POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

School of Medicine

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Postdoctoral Position of Gene Regulation and Cancer/Stem Cell Biology

Job Description

DUKE UNIVERSITY School of Medicine

Duke Cancer Institute (DCI)

Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology (PCB)

Multiple postdoctoral associate positions available for the highly motivated and skilled candidates with a fresh PHD training in molecular biology, biochemistry, and/or cell biology to join a newly set-up lab at Duke Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology (PCB), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.  

Lab: we’re setting up a new lab (starting during the summer of 2023) with multiple postdoctoral scholar positions available (webpage: http://www.gregwanglab.com). Our lab emphasizes on mechanistic understandings of gene regulation and chromatin biology, phase separation-mediated regulation, stem cells, and human diseases notably cancer. We search for

Postdoctoral associates focused on experimental biology, covering Gene Regulation, Phase separation, Cancer Immunity, and Stem cells.

Publication records:

• Nature (2023) Nov;623(7987):633-642
• Nature Cell Biology 2022 Mar;24(3):384-399.
• Science Translational Medicine 2021 Sep 29;13(613) (*Cover image story)
• Nature (2021) 595(7868):591-595.
• Nature Communications. (2021) Feb 16; 12(1):1045.
• Nature Genetics (2020) Dec; 52(12):1384-1396.
• Blood. (2019) Oct 3;134(14):1176-1189.
• Mol Cell. 2018 Oct 18;72(2):341-354.e6.
• Nature 2018 Feb 15;554(7692):387-391.
• Cancer Cell. 2016 July 11; 30(1):92-107.  (*Cover image story)
• Blood. 2015 Jan 8; 125(2):346-57.
• Mol Cell. 2013 Feb 7;49(3):571-82.

Applicants should be self-motivated with a track record of publication in the above area, have laboratory and analytical skills, and be a critical thinker. Application shall include CV, a cover letter (with summary of research experiences and expected availability date), reprints of publications, and contact information of three references.

These should be sent to

ggw8@DUKE.edu

Minimum Qualifications

Education

See job description for education requirements.

Experience

See job description for requirements.

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