Postdoctoral Researcher – van den Brink lab Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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The van den Brink lab is looking for a highly motivated post-doc to work on a project involving novel T cell immunotherapies for multiple myeloma. Our lab focuses on a variety of research topics related to cancer immunotherapy, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, effects of the microbiota on transplant outcomes, immune reconstitution/thymic rejuvenation strategies, and CAR T cell therapy for various malignancies.

The CAR T cell group of the van den Brink lab designs novel CAR T cells targeting hematologic malignancies with the goal of improving T cell activity while reducing toxicities. We study CAR T cell activity in syngeneic mouse models and are currently developing xenograft mouse models. This postdoc position will focus on developing next-generation CAR T cells targeting human myeloma antigens with the goal of translating these CAR T cells into clinical application.

Lab Website: https://www.mskcc.org/research/ski/labs/marcel-van-den-brink

Responsibilities:

• Human T cell cultures and viral transduction
• In vitro cell proliferation, protein expression, cell viability, immunophenotyping, and cytoxicity assays
• CRISPR/Cas9 and gene transfer
• Generation and maintenance of tumor cell lines and virus producing-packaging lines in culture
• Xenograft models of human myeloma in mice
• Mouse handling, injection, and harvesting tissues
• Multi-color flow cytometry
• Molecular cloning of CAR constructs

The ideal candidate should have:

• PhD, MD/PhD, or MD completed in cancer immunology, immunotherapy, T cell biology, cell engineering, or related field
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Solid publication record
• Experience with human T cell culture and retroviral/lentiviral transduction methods or non-viral vector modification.
• Experience with multi-color flow cytometry panels is preferred
• Experience with mouse handling and procedures is advantageous, but not required

If you have any questions about this job opportunity, please contact:

Marcel van den Brink

vandenbm@mskcc.org

Salary: $55,439-$74,263

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