Post-Doctoral Associate "Hormel Fellow"

A Post-Doctoral Associate “Hormel Fellow” position is available immediately in the laboratory of Dr. Liang Liu at the Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota.

Our laboratory pursues both basic and translational cancer research using a combination of functional genomics and bioinformatics analysis, cell-based studies, clinical tumor specimens, and mouse models.

Research topics include the identification of novel molecular targets and pathways in skin tumorigenesis, dissection of the crosstalk between genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in cancer and inflammation, and functional validation of biomarker genes that we identified for developing targeted cancer prevention and treatment.

Required Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent

Preferred Skills/Qualifications: Highly motivated post-doctoral scientist. Prior experiences in PCR, CRISPR, immunohistochemistry, mouse genetics, and basic bioinformatics are desired.