and industry.


The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources to its faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.


For more information about The Wistar Institute visit our website at 

www.wistar.org


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