Postdoctoral Fellow
Medical College of Wisconsin
- Milwaukee, WI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Transition to career independence through the development of professional skills that enable the postdoc to actively pursue a career of his/her own choosing.
- Be supervised by at least one senior scholar who actively promotes the postdoc's professional development.
- Establish an individual development plan (IDP) that incorporates equally the postdoc's career and training goals and the mentor's research goals.
- Pursue basic, clinical, or translational projects so long as effort is focused primarily on research.
- Publish results of the postdoc's research and scholarship during their appointment.
- The postdoctoral appointment is temporary by nature the aggregate amount of time spent as a postdoc is recommended to not exceed five years (not including family medical leave or maternity/paternity leave).
- As postdocs are important members of the host institution's community, appropriate levels of compensation, health care, and other benefits commensurate with their essential status should be afforded, independent of the postdoc's source of funding.
- Perform cell culture and tumorigenic assays with cervical cancer cell lines.
- Perform functional validation of CRISPR-generated driver mutants.
- Investigate signaling pathways associated with cancer driving mutants.
- Perform xenograft experiments.
- Generate and analyze human and microbial genomic sequencing data from tumor DNA and RNA.
- Plan, design and execute complex research studies, procedures and protocols.
- Participate in discovery projects.
- Coordinate research study activities; lead and manage projects.
- Oversee organization, synthesis and analysis of data and findings.
- Prepare scientific reports, outcome findings and scientific manuscripts.
- Participate in meetings with principle investigator and research staff in which you will evaluate/interpret the validity of data, develop methodologies, and design and evaluate lab procedures.
- Maintain supplies, may require negotiation with vendors, and track purchase orders.
- May oversee the work of laboratory personnel including training and development as well as daily work direction, delegation and establishing priorities.
- Experience with cell culture, molecular techniques, immunohistochemical staining, Western blot, tumorigenesis assays is essential.
- Experience with analyzing genomic sequencing data is preferred.
- Experience with handling of laboratory animals is preferred.
- Experience with CRISPR editing is a plus.
Between 7am to 5pmPosition Requirements:SpecificationsMinimum Required Education: PhD in a scientific field or MDMinimum Required Experience: 1 year or morePreferred Education: PhDField: Functional genomics of cervical cancer (cell biology, in vivo animal models, tumorigenic assays, CRISPR editing, genomic sequencing analyses, HPV biology)Why MCW?
- Outstanding Healthcare Coverage, including but not limited to Health, Vision, and Dental. Along with Flexible Spending options
- 403B Retirement Package
- Competitive Vacation and Paid Holidays offered
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pet Insurance
- On campus Fitness Facility, offering onsite classes.
- Additional discounted rates on items such as: Select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, Milwaukee recreation and entertainment etc.
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