Postdoctoral Fellow - Translational Oncolytic Viro-Immunotherapy

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope , where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.

The Karen Aboody M.D. lab is in search of a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to develop and carry out stem cell studies involving targeted delivery of oncolytic virus to invasive cancers. This is a Translational Research Lab - we are involved with FDA IND-enabling and first-in-human clinical studies, as well as a biotechnology partnership.

For more information about Dr. Aboody's lab, please visit here.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Investigate stem cell delivery of oncolytic viro-immunotherapy to target glioma, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer in animal models.
• Be expected to independently design and manage projects, analyze data, prepare manuscripts for publication, submit grants, and present at national scientifically conferences.

Your qualifications should include:

• A doctorate degree and/or relevant background in immunology, neuroscience, biology, or pharmacology. Immunology expertise will take priority.
• Training in flow cytometry, PCR, immunohistological techniques, ELISpot, PCR, viral vectors, and cell transduction.
• Experience with small animal surgeries, necropsy, tissue harvest and cryosectioning.
• Individuals must be able to work independently and have a minimum of 8 years' experience with lab techniques listed above.
• Authorship in peer-reviewed publications required.

Preferred qualifications:

• The lab asks for a commitment of at least 2-3 years.

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