Postdoctoral Scholar

Oregon Health & Science University
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Postdoctoral Scholar
US-OR-Portland
Job ID: 2024-31026
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Postdoctoral
Portland, OR (Waterfront)
Overview

This position will assist in research that shows how temporal, spatial, and dose perturbation of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes predispose to leukemia development and how could we use the leukemia specific vulnerabilities, including the haploinsufficient phenotype observed in patients with chromosome and copy number deletions to develop synthesize lethal therapeutics. The selected candidate will participate in establishing project goals, defining short and long-term scientific strategies, and contribute to the generation of project-related documents and presentations.

• Maintain long-term tissue cultures and mouse colony for experimental purposes.
• Plan and perform experiments related to the research goals of the project, including in vitro and in vivo experiments: Molecular and cellular biology assays, flow cytometry, mammalian cell culture, biochemistry assays, utilization of in-vivo models and associated techniques, cell isolation and DNA/RNA purification from bacterial cultures, mammalian cell cultures, in-vivo models and patient samples.
• Writing manuscripts and grant
• Collect, record, organize and analyze data
• Read literature, data and figure preparation, attend and present at lab meetings

Responsibilities

Education & experience:

• PhD or MD in relevant filed
• Experience with transgenic mouse model and/or bone marrow transplantation model
• Experience in FACS based methods, biochemistry, and molecular biology

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Strong background and training in cell/cancer biology science and experimental techniques
• Strong writing and editing skills
• Ability to work independently, plan long term and short term research strategies and experiments
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at one time and be task oriented and flexible with working schedule
• Demonstrated ability to learn new and innovative processed quickly
• Demonstrate literature searching and critical analysis skills
• Demonstrate a high degree of responsibility

Qualifications

• First-authored publications in relevant research areas

• Experience in using R or other computational Data analytics methods.

• Experience with transgenic mice, multicolor flow cytometry staining, and flow data analysis skills

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