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AspectPostdoc AssociateResearch Scientist
Required CredentialsDoctoral degree (Ph.D.) in relevant fieldMaster's or Ph.D., often with more industry experience
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The main difference between a Postdoc Associate and a Research Scientist lies in their work environment and career stage. Postdoc Associates typically work in academic or research institutions focusing on research and publishing, often as a stepping stone to faculty roles. Research Scientists usually work in industry settings, applying research to product development or innovation, often with more experience and responsibilities.

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Infographic showing various Postdoc Associate job openings in Tennessee as of May 2026, with employment types broken down into 64% Full Time, 33% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 97% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 2% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $37,509 per year, or $18 per hour.
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Immunology

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Immunology

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, TN • On-site

Full-time

Posted 28 days ago

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital rating

8.4

Company rating: 8.4 out of 10

Based on 9 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

61st of 994 rated hospitals

Job description

A postdoctoral position is available at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for an outstanding and highly motivated candidate to investigate the cellular signaling in the innate immune system during infections, inflammatory diseases, and cancers.
Summary
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is committed to the education and training of the next generation of research scientists. St. Jude trainees are able to learn from clinical and basic science investigators who work in close proximity and interact regularly to translate scientific discoveries into improved therapies for children. If you are a highly motivated individual who wants to work at a world-class institution with state-of-the-art facilities and learn from investigators at the forefront of their fields, consider advancing your research training at St. Jude.
We are particularly interested in dissecting the signaling pathways involved in innate immune responses and cell death (NLRs, caspases, inflammasomes, and inflammatory cell death, PANoptosis) and understanding how these pathways connect to adaptive immunity (T cells). Please see the following articles:
Cell (2023) 186(13):2783-801.e20.
Science Immunology (2022) 7(74):eabo6294.
Nature (2021) 597(7876):415-9.Cell (2021) 184(1)_149-168.e17.
Cell (2020) 181(3):674-687.e13.
Nature (2019) 573(7775):590-4.
Nature Microbiology (2019) 4(2):316-27.
Cell (2018) 173:1-14.
Journal of Experimental Medicine (2018) 215(4):1023-34.
Nature (2016) 540:583-7.
Science Immunology (2016) 1(2):aag204-5.
The ideal candidate will have experience with immunology or cell/molecular biology methodologies, such as:
  • Macrophage and primary cell culture
  • T cell analyses
  • Western blotting
  • qPCR
  • CRISPR
  • Co-immunoprecipitation experiments

The laboratory of Dr. Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti offers a remarkable training environment for postdoctoral fellows focused on the innate immune system and its connections with adaptive immunity, including an opportunity to collaborate with researchers in the departments of Immunology, Host Microbe Interactions, and cancer biology. Generous salary support and a benefits package that includes professional development funds for journal subscriptions and travel to meetings are available. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has state-of-the-art facilities including core laboratories for proteomics, metabolomics, RNAseq, transgenic/knock-out technology, and animal facilities from biosafety level 2 to enhanced biosafety level 3.
Minimum Education
Candidates should have a recent PhD, DVM, MD/PhD in biomedical sciences with practical experience in immunology (innate and adaptive immune responses) and must be hard working and highly motivated.
St. Jude is an Equal Opportunity Employer
No Search Firms
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. Please do not call or email. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee or other representative at St. Jude via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place and approved by HR will result in no fee being paid in the event the candidate is hired by St. Jude.

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