A postdoctoral fellow is sought to work as part of a team studying mucosal immunology and mucosal HIV vaccines. Our laboratory primarily works on basic mechanisms of T lymphocyte recognition/regulation and vaccine design, with the potential for translation into clinical trials, in the context of both HIV infection and cancer. The majority of work is performed in murine systems. The position may also provide the potential for macaque studies and human in vitro HIV studies and for collaboration/interaction with the tumor immunology team.

Applicants must have Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree and relevant laboratory experience, but fewer than 5 years' postdoctoral training. Please click on the button below, or e-mail CV and Bibliography and send phone and e-mail address for 3 references to:

Vaccine Branch, CCR, NCI
Building 10, Room 6B-04
MSC 1578, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20892-1578
Voice: (301) 496-6874
Fax: (301) 480-0681
E-mail: berzofsk@helix.nih.gov

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