Research Fellow - Radiation Oncology
About The Position
The Research Fellow will join a translational cancer biology and radiation research environment focused on mechanisms of treatment response and resistance. The emphasis is on metabolism, stress-response signaling, DNA damage response, and therapeutic vulnerabilities that may be exploited to improve cancer treatment. The position will support laboratory and translational research projects involving radiation biology, metabolic perturbation, drug-radiation combinations, and biomarker-oriented studies using cell-based, molecular, biochemical, and potentially animal-model systems. The role is best suited for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher who can work independently while also coordinating closely with project mentors and collaborators.
Requirements
- Highly motivated postdoctoral researcher
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to coordinate closely with project mentors and collaborators
- Careful adherence to laboratory safety, biosafety, radiation-safety, animal-research, and data-management policies
- Comfort working with human or animal-derived biological materials when applicable
- Comfort using shared equipment
- Comfort coordinating with core facilities
- Ability to handle multiple active projects in a deadline-driven research environment
Responsibilities
- Designing and executing experiments
- Maintaining accurate laboratory records
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Preparing figures and manuscripts
- Contributing to grant and protocol development
- Presenting results in lab meetings and scientific forums
- Mammalian cell culture
- Irradiation experiments
- Clonogenic survival assays
- Proliferation, viability, and apoptosis/cell-death assays
- Drug-treatment and combination studies
- Western blotting or related protein-analysis methods
- qPCR or other gene-expression assays
- Immunofluorescence microscopy
- Flow cytometry when needed
- Metabolomics- or phosphoproteomics-adjacent sample preparation and interpretation
- Basic molecular biology
- Data organization and statistical analysis
- Preparation of publication-quality figures
- In vivo tumor studies (depending on project needs and prior training)
- Tissue processing (depending on project needs and prior training)
- Immunohistochemistry (depending on project needs and prior training)
- Coordination with institutional cores for omics, imaging, pathology, or animal work (depending on project needs and prior training)
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefit plans
- Continuing education and advancement opportunities
- Medical: Multiple plan options
- Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage
- Vision: Affordable plan with national network
- Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses
- Retirement: Competitive retirement package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
