加拿大舍布鲁克大学招聘癌症基因治疗博士后

加拿大舍布鲁克大学招聘癌症基因治疗博士后

Funded Postdoc Cancer Gene Therapy

Université de Sherbrooke

Location: Sherbrooke, Canada

Job Number: 7310107

Posting Date: Newly posted

Job Description

Summary

A 2-year fully funded post-doctoral position is available immediately for a PhD in life science, molecular and cell biology, biochemistry or genetics in Dr. Jean-Philippe Brosseau lab at the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. The position can be extended upon funding renewal and/or obtaining fellowship. Our laboratory has an interest and expertise in Neurofibromatosis type I, a neurocutaneous syndrome with no cure. We are developing strategies to functionally rescue the causative gene (NF1) of this disease in vivo.

Job Duties

• To plan, execute and analyze research experiments

• To establish stable cell lines

• To perform experiment using mouse models (colony management, genotyping, necropsy, dissection and tissue biopsy)

• To perform histological characterization

• To report research findings to the research group and externally

• To lead manuscript publication

• To directly supervise graduate and undergraduate students

• To apply for fellowship

• To suggest/initiate new line of research

Minimum Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.

• Strong experimental skills in molecular biology/biochemistry as evidenced by publication(s)

• At least one first author paper accepted from your PhD work

• Working knowledge of English

Preferred Qualifications

• The candidate must have a PhD degree and is expected to be very engaged and pro-active to drive his/her project(s).

• Strong work ethic, rigor and communication skills are required.

• Proficient in planning, executing and troubleshooting advanced cloning, cell culture biochemistry, and cell biology technique

• Experience with mouse models is preferred