Job Description
A postdoctoral position is available in the Bosselut lab within the Laboratory of Immune Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, to study T cell differentiation and function.
Potential research areas include CD4+ T cell exhaustion-dysfunction in tumors and chronic infection, differentiation and function of memory and follicular helper CD4+ T cells, and T cell development in the thymus. Research projects will be determined based on the applicant’s interests.
Research in the lab leverages highly innovative experimental approaches, including single-cell and tissue transcriptomics, single-cell epigenomics, and CRISPR-mediated genome editing, to explore infection and experimental tumor models.
Relevant recent publications, first-authored by lab members:
Ciucci, T. et al. (2019) The Emergence and Functional Fitness of Memory CD4(+) T Cells Require the Transcription Factor Thpok. Immunity 50, 91-105.e104. 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.12.019
Magen, A. et al. (2019) Single-Cell Profiling Defines Transcriptomic Signatures Specific to Tumor-Reactive versus Virus-Responsive CD4(+) T Cells. Cell Rep 29, 3019-3032.e3016. 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.10.131
Vacchio, M.S. et al. (2019) A Thpok-Directed Transcriptional Circuitry Promotes Bcl6 and Maf Expression to Orchestrate T Follicular Helper Differentiation. Immunity 51, 465-478.e466. 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.06.023
Chopp, L.B. et al. (2020) An Integrated Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Map of Mouse and Human alphabeta T Cell Development. Immunity 53, 1182-1201 e1188. 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.10.024
Ciucci, T. et al. (2022) Dependence on Bcl6 and Blimp1 drive distinct differentiation of murine memory and follicular helper CD4+ T cells. J Exp Med 219. 10.1084/jem.20202343
Nie, J. et al. (2022) The transcription factor LRF promotes integrin β7 expression by and gut homing of CD8αα(+) intraepithelial lymphocyte precursors. Nat Immunol 23, 594-604. 10.1038/s41590-022-01161-x
Gao, Y. et al. (2022) NuRD complex recruitment to Thpok mediates CD4(+) T cell lineage differentiation. Sci Immunol 7, eabn5917. 10.1126/sciimmunol.abn5917
More information can be found at https://ccr.cancer.gov/staff-directory/remy-bosselut.
The laboratory is located on the main NIH campus in Bethesda. We have access to exceptional research and support facilities, including flow cytometry, imaging, deep sequencing, mouse mutagenesis (transgenesis, homologous recombination and CRISPR genome editing), and we have collaborations and regular meetings with multiple NIH and academic groups, including computational biologists and bioinformaticians.
Qualifications and Job Details
Required and Preferred Skills
Ph.D.-level experience in immunology, molecular or cellular biology, genetics, tumor biology, or similar field.
Applicants should have (or be within a few months of obtaining) an M.D., or a Ph.D. in immunology, biochemistry, genetics or a similar field, with no more than 5 years of post-doctoral experience.
Candidates associating a strong publication record with experience in flow cytometry, bioinformatics, or gene expression analyses will be given priority review. Candidates with expertise or interest in bioinformatics are especially encouraged to apply to take advantage of collaborative possibilities on the NIH campus.
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