Post Doctoral Fellow - Dr. Bo Lu Laboratory

Hiring Department

The Dr. Bo Lu Laboratory in the NextGen Precision Health building at the University of Missouri

Job Description

The Dr. Bo Lu Laboratory in the NextGen Precision Health building at the University of Missouri is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow.

The Postdoctoral Fellow will work in the Dr. Bo Lu’s laboratory to conduct research projects studying the biology of immunotherapy combined with radiotherapy for cancer treatments. This position will utilize several functional approaches to dissect properties of the immune system in animals after immunotherapy and radiotherapy.

The interested candidate will have the opportunities not only to study the immune response in animal models but also to translate the discovery for diagnosis and biomarker identification by studying human cancer patient clinical trial samples.

The candidates will be responsible for performing cell culture, flow cytometry, western blots, real-time PCR, RNA-seq, immune fluorescence, Elisa and related molecular biological and cellular immunological techniques in vitro and in vivo mouse tumor model, maintaining accurate and organized records of experiments and results, presenting discoveries at national and international meetings, preparing manuscripts, and helping train new graduate students/lab members.

Work Hours: 8 am to 5 pm 40/hours a week, evenings and weekends as needed for research projects.

Qualifications

The candidate must have a recent PhD in immunology, cell biology or a related field by start of appointment.

Candidates will be evaluated on: Proficiency in cellular biology and multicolor flow cytometry and previous experience with mouse handling.

Application Materials

Cover Letter, CV and references

Application Deadline

This position will be open until filled