Postdoctoral Fellow – Tumor-Colonizing Bacterial Immunotherapy – City of Hope, United States

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.

A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available in the laboratory of Edwin R. Manuel, Ph.D., at City of Hope, Beckman Research Center, Monrovia, CA. Our lab is interested in utilizing tumor-colonizing, bacterial-based agents as novel immunotherapy for solid and hematologic malignancies. We are recruiting enthusiastic, motivated scientists who are seeking a fast-paced academic research environment. Our lab in the Department of Immuno-Oncology focuses on engineering tumor-colonizing bacteria to target components of the tumor microenvironment that contribute to poor drug delivery, immune suppression, and cancer metabolism. For more information about Dr. Manuel’s lab, please visit here .

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Have the opportunity to learn and to develop research publications and presentations, independent grant applications, and independent projects that they can take with them when they leave the lab Design, perform and lead projects involving optimization of bacterial-based agents designed to elicit tumor-specific immunity, enhance drug delivery, and suppress cancer metabolism.
• Coordinate lab tasks and operations among multiple lab members, including ordering, inventory, and other essential lab functions.
• Prepare laboratory reagents, chemicals, instruments, and maintain equipment.
• Keep detailed and accurate logs of experiments from conception to analysis, as well as of lab inventory and mouse colonies.
• Record data meticulously and analyze and synthesize results using industry standard application suites.
• Help to prepare presentations and manuscripts for publication.
• Initiate and maintain collaborations with other labs.
• Travel to meetings to represent the lab and to present new data.