Postdoctoral Scholar
Pennsylvania State University
Postdoctoral Scholar
Pennsylvania State University
Land-grant university in University Park, PA
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This is a term position; length of the term will be discussed during the interview process. Continuation past the term length discussed will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding.POSITION SPECIFICS
A postdoctoral scholar position is available immediately in a well funded established laboratory at Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Cancer Institute at Hershey, PA. The laboratory is located in the Penn State Cancer Institute, a state-of-the-art building providing all the necessary shared equipment and centralized research facilities. The lab focuses on delineating the epigenetic pathways that regulate hematopoiesis. Our current research focuses are: 1) Study of epigenetic modulation in hematopoietic stem cell differentiation using genome wide and single cell RNA seq analysis; 2) Investigate the role of key transcription factors in regulating hematopoiesis in conditional knockout and knockin mouse models.
Candidates should have obtained a PhD or an MD/PhD degree and research training in the fields of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, or Genetics.
The candidate should have evidence of prior productive scientific works in the form of publications in peer-reviewed journals. Publication in the area of molecular biology, gene expression or hematopoiesis.
Basic biochemistry and molecular biology techniques, cell culture, RNA seq and ChIP seq analysis, transgenic mouse handling.
Prior experience in the study of gene regulation, hematopoiesis, bioinformatics analysis, and/or use of mouse models is preferred.
Interested candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter describing their background and research interests to Yi Qiu, Ph.D., Department of Cell and Biological systems, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Mail Code CH27, Hershey, PA 17033 or email to [email protected].
BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES
This position requires the following clearances in addition to applicable background checks: PA State Police Criminal Background Check, PA Child Abuse History Clearance Form, and Federal (FBI) Fingerprint Criminal Background Check.BENEFITS
Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being.For more detailed information, please visit our Benefits Page. (Note: For Postdoctoral benefits, please see our Postdoctoral Benefits page.)
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