Postdoctoral Fellow, Nutritional Control of Anti-Tumor Immunity
Core
Investigate how diet and metabolic conditions in the tumor microenvironment influence anti-tumor T cell function via epigenetic regulation and develop new methods to study metabolic programming of immune cells.
Role type
Postdoctoral Fellow in Immunometabolism and Cancer Metabolism
Builds
Research projects on metabolic and epigenetic programming of T cells to enhance protective immunity against cancer
Domain
Biomedical research, Immunology, Cancer Metabolism, Metabolomics
Deliverable
Research
Required skills
Immunology, Biochemistry, Molecular and cell biology, Cancer biology, Mammalian tissue culture, Animal work, Manuscript writing, Figure design
Preferred skills
Multi-parameter flow cytometry, Mass spectrometry, Metabolomics, Metabolic tracing/flux experiments, Bioinformatics, Scripting languages (e.g. R)
Responsibilities
Design and execute independent experiments, Mentor and train research trainees on experimental techniques, Collaborate with core facilities to develop metabolomics protocols, Prepare work for publications (figures and writing)
Seniority
Postdoctoral Fellow (0-2 years post-PhD)
