Postdoctoral Fellow - Microbiology
Core
Lead experimental microbiology and infection-model components to develop antibiotic strategies targeting the site of infection while minimizing gut microbiome disruption.
Role type
Postdoctoral Fellow (Experimental Microbiology & Infection Models)
Builds
Preclinical infection models and antibiotic efficacy data
Domain
Microbiology, Antimicrobial Drug Development, Infectious Diseases
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
experimental bacteriology, bacterial culture, quantitative microbiology, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, experimental design, data analysis, scientific writing
Preferred skills
in vivo bacterial infection models, mouse models of bacterial infection, therapeutic intervention studies, quantitative bacterial burden measurements, tissue collection and processing, longitudinal infection imaging, antimicrobial time-kill assays, biofilm models, bioluminescent bacterial imaging, molecular microbiology, bacterial genetics
Technologies
in vitro and in vivo infection models, mouse models
Responsibilities
Evaluate antibiotic activity against clinically relevant bacterial pathogens, optimize in vitro assays, assess lead compounds in preclinical infection models, develop and apply in vivo models of bacterial infection, contribute to data analysis and manuscript preparation, supervise postgraduate and undergraduate researchers
Seniority
Postdoctoral Fellow, hands-on IC