Postdoctoral Fellow - T Cell Immune Therapy for Cancer 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.

A Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity is immediately available for the highly motivated individual in the laboratory of Dr. Steven Rosen, at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, a prestigious NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.  The goal of this position is to reveal mechanisms of therapy resistance and develop novel methods to advance current therapy for myeloma and leukemia.  For more information on Dr. Rosen’s research please visit here .

As a successful candidate, you will:

·         Directly work with supervisor and lab members to investigate the effects of inhibition of SUMOylation on cancer progression and anti-tumor immunity.

·         Skills that are used in the lab include: hands-on lab benchwork on cell biology, immunology, and animal tumor models; design and conduct experiments; generate, analyze and evaluate data present results in an organized manner; learn new techniques and approaches; stay updated with latest advancement in the field and integrate them into research. 

·         Please include an updated CV, a cover letter describing your current position, reasons for applying and contact details of two referees.

·         PhD degree in Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, immunology, or related field (required).

·         Peer reviewed publications in the area (required).

·         Experience with murine tumor model including mice handling, tumor engraftment, drug administration, tissue dissociation (required).

·         Strong oral and written communication and organizational skills (required).

·         Cell and molecular biology techniques including cell culture, western blot, and qPCR (required).

·         Expertise in immunology-related basic techniques such as flow cytometry (highly preferred).

·         Experience in computational biology, bioinformatics, transcriptomic, proteomic, data analysis (highly preferred).

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