Postdoctoral Positions at The Scripps Research Institute, a nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – de Carvalho Lab Laboratory of Immune Longevity
Jul 12, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD003285
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Applications are now being accepted for a Postdoctoral Associate position at Scripps Research, with the role starting in March 2025. To date, many vaccination approaches against important human infectious diseases have failed, largely due to their inability of generating durable antibody titers, produced by long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs). This is a problem urging immediate attention and the successful candidate will work on unraveling the mechanisms leading to the generation of durable immune responses, with a particular focus given to LLPC biology. LIL uses a combination of newly engineered mouse models, technologies and immunization methods to understand the rules that dictate the fate of plasma cells and their roles in health and disease.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Ward lab
Jun 10, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD003217
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the Integrative Structural and Computational Biology Department in the Ward Lab, focusing on vaccine design against emerging viruses, including alphaviruses. the Ward Lab specializes in evaluating antibody-mediated immune responses, using cryo-electron microscopy, against human pathogens. Several contributions have been made by the Ward Lab to vaccine design against viral pathogens (Ebola, HIV, Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, Lassa) and parasitic infections (Malaria).
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Droujinine
May 23, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD003117
Schedule: Full Time
Job Location Type: On-siteCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Associate. Ideal candidate will lead their own project, and perform mammalian cell culture, in vivo mouse experiments, in vivo genetic screens, quantitative TMT mass spectrometry proteomics, metabolomics, western blot, pulldowns, DNA cloning, immunostaining, confocal microscopy, high throughput screens, and bioinformatic data analysis. Significant emphasis is placed on the professional development of the Postdoctoral Associate. More information on the project will be discussed during the interview process.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Chemistry
Apr 23, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001251
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Dr. Shannon Miller’s laboratory at Scripps Research is currently seeking talented Postdoctoral Associate candidates. The Miller Lab uses directed evolution and engineering to develop novel technologies for biomolecule delivery, with a focus on improving in vivo delivery of genome editing agents. Areas of exploration encompass non-viral and viral approaches, including engineering viral payload (RNA/DNA/protein), increasing viral packaging limit, exploring natural diversity for new evolutionary starting points, and improving in vivo biomolecule stability.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – CHEMISTRY – ERB LAB
Apr 23, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001252
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Multiple fully funded positions for post-doctoral fellows are currently available in the Erb laboratory (Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA). Our chemical biology group uses discovery chemistry, CRISPR/Cas9-based functional genetic screens, and advanced transcriptional genomics approaches to discover and study drug-like small molecules that therapeutically modulate chromatin regulation and mRNA transcription (see: https://www.erblab.scripps.edu/publications). We are seeking to hire multiple post-doctoral fellows to lead projects in ligand discovery, chromatin regulation, and cancer biology.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Immunology and Microbiology – Sanna Lab
Apr 23, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD002628
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Three Postdoctoral Associate positions are available for motivated individuals to join a dynamic multidisciplinary research team at Scripps Research to study neuroimmunological and neuroinflammatory aspects of alcohol and drug abuse, neuroAIDS, Alzheimer’s, and their detrimental interactions, with genomic and single cell RNA-Sequencing.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE (Electrophysiology) – Immunology and Microbiology – Sanna Lab
Apr 23, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001255
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A Postdoctoral Associate position is available for a motivated individual to join a dynamic multidisciplinary research team at The Scripps Research Institute to study the neurobiology of substance abuse and neuroAIDS with in vivo, biochemical and genomic strategies including gene expression anlaysis by single cell RNA-Sequencing, electrophysiology and the establishment of neuronal cell types from induced pluripotent stem cells and fibroblasts.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Immunology and Microbiology
Apr 22, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001260
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A Postdoctoral Associate position is immediately available in the Immunology and Microbiology Department in the laboratory of Dr. Sumit K. Chanda as part of a multi-disciplinary program focused on using a systems-level understanding of innate immunity, immunology, and virus-host interactions. The successful candidate will join a team investigating mechanisms of virus-host interactions, with a focus on utilizing chemical biology and chemoproteomics tools to identify novel host-pathogen interactions that underlie viral infection and to develop novel therapeutic strategies to facilitate pandemic preparedness.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Integrative Structural and Computational Biology – Dr. Racki Lab
