Postdoctoral Scientist, Ajami Lab
Cedars-Sinai
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads, no experience needed
- Work
- On-site in Los Angeles
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Listed
- Nov 8, 2026 · still open
About The Role
The Ajami Lab is establishing a new research program focused on immune mechanisms of hearing loss. This Postdoctoral Scientist opportunity is to join a dynamic team investigating how the innate immune system regulates neurodegeneration, with a particular focus on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Key Responsibilities
- Designs and performs experiments.
- Maintains experimental records and documentation.
- Analyzes, interprets, summarizes, and compiles data.
- Operates and maintains equipment and instruments.
- May observe MD-patient or MD-human research subject interactions as it pertains directly to research being performed.
- Develops, adapts, and implements new research techniques and protocols.
- Participates in projects involving:
- Human postmortem brain and spinal cord tissues
- Spatial transcriptomics
- Spatial proteomics (CODEX)
- Single-cell RNA sequencing
- Human iPSC-derived microglia and motor neuron models
- CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering
- Multiomic data integration
- Therapeutic target discovery and validation
- Neuroimmune mechanisms of ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Human postmortem brain and spinal cord tissues
- Spatial transcriptomics
- Spatial proteomics (CODEX)
- Single-cell RNA sequencing
- Human iPSC-derived microglia and motor neuron models
- CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering
- Multiomic data integration
- Therapeutic target discovery and validation
- Neuroimmune mechanisms of ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases
- Human datasets
- Multidisciplinary collaborations
Qualifications
- Doctorate degree, required. A Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) in Neuroscience, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Stem Cell Biology, Bioengineering, Computational Biology, or a related discipline.
- A strong publication record demonstrating research productivity.
- Excellent communication and scientific writing skills.
- The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary research environment.
- Neuroimmunology experience.
- Human iPSC culture and differentiation.
- CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing.
- Single-cell or spatial omics technologies.
- Molecular and cellular biology.
- Bioinformatics and computational analysis.
- Mouse models of neurological disease.