Postdoctoral Training Position: Cancer Immunology and Immune Engineering

<p paraeid="{60842303-747a-47b6-8c46-7fb2ae679e33}fluency” paraid=”801444191″>A postdoctoral training position is available in the laboratory of Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Dermatology and Director, Center for Cell Therapy and Cancer Immunology Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center to study cancer immunology and immune engineering. Our laboratory has several exciting projects related to cutting-edge molecular biology techniques with innovative therapeutic approaches to generate rationally designed novel immunotherapeutics for cancer. 

<p paraeid="{60842303-747a-47b6-8c46-7fb2ae679e33}Tenders” paraid=”909655598″>The successful candidate will work on projects investigating immune regulation mechanisms, with particular emphasis on T cell biology and immune regulation cancer immunology and immunotherapy, and protein and Cell Engineering of Next-generation immunotherapies 

<p paraeid="{60842303-747a-47b6-8c46-7fb2ae679e33}UNICEF” paraid=”649481803″>Candidates must hold a recent Ph.D. in Immunology, Molecular Biology, or related field. experience in cellular and molecular biology techniques. Candidates must also have experience with flow cytometry and immunological techniques leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals is recommended. 

<p paraeid="{60842303-747a-47b6-8c46-7fb2ae679e33}UNDP” paraid=”988173845″>Preferred Qualifications include experience with mouse models, familiarity with next-generation sequencing analysis, a background in T cell biology or cancer immunology, and programming skills (R, Python) for data analysis. 

<p paraeid="{60842303-747a-47b6-8c46-7fb2ae679e33}NGO” paraid=”830553694″>Please also read recent manuscripts published in the last two years 

2024 

Nature: (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07018-7) 

Nature: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38987586/) 

Cancer Discovery: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39058036/) 

2023 

Nature Cancer: (https://www.nature.com/articles/s43018-023-00635-7) 

Information on our postdoctoral training program, benefits, and a virtual tour can be found at http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/postdocs. 

 

Interested individuals should send a CV, cover letter describing research interests and career goals, representative publications, and three reference letters to Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD, at https://apply.interfolio.com/178167 

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