Apr 22, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001407
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in Dr. Lisa Racki’s Lab at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA (rackilab.org) for a highly motivated scientist interested in bacterial chromatin and the role of chromatin in regulating bacterial phages. Specifically, this project will use phage and phage-derived tools to characterize the organization, structure, and dynamics of bacterial chromatin in the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This project uses an integrative approach to study bacterial chromatin structure at multiple scales, from in vitro biochemistry, to quantitative single cell timelapse imaging using microfluidics, to macroscopic studies of biofilm communities.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Neuroscience – Qian Peng Lab
Apr 22, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001404
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A Postdoctoral Associate opportunity is available for an accomplished researcher in computational genomics, statistical genetics, behavior genetics, and/or computational biology to deepen their knowledge in the context of the emerging area of addiction and behavioral genomics.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Zhu Lab
Apr 12, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD002744
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Postdoctoral positions are available in Dr. Jiang Zhu’s laboratory for highly motivated candidates who are interested in vaccine development for viral pathogens such as HIV-1, HCV, Flu, SARS-CoV-1/2, MERS-CoV, Ebola/Marburg, RSV/hMPV, and ZIKV.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Chemistry
Apr 4, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001248
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Dr. Ahmed H. Badran’s laboratory at Scripps Research seeks to hire 3-4 highly motivated Postdoctoral Associates. The Badran Lab aims to address technical shortcomings in conserved cellular processes through innovative synthetic/chemical biology, directed evolution, genome editing and bioengineering approaches.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – JANDA
Feb 9, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD002520
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
The Janda lab at Scripps Research is looking for a highly talented and motivated individual to join our team. Skill and fondness for doing experiments and benchwork and a general passion for science are important. Candidates should have a strong background in organic chemistry with the desire to conduct chemical biology-related research.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
Feb 6, 2024
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001487
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Postdoctoral Associates are appointed positions for the purpose of developing scholarly competence, working under the supervision of a Scripps Research Faculty member. These appointments are normally not renewed beyond a total of five years. Postdoctoral Associates cannot apply for external funding either as a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator without prior approval from a Departmental Chair. Postdoctoral Associates do not have consulting privileges.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE (Computational) – Immunology and Microbiology – Sanna Lab
Nov 14, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001698
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Scripps Research is seeking a qualified candidate for a Postdoctoral Associate (computational) position in Dr. Pietro Paolo Sanna’s laboratory. Candidates should have outstanding scientific credentials, including publications in journals relevant to the field of systems biology, and conference presentations. Candidates possessing a strong background in computer science, machine learning, physics, mathematics combined with a good understanding of molecular biology will be preferred. The optimal candidate will have significant experience and publications in network-based biology, including the reverse engineering and/or use of regulatory/signaling networks to elucidate the molecular determinants of specific cellular phenotypes and associated mechanisms for follow-up experimental validation.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – SCHIFFNER LAB
Nov 14, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD002435
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the Immunology and Microbiology Department in the Schief and Schiffner labs, focusing on rational immunogen design. The multi-disciplinary project combines computational protein design, including emerging deep learning-based algorithms, with experimental in vitro high-throughput screening methods to develop next-generation immunogens. Immunogens will be validated and iteratively refined based on in vivo immunization data collected in close collaboration with several national and international partners.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – LIPTON/NAKAMURA LAB – MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Nov 14, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD002572
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the group of Drs. Stuart Lipton and Tomo Nakamura in the Neurodegeneration New Medicines Center and the Department of Molecular Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California. The selected candidate will plan and conduct novel research projects that involve a significant amount of cell culture, including human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), as well as molecular biology approaches.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Gallay Lab
Nov 14, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD002333
