Postdoctoral studies in chronic pain research (scholarship)
Core
Investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms driving chronic pain in fibromyalgia, specifically skin-associated mechanisms involving autoantibodies and neuroimmune interactions.
Role type
Postdoctoral researcher (cellular/molecular biology)
Builds
New insights into fibromyalgia pathology and chronic pain mechanisms
Domain
Biomedical research / Neuroscience / Immunology
Deliverable
research
Required skills
neurobiology, immunology, neuroinflammation, skin biology, advanced immunohistochemistry, high-resolution imaging, spatial transcriptomics, primary cell culture
Preferred skills
confocal microscopy, imaging analysis, RNA-based methods, image analysis pipelines, human tissue analysis
Responsibilities
Analyze patient and healthy control skin biopsies using immunohistochemistry and spatial transcriptomics; characterize functional and molecular changes in human primary skin cell cultures; collaborate with preclinical and clinical researchers
Seniority
Postdoctoral (early career researcher)