Postdoctoral Associate- Translational Cancer Research
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Location: Houston, TX
- Job Number: 7124176 (Ref #: 14732-en_US)
- Posting Date: Feb 11, 2023
- Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Summary
Our translational cancer research group is seeking a highly skilled, driven, and organized individual with extensive research experience in cancer biology with who will serve as a postdoctoral scholar in the Surgical Translational Oncology Laboratory. Our lab studies the translational role of patient-derived xenografts for applications in human oncology therapy at the Baylor College of Medicine. Our group is also leading a clinical trial of chemo-immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer to explore optimal strategies to enhance anti-tumoral immunity. In parallel, we are exploring mechanisms of therapeutic resistance mediated by abnormal sphingolipid metabolism in GI cancer.
Job Duties
- Designs and conducts one or multiple large scale individual research projects with input from laboratory PI.
- This will include developing and performing highly specialized and complex research examinations, procedures and tests including a variety of molecular and immune assays.
- Flow cytometry, western blot, microscopy, ELISA, will be among the assays.
- Individual will be responsible for data analysis and figure preparation, with responsibilities to present data in scientific meetings.
- Establishes new research protocols and procedures.
- Summarizes research findings and publish results in research journals.
- Maintains laboratory operations.
- Supervises research staff.
- Contributes to grant writing
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum requirements are a PhD in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology or a similar discipline. Minimum relevant experience includes completion of BS or BA and a PhD degree.
- The successful applicant must be enthusiastic and willing to take on innovative experiments studying human and mouse tumor samples in relation to pro-neoplastic pathways that contribute to cancer promotion.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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