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The Wistar Institute · 1 month ago

Post-Doctoral Fellow – Zhou Lab (Immune Engineering & Immunotherapy)

positionThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level

The Wistar Institute is seeking a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow to join Dr. Xiaoyu Zhou's lab, which focuses on immune engineering and cancer immunotherapy. The role involves developing innovative immunotherapies through research on immune communication and gene editing platforms.

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Responsibilities

Developing next-generation gene editing platforms to enable high-content functional genomics and therapeutic target discovery
Engineering synthetic and endogenous immune receptors to reprogram T cell function in solid tumors
Combining experimental and computational approaches to interrogate immune signaling networks

Qualification

CRISPR-based gene editingFunctional genomicsT cell engineeringImmune receptor biologyComputational data analysisCellular BiologyMolecular BiologyImmunologyGeneticsBioinformatics

Required

Ph.D. in Cellular or Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Bioinformatics, or a related field
Expertise in CRISPR-based gene editing and functional genomics
Expertise in T cell engineering and/or immune receptor biology
Expertise in computational or quantitative data analysis

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Company

The Wistar Institute

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The Wistar Institute is a biomedical research institution that focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, and vaccine development.
dateFounded in 1892
location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://wistar.org

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2024 (19)
2023 (15)
2022 (22)
2021 (7)
2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$29.2M
Key Investors
William Penn FoundationNational Institutes of HealthNational Science Foundation
2025-11-24Grant· $0.6M
2025-08-19Grant· $17M
2024-05-14Grant· $0.65M

Leadership Team

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Dario Altieri
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Joseph Trainor
Emeritus CFO
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