Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Discovery Oncology

Job Description

We are looking for a motivated and highly skilled research postdoctoral fellow to join the Discovery Oncology team in our company's research lab, located at our South San Francisco, CA facility. The selected candidate will try to identify the regulation of biological function of an exploratory tumor associated antigen. The successful candidate should possess strong technical skills (experimental design, execution, analysis, and troubleshooting), be able to work independently and have excellent communication skills.

Education Minimum Requirement:

Ph.D. within 6 months of hire in Cancer Biology, Immunology, Cell Biology, Genetics, or a related scientific discipline.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Strong knowledge in immuno-oncology.

• Experience with in vivo murine tumor models and ex vivo immune cell isolation/characterization.

• Diverse laboratory experience which includes molecular biology, flow cytometry, and/or immunological-based assays (e.g. ELISA, WB)

• Competence with data analysis and reporting tools such as GraphPad, Prism, FlowJo, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint

• Ability to independently plan, recommend and complete research programs, to manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Effective creator of executive-level presentations and documents

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Mammalian cell culture, cell line engineering (including Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) gene editing and/or reporter cell generation), and cell-based assay using cell lines

• Strong knowledge of gene regulation in mammalian systems.

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Required Skills:

Accountability, Assay, Biochemical Assays, Cell-Based Assays, Cell Cultures, Immunoassays, Immunotherapy, Mammalian Cell, Mammalian Cell Culture, Molecular Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Parasitology, Primary Cell Culture, Research Programs, Scientific Research

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