University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Posted 3 months ago
Full Time
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Responsibilities
The candidate will perform functional validation of disease-causing variants using molecular and cellular assays in cell lines and primary immune cells. Responsibilities include CRISPR-based engineering, protein-protein interaction studies, and generating datasets for machine learning models.
Qualifications
You have a PhD in molecular biology, cell biology, or a related field and demonstrated experience in mammalian cell culture, molecular cloning, and functional cellular assays. You will perform functional validation of novel disease-causing variants using molecular and cellular assays, CRISPR-based engineering, and mass spectrometry.
Must Have Skills for ATS
CRISPR
LC-MS
Mass spectrometry
Flow cytometry
Mammalian cell culture
Molecular cloning
Functional cellular assays
Machine learning
Job Description
The Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to support an NIH-funded R01 investigating the genetic architecture of immune diseases. The successful Candidate will perform functional validation of novel disease-causing variants identified through genotype-based discovery pipelines, including molecular and cellular assays across transfected/transduced cell lines and primary immune cells (PBMCs, macrophages). Responsibilities include CRISPR-based engineering strategies for serial and combinatorial variant knock-in, protein-protein interaction studies leveraging mass spectrometry to characterize gain-of-function variant effects, and generation of functional datasets to train machine learning models for immune disease endotyping. Candidates should hold a PhD in molecular biology, cell biology, or a related field with demonstrated experience in mammalian cell culture, molecular cloning, and functional cellular assays. Experience with LC-MS, multicolor flow cytometry, transfection/transduction of mammalian cells, and primary human monocyte assays preferred.
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