美国希望之城2023年招聘博士后职位（病毒学研究）

希望之城国家医疗中心(City of Hope NationalMedical Center)是一所顶尖的美国非盈利研究和治疗中心，专注于癌症、糖尿病和其他危及生命的疾病。

Postdoctoral Fellow - Virology Research

City of Hope

Position Summary

A Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity is immediately available for the highly motivated individual in the laboratory of Dr. Yuman Fong, at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, a prestigious NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The candidate will directly work on oncolytic virus project, which involves assessing safety and anti-tumor efficacy of different viral constructs, in vitro and in mice. Oncolytic virotherapy is a major focus of our laboratory. The candidate will be working with our oncolytic poxvirus (CF33) and potentially other viral platforms.

Some of the tasks for this position include:

· Designing experimental plans

· Performing experiments to characterize oncolytic viruses. Experiments include amplification and purification of viruses, tissue culture, immune assays and tumor models in mice

· Studying oncolytic viruses in combination with immunotherapeutic agents

· Maintaining a good documentation of laboratory work

· Writing/amending regulatory protocols such as IACUC/IBC

Skills that are used in the lab include:

· Molecular engineering of viruses

· Immune assays

· Safety/efficacy testing of oncolytic viruses and immunotherapies in mice.

Basic education, experience and skills required for consideration:

· PhD in the field of Virology, Immunology, Oncology, Molecular biology, or other related areas, with a good understanding of cancer immunotherapy.

· Experience with basic virus-related work, molecular cloning, tissue culture, qPCR, Western blot etc.

· Experience with generation of recombinant viruses is desirable but not required.

· Experience with flowcytometry

· Experience with other immune assays such as ELISA and Elispot, is desirable

Additional Information:

As a condition of employment, City of Hope requires staff to comply with all state and federal vaccination mandates.

· To learn more about the research performed in Dr. Fong’s lab please visit here: https://www.cityofhope.org/yuman-fong

Salary / Pay Rate Information:

Pay Rate: $31.00 - $34.23 / hour