POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

Duke Careers • Durham, NC

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About The Position

A full-time paid postdoctoral position is available at the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University. The candidate should have a doctoral degree such as MD or PhD or equivalent degree and has interests in immunotherapy and/or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using mouse animal models. The research involves understanding the mechanisms underlying resistance/relapse following immunotherapy such as CAR T and developing novel agents for protecting hematopoietic stem cells following radiation exposure.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree such as MD or PhD or equivalent degree.
• Experience in animal bone marrow transplant models.
• Knowledge of DNA repair pathway.
• Experience with flow cytometry.
• Experience with lentiviral-based gene transfer.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in CAR T.
• Experience with bispecific antibodies.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel approaches for overcoming resistance in immunotherapy and for enhancing hematological and immunological recovery in radiation exposure.
• Perform experiments and collect data, and evaluate experimental data and establish the relevance to experimental problems under investigation.
• Prepare research results for publication in reports, papers, journals, books, and other media.
• Train and direct support personnel.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees