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Postdoctoral Researcher

The Knight Cancer Institute

Job Description


CEDAR is currently seeking applicants to fill a single postdoctoral position in the area of cancer epigenomics. CEDAR offers a unique opportunity for outstanding, driven, and creative postdoctoral fellows to perform cutting edge and high-risk research, ranging from understanding basic cancer biology to developing novel technologies to aid detection.

In this role you will work closely with Dr. Joshua Saldivar and others, and lead projects centered on intrinsic cellular processes, such as DNA replication, that destabilize the epigenome of pre-malignant cells allowing cell state transitions, cell plasticity, and intratumor heterogeneity. You will be responsible for performing single-cell omics, high-content confocal imaging, gene-editing, and basic molecular/cellular biology approaches, and will work as part of a dynamic team of bench and computational scientists.

Duties Include:

  • Perform experiments utilizing appropriate lab or computational techniques with proficiency, evaluate results, and determine the next steps to complete project and present data. Think independently and solve problems. Stay on top of scientific literature and build skills to maximize project potential.
  • Prepare manuscripts, and present research findings as abstracts or oral presentations. Travel may be required.
  • Attend weekly group meetings and 1:1 meetings to: 1) Present data and interpretation of results; 2) Troubleshoot research results; 3) suggest next steps.
  • Attend research-related meetings. These could include but are not limited to: team meeting, seminars, and journal clubs.

CEDAR is committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community. We at CEDAR are dedicated to promoting inclusion and multiculturalism to build a successful organization by having outstanding researchers of diverse backgrounds work together on multiple projects. We encourage high-risk, high-reward research projects because defeating cancer requires unproven, out-of-the-box thinking. Our research is milestone driven to ensure that each project is fulfilling its stated goals.

CEDAR funds its own research projects, expediting the process of discovery. Our research is milestone-driven to ensure that each project is fulfilling its stated goals. CEDAR offers a unique opportunity for outstanding, driven, and creative postdoctoral fellows to perform cutting edge and high-risk research, ranging from understanding basic cancer biology to developing novel technologies to aid detection. Our focus on early detection requires novel approaches to reliably identify small/rare signals in diverse data types, with an emphasis on minimally invasive sampling techniques.


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