About this role
Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the City of Hope 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.
Leveraging multiomics, mouse genetics, hiPS cells, and electrophysiology, our lab works on molecular mechanism of cardiometabolic oncology. The postdoctoral fellow will be co-supervised by Dr. June Wha-Rhee and Dr. Zhao Wang.
As a successful candidate you will:
- Investigate metabolic regulation and immune crosstalk in cardiovascular disease during cancer treatment.
- Explore shared molecular mechanisms linking cardiovascular disease and cancer progression.
- Apply cutting-edge techniques including spatial transcriptomics and single-cell multiomics and integrate multi-omics data to identify therapeutic targets and biomarkers.
- Study cardiomyopathy across models of diabetes, cancer, and pressure overload.
- Collaborate in an interdisciplinary team and contribute to high-impact publications.
Your qualifications should include:
- PhD or M.D.
- Experiences in iPSCs and/or mouse models/handing (mouse genetics experience preferred)
- Experience in cardiovascular disease and/or immunology (cardiac immunology preferred)
- Training in molecular and cellular biology
- Proven track record of successful research projects and publications
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication and collaboration abilities
City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
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About City of Hope
City of Hope's mission is to deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. Founded in 1913, City of Hope has grown into one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S. and one of the leading research centers for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope research has been the basis for numerous breakthrough cancer medicines, as well as human synthetic insulin and monoclonal antibodies. With an independent, National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center at its core, City of Hope brings a uniquely integrated model to patients spanning cancer care, research and development, academics and training, and innovation initiatives. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. City of Hope’s affiliated group of organizations includes Translational Genomics Research Institute and AccessHope™.
What you'll do
- The postdoctoral fellow will investigate metabolic regulation and immune crosstalk in cardiovascular disease during cancer treatment and explore shared molecular mechanisms linking cardiovascular disease and cancer progression. They will apply cutting-edge techniques and collaborate in an interdisciplinary team to contribute to high-impact publications.
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