Postdoctoral Fellow — Microbiome, Immunity & Cancer Shinde Lab | Microbiomes Institute | USF
Core
Investigate the gut microbiome–metabolism–immunity–cancer axis to define how microbial and host metabolic signals shape tumor-associated macrophage and T-cell function in pancreatic cancer and influence therapeutic response.
Role type
Postdoctoral Fellow (Microbiome, Immunology, Cancer Biology)
Builds
Research on microbial metabolites, immunity, and cancer therapy using mouse models and organoids
Domain
Biomedical research, Oncology, Immunology, Microbiology
Deliverable
research
Required skills
Bacterial culture, microbial genetics, CRISPR-based editing, Flow cytometry, Macrophage and lymphocyte culture, Adoptive T-cell transfer, Molecular biology, Microscopy, Mouse surgery, scRNA-seq, Spatial transcriptomics, Multi-omics analysis, Bioinformatics
Preferred skills
Experience in immunometabolism, Cancer biology, Mouse modeling
Technologies
CRISPR, scRNA-seq, Spatial transcriptomics, Flow cytometry, Mouse models, Organoids
Responsibilities
Conduct experiments on gut microbiome and cancer interactions, analyze multi-omics data, perform mouse surgery and cell culture, develop independent research projects, lead manuscript preparation
