Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate - Cancer Genomics and Therapeutics

Los Angeles, CA - Health Sciences Campus, USFull-time$72k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10

Core

Conducting translational research on cancer genomics and therapeutics, specifically identifying novel therapeutic targets in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and developing neoantigen prediction algorithms.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Cancer Genomics & Therapeutics)

Builds

Novel therapeutic strategies and neoantigen prediction algorithms for AML

Domain

Oncology, Genomics, Immunology, Computational Biology

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Molecular biology techniques, High throughput assays, Next-generation sequencing, Cancer biology, Immunology, Computational biology, Bioinformatics, Data mining for 'omics' datasets, Pipeline/software development for biological data

Preferred skills

Experience with TCRseq analysis, Experience with cellular and animal models

Technologies

TCRseq, Next-generation sequencing platforms, Bioinformatic tools

Responsibilities

Immune profiling of clinical samples, Conducting cellular, molecular, and in vivo experiments, Performing computational and bioinformatic analyses, Preparing presentations and publishing scientific manuscripts

Seniority

Postdoctoral Scholar

About usc

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