What are the responsibilities and job description for the Postdoctoral Associate position at Duke Clinical Research Institute?
Be You.
We are seeking a motivated and hardworking postdoctoral candidate to take a leadership role on projects focused on the intersection of hormone therapy resistance and immune evasion in prostate cancer. You will be co-mentored by Dr. Jason Somarelli, a PhD basic scientist, Dr. Andrew Armstrong, an MD medical oncologist.
Minimum Requirements:
- PhD degree witha background in cancer immunology, prostate cancer, or related field
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with mammalian cell culture and animal models of cancer (xenografts and GEMMs)
- Familiarity with next-generation sequencing platforms and analyzing multidimensional data sets
- Familiarity with bioinformatic and biostatistical approaches for the analysis of sequencing and proteomic data
- Desire to conduct team-based science in close collaboration with clinicians, statisticians, and regulators
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills with outstanding organizational and analytical abilities
This position is:
- Onsite. The work is performed on-site or at a designated assignment location.
Be Bold.
You will be expected to carry out the research related to our active funding projects, including actively collaborating with other laboratory researchers, clinical research team members, bioinformaticians and biostatisticians. You will independently develop experiments, analyze and interpret data, and document all research activities and data for subsequent use in publications and grant applications. You will also be encouraged to independently develop and apply for post-doctoral fellowships.
Choose Duke.
The Armstrong/Somarelli laboratory within the Department of Medicine and Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers is a multi-investigator translational research laboratory focused on molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of prostate cancer progression, drug resistance, and metastasis.
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