Postdoctoral Fellow - Deanna Tiek Lab

Cleveland Clinic

29d • Onsite

About The Position

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One. Highly motivated individuals with a PhD or MD/PhD in relevant area are encouraged to apply. This training position, under the direct supervision of a Cleveland Clinic Principal Investigator will provide practical training and experience in a research setting. This position is appointed through Cleveland Clinic Research. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a commitment to research, a collaborative work ethic and strong communication skills, both written and verbal. This program is expected to be completed within 5 years. As a new PI, I’m looking for postdocs that are creative thinkers who can learn to run independent projects. The goal for the lab is to better understand the metabolic differences that drug treatments induce in therapy-resistant adult and pediatric gliomas. We are looking at investigating immune and microenvironment changes/dependencies in adult and pediatric gliomas in regard to redox stress. Prior knowledge of brain models is necessary (neuroscience or gliomas), as well as a basic background in immunology. Ability to understand and pick up chemistry would also be a plus. Principal Investigator: Deanna Tiek, PhD Cleveland Clinic Research Department: Center for Immunotherapy and ImmunoOncology/ Cancer Sciences Lab Research Topics: Drug resistant glioblastoma Cancer metabolism Immunology For more information about the lab’s research, please visit https://www.lerner.ccf.org/immunotherapy/tiek/ or contact Dr. Tiek at [email protected].

Requirements

• PhD or MD/PhD required
• MD with relevant laboratory experience may substitute for PhD
• English Proficiency proof required for candidates arriving on J-1, J-2, or F1 + OPT visa status
• Previous experience in a research or academic setting
• Graduate student experience meets this requirement
• Scientific writing experience

Nice To Haves

• Prior knowledge of brain models is necessary (neuroscience or gliomas), as well as a basic background in immunology.
• Ability to understand and pick up chemistry would also be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Independent project design with the goal of data generation, analysis, interpretation and manuscript preparation
• Intracranial tumor injections; blood draws
• Wet lab duties: cell culture, WB, IP, IF
• Seahorse assays
• Flow panel analysis with immune cell isolation

What This Job Offers

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