Career Center

The main research focuses of the Nakai lab are: (1) AAV vector biology - capsid assembly, genome packaging, and virus-host interactions; (2) AAV antigen-antibody interactions; (3) developing novel AAV vectors by using cutting-edge technologies; (4) application of data science and machine learning approaches to gene therapy research; and (5) preclinical studies of gene therapy using rodents and non-human primates. The Nakai lab's ongoing projects supported by extramural grants and contracts target the central nervous system, liver, muscle, eye, pancreas and kidney, and the lab is a part of the NIDDK-supported Human Islet Research Network (HIRN). The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary collaborative team and participate in global collaboration, with an ult