Postdoctoral Research Associate – Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology
| Company | Wash U |
|---|---|
| Location | St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | PhD, MD |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad |
Requirements
- Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent terminal or doctoral degree
- At least one peer-reviewed first-author research article
- Experience in presenting at national meetings
Responsibilities
- Independently performs experiments and data analysis, putting results into context within the literature of the field (with guidance from PI)
- Designs experiments employing immunologic assays and GVHD/GVT models to evaluate invariant natural killer T cell function
- Optimizes transgene delivery to engineer invariant natural killer T cells for enhanced GVHD suppression and/or cancer targeting (i.e., CAR-iNKT)
- Presents data at conferences and writes research papers
- Writes and submits grant proposals
- Facilitates collaborative projects in which the laboratory is engaged, as related to the post-doctoral research associate’s project(s)
- Assists the PI in maintaining a laboratory environment of growth and support with an inclusive culture, including training and mentoring research staff and students
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive research experience in immunology and/or cell biology/molecular biology
- Previous experience with analysis of immune cells, use of pre-clinical GVHD models, and/or lentiviral transduction/CRISPR