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Department: MED-Urology
Salary/Grade: RES/

A postdoctoral position in immunology is available in the Department of Urology at the Feinberg School of Medicine in downtown Chicago to study immune dysregulation in urological disease. The Thumbikat lab is focused on understanding how immune dysfunction may contribute to disease pathogenesis in chronic pelvic pain syndrome, BPH and prostate cancer. Specific areas of focus include epigenetic changes in immune cells, mast cell function in prostate inflammation and neuroimmune pathways in chronic pain. The laboratory performs basic and translational research using mouse models and clinical studies in patients. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/praveen.thumbikat.1/bibliography/public/)

The individual working in this position is expected to have robust training in immunology with preferred expertise in pain and epigenetics. Applicants must have a PhD degree with a record of innovative scientific accomplishment in graduate and/or post graduate studies, as evidenced by the applicant’s PhD thesis and/or by first authorship in peer-reviewed journals.

Specific Qualifications

• To conduct laboratory experiments including animal studies as well as in vitro culture experiments
• To help write grants and compete for funding
• To supervise students and other techs working in the genetics lab
• To help write and contribute to publications resulting from research done in the lab

Minimum qualifications:

• PhD training in immunology , epigenetics, neuroscience or molecular biology

Minimum competencies:

• Must have good computer skills, including knowledge of how to use statistical analysis software.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD training in immunology , epigenetics, neuroscience or molecular biology

Preferred Competencies

• Experienced in immunohistochemistry, PCR, animal modeling studies and flow cytometry

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