Mount Sinai Health System · 10 hours ago

Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-12907-048

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry Level

$72K/yr - $80K/yr

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Responsibilities

Designing and executing studies with human samples and experimental models

Unravel the molecular determinants of liver cancer onset and progression

Identify novel treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients

Discover predictors of response to molecular and immune therapies

Analysis of the tumor microenvironment of HCC by applying cutting edge technologies such as single cell sequencing

Generation of novel animal models of the disease

Therapeutic targets discovery in sophisticated in vitro systems

Mapping of the immune cell microenvironment in human HCC related to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

Identification of biomarkers of response to treatments (including immune checkpoint inhibitors and combinations)

Development of mouse models and innovative preclinical models that recapitulate specific NASH-HCC features to test the efficacy of novel therapies and assess their mechanisms of action

Supervision and mentoring of PhD students

Project coordination

Qualification

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Cancer translational medicineExperience in cancer researchExperience in cancer molecular biologyExperience in cancer genomicsExperience in immunologyExperience in animal modeling of cancerExperience in bioinformaticsAdvanced English proficiencyProven track record of publicationsHardworking