Senior Research Specialist - Center for Cancer Biology Research
About The Position
Work in the Vermeer laboratory is in the field of cancer neuroscience. Our focus is to understand how tumors induce the sprouting and recruitment of locoregional neurites into the tumor microenvironment and how these neural inputs shape disease progression. We investigate the functional roles of tumor-infiltrating neurites, including how they interact with malignant cells and the immune compartment, and how these interactions differ between males and females. A central interest of the lab is defining tumor–brain circuits, examining how peripheral malignancies signal to the central nervous system to alter brain function and drive cancer-associated behavioral changes, with a strong emphasis on sex-specific mechanisms. By elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying tumor–neural crosstalk both locally and systemically, our overarching goal is to identify neural pathways and targets that can be therapeutically leveraged to improve cancer outcomes. Performs non-complex to moderately-complex laboratory testing, experiments and analyses following established protocols. Performs research through experimentation and appropriate literature.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a clinical, health or life science field required.
- Minimum of two years of relevant research experience required.
Nice To Haves
- Leadership and/or management experience highly recommended.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for compiling and analyzing data and writing reports.
- Maintains carefully written and stored records about progress and process of research and presents data at weekly lab meetings.
- Participates in the development of protocols, revisions, amendments and monitor plan and scope.
- Maintains records of research.
- Compile and analyze data.
- Make figures and graphs to represent data.
- Presents results to research group.
- Responsible for regulatory record keeping and training.
- Must coordinate and supervise use of shared equipment and facilities including generation of standard operating procedures when required.
- Supervises maintenance and servicing of research center shared equipment and facilities.
- Participates in regular meetings with other research staff to resolve issues related to purchasing, lab infrastructure, facility status, lab/office logistical functions and intra-research center cooperation.
- Management of shared space to accommodate needs of all labs.
- Required to serve as a representative of research interests and needs on multi-research center committees, panels and groups.
- Oversees the daily administrative responsibilities of the lab, and may be required to supervise students, interns or other technical staff.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
