Research Scientist - Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics
Core
Conduct independent and collaborative research on cancer immunometabolism, tumor immunology, and translational cancer research, focusing on how obesity, metabolic dysfunction, and diet influence tumor progression and therapeutic response.
Role type
Senior IC research scientist (cancer immunometabolism)
Builds
Preclinical studies using cancer models to understand metabolic dysregulation and immunotherapy response
Domain
Biomedical research, oncology, immunometabolism
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
conceptualizing and designing complex research projects, executing preclinical studies, applying advanced cellular and molecular techniques, analyzing multi-dimensional datasets, mentoring junior researchers, writing research manuscripts and grant proposals
Preferred skills
expertise in tumor immunology, obesity-associated cancer models, metabolic therapies, immune checkpoint blockade, flow cytometry, transcriptomic approaches
Technologies
flow cytometry, transcriptomic approaches
Responsibilities
developing hypotheses and experimental approaches, designing and executing preclinical studies, analyzing and interpreting complex datasets, developing new laboratory methods, presenting research findings at scientific conferences, supervising graduate students and staff, contributing to grant proposals
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities