Visiting Scientist - Weiner Lab

The Wistar Institute•Philadelphia, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Wistar Institute is seeking a talented and motivated scientist at the Visiting Scientist level in the laboratory of Dr. David Weiner, Professor, Director of the Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center. The goal of this postdoctoral research appointment is to focus on the development of new approaches to generate protective immunity or immune therapy tools against difficult infectious agents or for treatment of pathogenic cells including immunotherapy of specific cancers.

Requirements

PhD, or equivalent, or be close to obtaining their doctoral degree.
Background in molecular / cellular immunology, molecular biology and/or cancer biology.
Familiarity with machine learning tools for data analysis, Crispr-Cas approaches, nucleic acid biology, transcriptomics, 10x and single cell analysis, and humanized mouse models.
Strong critical thinking, organizational and communication skills with a focus on growth and leadership.

Responsibilities

Focus on the development of new approaches to generate protective immunity or immune therapy tools against difficult infectious agents or for treatment of pathogenic cells including immunotherapy of specific cancers.