Postdoctoral Research Scholar : Iowa City, IA, United States

The Department of Pathology, University of Iowa/Carver College of Medicine (http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/pathology/) is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral candidate for a research project in inflammation and cancer metastasis. The project focuses on mechanisms of how interactions between innate and adaptive immune cells contribute to anti-metastatic immunity, under different pathological conditions such as the progression of metastatic diseases under the context of obesity and cancer treatment. The postdoctoral scholar will study, but not limit to (1) the role of innate immune cells, mainly macrophages and neutrophils, tailor anti-metastatic immunity by promoting anti-tumor T cell response. (2) the signaling transduction in innate immune cells that is involved in recruiting or activating anti-tumor T cell response; as well as (3) treatment model for breast-cancer metastasis to stop colonization in the lung. If the candidate has reasonable proposal to do research in a different but relevant field, we encourage the candidate to do so for his/her own career development.

The candidate will benefit from a highly collaborative and diverse environment at the University of Iowa. This project will be very collaborative in nature, involving knowledge from cancer biology, and immunology. The lab has strong background in cancer and inflammation. 

Required Qualifications: 
• MD or Recent Ph.D. graduate (within the past 3 years) in immunology (particular in innate immunity) or with strong background in cancer biology.
• Good communication and writing skills in English.

Desirable Qualifications: 
• Experience in tissue culture, cellular immunity, immunoblotting etc.
• Experience with flow cytometric analysis
• Experience developing and analyzing genetic mouse models
• Experience with working on cancer stem cells
• Outstanding achievements in their doctoral research and possess independent research abilities and ambitious scientific goals.