Postdoctoral Fellow - CAR T Cell Therapy Development
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Job posting number: #7291972 (Ref:10027932)
Posted: November 1, 2024
Salary / Pay Rate: $34.00 - $37.55 / hour
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.
Join Dr. Marcel van den Brink’s multidisciplinary team to explore innovative ways to treat malignancies using engineered cellular therapies. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a PhD and/or MD degree interested in combining novel rational and combinatorial synthetic biology approaches with computational methods to develop strategies to improve CAR T cell activity. We aim to develop and mechanistically study novel cellular therapies with the goal of clinical translation.
For more information about Dr. van den Brink’s research, please visit here.
- Lab's Philosophy: We foster a supportive and nonhierarchical lab structure with an inclusive work environment, promoting open communication, and valuing scientific curiosity and creativity in a collaborative environment. While we encourage independent drive and curiosity, we provide an excellent opportunity to thrive independently. Our resource rich research environment enables research spanning basic biological research to the development of clinical trials.
- Innovation and Techniques: Currently, the lab consists of a diverse group of scientists and clinicians, including stem cell biologists, immunologists, cell therapists, microbiologists, and computational biologists.
- Career Development: Over the last two decades, the lab has mentored many postdoctoral researchers, fellows, graduate students. Dr. van den Brink has mentored over 60 postdocs, and several of them now run independent groups in the US and Europe.
Your qualifications should include:
- A Ph.D. degree in life or biomedical sciences, or a related discipline is required.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please click here.
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Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $34.00 - $37.55 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
