Position
NCI Center for RNA Cancer Immunoprevention Vaccine Post-doctoral Fellow
Employer
The laboratory of Steven Lipkin, MD, PhD (Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair of Research, Joan and Sanford Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell)
Job description
The candidate will work at the NCI Center for LNP RNA Cancer Immunoprevention at Weill-Cornell to use mouse models and patient T cells and biospecimens to (a) optimize pre-clinical LNP RNA immunoprevention vaccines for mouse models of Lynch syndrome, a cancer predisposition genetic syndrome that generates large numbers of immunogenic neoantigens and affects an estimated one million Americans, (b) delineate mechanisms of cancer immune surveillance, (c) work on novel cancer therapeutics. The project will use state of the art mechanistic and immunological analyses of Lynch syndrome mouse models, Lynch syndrome patient registry biospecimens, innovative LNP RNA vaccine technology engineering strategies and structural biology target delineation.
Qualifications
Highly motivated and creative postdoctoral fellow to lead this project using state of the art genomic approaches. Successful applicants should have strong familiarity with immunology/tumor immunology, working with mouse models of cancer, quantitative data analysis and genomic technologies. Applicants should have evidence of their research productivity including at least 1-2 lead author publications. Excellent verbal and written communication and team science skills are important.
Interested individuals should send their CV, a summary of research interests and names and contact information for three references to: Email stl2012@med.cornell.edu.
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