Postdoctoral fellow
The Wen lab at the University of Nevada, Reno is looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow for research in vascular immunology. Several exciting projects are available with a focus on vascular inflammation and the engineering of immune cells for tumor immunotherapy. The Wen lab studies immune responses and signaling at molecular, cellular, and whole organism levels. {Wen et al. Blood 2022. 139 (24): 3480–3492; Wen et al., Cells. 2022. Wen et al. Cell Rep. 2022. 39, 110876; Wen et al. Blood. 2021; 137 (1): 29–38; Wen et al. Nat Commun. 2018, 9, 4301; Thunemann M.*, Wen L.*, et al. Circ Res. 2013, 113, 365-371.}
The lab is committed to supporting the career development of our postdocs and encourages fellowship applications and career development awards.
Graduate students
The lab has openings for passionate graduate students. We take students via three programs at UNR:
1) Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology (CMPP) Ph.D.
2) Biochemistry M.S. and Ph.D.
3) Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) Ph.D.
Lab rotation students
Interested in a lab rotation? Please send inquiries with your CV to Lai Wen, Ph.D. (lwen@unr.edu).