"Post-Doc Research Associate"

Job Details

Department: Lineberger Compr Cancer Center - 426801

Posting Open Date: 09/24/2025

Open Until Filled: Yes

Position Type: Postdoctoral Scholar

Position Title: Post-Doc Research Associate

Vacancy ID: PDS004654

Full-time/Part-time: Full-Time Temporary

Hours per week: 40

FTE: 1

Work Location: Chapel Hill, NC

Position Location: North Carolina, US

Hiring Range: Dependent on Experience/Qualifications

Estimated Duration of Appointment: 12 Months

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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research. Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond. Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce. Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary:

This is a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in cancer biology and immuno-oncology in the Pruitt lab at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Postdoc will be involved in leading a project that examines the effect of Wnt signaling in cancer models and the impact on the tumor immune microenvironment. The candidate will also be involved in characterizing how tumor-intrinsic Wnt signaling and tumor-intrinsic Dishevelled (DVL) proteins affect immune cell infiltration into tumors. Research will include in vitro assays such as chromatin immunoprecipitation, RT-PCR, IHC, Flow cytometry, IF, and western blotting and in vivo assays involving tumor growth in mouse models.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

PhD in related field.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:

Candidate should have experience in cancer biology, flow cytometry, syngeneic murine tumor models, and bioinformatics. Candidate ideally would have some familiarity with epigenetics and immunology.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:

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Special Instructions:

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