A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Xue Han, in the Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity and Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology (PIIO) at the Ohio State University.The main research directions of the Han Lab are to 1) study new mechanisms of immune escape in solid tumors and hematologic malignancies; 2) identify novel immunomodulating pathways and their applications to treat cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases; 3) understand the mechanisms of immune-related adverse events caused by cancer immunotherapy. Dr. Han has led several vital projects to characterize PD-1H (VISTA), a recently identified immunomodulating molecule. 1) For the first time, identifying PD-1H as a suppressive receptor on hematopoietic cells and firstly de