Post-Doctoral Fellow (Melanoma) – Lab-Liang

The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.

The Wistar Institute is recruiting an experienced and highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Chengyu Liang to study cellular/molecular mechanisms in melanoma-host interaction and drug resistance.

Research in the Liang Lab is centered on understanding the basic principle of cellular processes to answer key questions in cancer development as well as viral infectious disease. The Liang lab is a multi-disciplinary, highly interactive team, and postdocs are expected to conduct independent and challenging research and work in a highly collaborative manner. Projects will discover potential new targets to guide the personalized treatment of this devastating skin cancer of unmet need. For more information, please visit the lab website: https://www.wistar.org/our-scientists/chengyu-liang/.

Recent graduates with a Ph.D. or equivalent degree from life science related fields and with record of publications are encouraged to apply. Candidates with strong laboratory experience with penetrating knowledge of molecular/cellular biology, biochemistry, immunology, or related discipline, and demonstrated ability to complete complex research projects will be considered. Prior experience with mice experiments and bioinformatics skills would be helpful. In addition to the online application, please submit a curriculum vitae and contact details of three references to Dr. Chengyu Liang, cliang@wistar.org.

The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources for cutting edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities. The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. The Institute is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s single-minded focus is on making discoveries that will change the future of human health. 

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

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