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A postdoctoral position is immediately available to identify new therapeutic agents that suppress SARS-CoV-2 infection both in vivo and in vitro and COVID-19, in mice.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Ran Lab
Nov 14, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD002616
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
The Department of Neuroscience at Scripps Research has open Postdoctoral Associate positions in the new, well-funded lab of Dr. Chen Ran. We are interested in understanding, on the cellular, circuit, and systems levels, the neural basis of interoception, i.e., how the brain receives signals from the visceral organs within the body to generate our internal senses. Combining state-of-the-art in vivo functional imaging, electrophysiological recordings, mouse genetics, neuronal activity manipulation, animal behavior, and computational approaches, our lab seeks to unravel how the nervous system detects mechanical, chemical, and thermal stimuli from the periphery to synthesize our internal sensations, including satiety, hunger, nausea, hypoxia, and visceral pain.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Immunology and Microbiology
Nov 14, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001258
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
We are looking for talented, highly motivated post-doctoral candidates with a strong interest in basic virology and immunology. The successful candidate will join a team investigating mechanisms of virus-host interactions, with a focus on identifying cellular antiviral responses and molecular signatures linked to severe disease. These studies will utilize systems biology, including large-scale technologies (CRISPR/RNAi, proteomics/ chemoproteomics, chemical biology, NextGen Sequencing, etc.), as well as fundamental virology and more traditional cellular/molecular biology and biochemistry-based approaches. The person filling this position is expected to play an important intellectual, technical, and scientific role in projects.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Molecular Medicine (RE-JOIN) – Lotz Lab
Aug 2, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001512
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
The Dr. Lotz lab at Scripps Research is looking for a highly motivated individual with strong background and technical expertise in cell and molecular biology and bioinformatics for our program on transcription factors in joint biology and arthritis pathogenesis. In a newly funded program about mechanisms of joint tissue destruction and joint pain, we are using Omics technologies (RNA-seq, single cell-RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, epigenetic analyses, spatial transcriptomics) to identify dysregulated transcription factors and test candidate genes in vitro and using mutant mouse strains. Genes that are identified to be essential regulators of homeostatic processes or to promote arthritis pathogenesis are tested in viral gene delivery approaches and used in drug screening assays.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Jiang Zhu Lab – Integrative Structural and Computational Biology – B Cell Immunologist
Aug 2, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001246
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Dr. Jiang Zhu’s laboratory at Scripps Research is looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a background in B cell immunology to contribute to rational vaccine development for diverse viral pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, HIV-1, influenza, and Ebola. The person filling this position is expected to play an important intellectual, technical, and scientific role in projects including, but not limited to, single-cell sorting, immunoprofiling, and next generation sequencing (NGS) of B cells elicited by experimental vaccines being developed in our laboratory.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Jiang Zhu Lab – Integrative Structural and Computational Biology – Virology
Jul 25, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001893
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
Dr. Jiang Zhu’s laboratory at Scripps Research is looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a background in B cell immunology to contribute to rational vaccine development for diverse viral pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, HIV-1, influenza, and Ebola. The person filling this position is expected to play an important intellectual, technical, and scientific role in projects including, but not limited to, single-cell sorting, immunoprofiling, and next generation sequencing (NGS) of B cells elicited by experimental vaccines being developed in our laboratory.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – LOTZ LAB – Molecular Medicine
May 30, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001547
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the Lotz laboratory at Scripps Research, La Jolla, California. The Lotz lab focuses on the discovery of molecular and cellular mechanisms that are dysfunctional in spine and joint diseases and other musculoskeletal conditions during early stages of pathogenesis to create a foundation for therapeutic interventions to prevent disease onset and slow progression.
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Neuroscience – Lippi Lab
May 30, 2023
Job Category: Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Requisition Number: POSTD001323
Schedule: Full TimeCA Campus
San Diego, CA, USA
The Lippi lab at Scripps Research seeks a Postdoctoral Associate as part of a growing team of investigators studying how a class of non-coding RNAs, called microRNAs, instructs brain development. We have developed molecular tools to map and manipulate microRNA-target interactions in specific cell types of the brain. We are now recruiting researchers that want to apply these tools to understand microRNAs mechanisms establishing neuronal identity and wiring neural circuits.