Postdoctoral Fellow

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.

The van den Brink Laboratory is a leading research program focused on understanding the mechanisms that regulate immune system development, regeneration, and function, with a particular emphasis on thymus biology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, immune reconstitution, tolerance, and graft-versus-host disease. The Thymus Research Team investigates the cellular and molecular pathways that govern thymic regeneration and T cell development, with the goal of developing innovative therapies to restore immune competence in patients undergoing cancer treatment, hematopoietic cell transplantation, or other immune-damaging interventions.

As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you will contribute to cutting-edge basic and translational research projects using mouse models, human samples, and state-of-the-art immunological, molecular, and computational approaches. You will work within a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment that integrates immunology, stem cell biology, oncology, and translational medicine to advance therapeutic strategies for immune regeneration.

As a successful candidate you will:

• Design, execute, and analyze independent research projects focused on thymic biology, T cell development, immune regeneration, and transplantation immunology.
• Utilize and develop advanced experimental approaches including multi-parameter flow cytometry, cell sorting, mouse models, molecular biology techniques, and immune profiling assays.
• Analyze and interpret complex datasets, including genomic, transcriptomic, and immunological data.
• Present research findings at laboratory meetings, institutional seminars, and national/international scientific conferences.
• Prepare manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals and contribute to grant applications and collaborative research initiatives.
• Mentor graduate students, research technicians, and junior trainees as appropriate.
• Collaborate effectively with investigators and research teams across immunology, transplantation, and cancer biology programs.

Your qualifications should include:

• Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D. in Immunology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biomedical Sciences, or a related field.
• Demonstrated research experience in immunology, thymus biology, hematopoiesis, stem cell biology, transplantation biology, cancer immunology, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience with flow cytometry, multicolor immune phenotyping, cell culture, molecular biology techniques, and/or mouse models.
• Experience with bioinformatics, single-cell sequencing analysis, spatial biology, or computational data analysis is desirable but not required.
• Proven scientific productivity demonstrated through peer-reviewed publications and presentations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a highly interactive research environment.
• Experience mentoring students or junior researchers is preferred.
• No specific license or certification required.

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