Research Associate

Research Associate

We are seeking motivated candidates for a postdoctoral or research associate senior position at the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center. The position is available immediately. The candidate should have a doctoral degree such as MD or PhD or equivalent degree and has interests in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using mouse animal models or in the development of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of multiple myeloma. The overall duties and responsibilities for this position are: 1) to develop hypothesis-driven approaches to improve hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using mouse animal model or to identify novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of multiple myeloma; 2) to perform experiments and collect data, and to evaluate experimental data and establish the relevance to experimental problems under investigation; 3) to prepare research results for publication in reports, papers, journals, books, and other media; and 4) to train and direct support personnel. The candidates are expected to have experience in animal experiments, flow cytometry, signaling pathways, and lentiviral-based gene transfer. If interested, please send a cover letter describing research interests, a CV, and the contact information of 3 references to Dr. Yubin Kang, Professor of Medicine, at yubin.kang@duke.edu