Postdoctoral Associate
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Location: Houston, TX
- Job Number: 7293150 (Ref #: 20755-en_US)
- Posting Date: Recently posted
Job Description
Summary
My lab studies biomedical sciences, and steroid hormone and growth factor promoted cancers, including breast, prostate, and endometrial cancers as well as other types of cancers, using molecular, cellular, immuno-therapeutic, and animal modeling approaches. Because of the high incidences and mortality, these cancers remain to be a major threat to human health. Our studies will help to understand the promoting and inhibiting factors responsible for the initiation, growth and metastasis of these cancers and to find potential drug targets and therapeutic strategies for treating these cancers.
Job Duties
- Maintains an organized daily electronic laboratory notebook.
- Meets with Dr. Xu to discuss his/her work.
- Presents results in professional forums (seminars, meetings, and conferences) .
- Publishes findings in peer-reviewed journals.
- Performs assigned general laboratory chores.
- Performs experiments to achieve the goal of this project.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
