Postdoctoral Fellow - Leukemia Research

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.

The Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope is looking for a talented Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Zhaohui Gu’s laboratory to pursue groundbreaking biomedical research in cancer genomics and biology. Our goal is to do the best science, while training to be the next generation of scientific leaders.

The selected candidate will have the opportunity of addressing ambitious research questions in areas such as in vitro/vivo characterization of driver genetic lesions in high-risk leukemia subtypes, multi-omics (WGS/WES, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, CUT&Tag, ATAC-seq, etc.) analysis of the biological mechanisms underlying each leukemia, single-cell level leukemogenesis and micro-environment modeling in knock-in and xenograft mouse models, etc. We offer a top-notch research environment with ideas, projects, resources, infrastructure, collaborations, and mindset for innovative research.

As a successful candidate, you will:

·         Be responsible for performing lab techniques such as in vitro and in vivo modeling of genetic alterations, and customized sequencing library preparation

·         Interpretate big genomic and biomedical data

·         Be responsible for manuscript writing, postdoc fellowship applications, and research work presentations.

·         Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences looking to pursue a career in biomedical research

·         Background Cell/Molecular/Developmental biology, immunology, hematology, or other biomedical science are all encouraged to apply.

·         Prior experience in high-throughput (next-generation) sequencing, cancer genomics/biology, molecular mechanism study, mouse modeling, etc. are highly valued.

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