Postdoctoral Fellow - Ogembo Laboratory
- Employer
- City of Hope
- Location
- Duarte, California
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Feb 15, 2021
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- Discipline
- Life Sciences
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Organization Type
- Healthcare/Hospital
Job Details
About City of Hope
City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution with over 6000 employees, is edicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases and guided by a compassionate, patient centered philosophy. Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Duarte, California, City of Hope is a remarkable non-profit institution, where compassion and advanced care go hand-in-hand with excellence in clinical and scientific research. City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers that develops and institutes standards of care for cancer treatment.
Position Summary
Our group in the Immuno-Oncology Department in the Beckman Research Institute at the City of Hope is interested in developing prophylactic and therapeutic strategic against oncogenic herpesviruses and their associated malignancies, with the ultimate goal of translating these strategies into the clinic. We are currently preparing to explore T-cell based therapeutics for the treatment of herpesvirus-associated cancers. The successful candidate will participate in laboratory research by performing T-cell culture experiments, which involve managing mouse experiments, isolating mouse splenocytes and separating and culturing human PBMCs, and performing T-cell activation assays and subsequent flow cytometric analysis.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Mouse handling (injections, collection of blood and tissues)
- Cell culture maintenance and assays involving mouse and human primary T cells (mouse splenocytes, human PBMCs)
- Accurate record/data keeping for a good laboratory practice standard to support IND application.
Qualifications
Basic education, experience and skills required for consideration:
- Ph.D. in immunology, virology or related disciplines
- Meticulous record keeping, impeccable organization and proficiency with databases
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong work ethic, highly motivated, and work well independently and in a team
- Hands-on experience in various dosing routes to mice and collecting blood and tissues, as well as processing samples for ex vivo analysis
- Extensive hands-on experience in primary T-cell culture and assays (mouse and human)
- Experience in imaging, flow cytometry and translational science
- Background in herpesviruses, cancer therapeutics is a plus.
City of Hope is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Company
City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution with over 5,000 employees, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases and guided by a compassionate, patient-centered philosophy.
Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Duarte, California, City of Hope is a remarkable non-profit institution, where compassion and advanced care go hand-in-hand with excellence in clinical and scientific research. City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s 20 leading cancer centers that develops and institutes standards of care for cancer treatment.
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