Senior Researcher for CAR T Immunotherapy

We have an opportunity for a Senior Researcher to work under the guidance of Dr. Lindsay Talbot in the Department of Surgery at St. Jude.
Dr. Talbot's research involves identifying strategies to improve CAR T-cell therapy against osteosarcoma and other solid tumors and has a specific focus on metastatic disease. This collaborative lab's work is highly translational as they seek to introduce new CAR-T cell therapies into clinics. The lab functions as an embedded part of the larger Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy translational laboratory, and therefore the candidate will be extensively supported by technical and postdoctoral researchers in a highly collaborative and collegial team.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to work independently on projects while supporting the rest of the lab's initiatives, and have experience with tissue culture, transduction, proliferation and migration assays, animal handling, and FLOW Cytometry.

• Lab experiments
  • to include cell culture, viral transduction, cloning, subcloning, ELISAs
• Performing flow cytometry and interpreting the results
• CAR-T therapy studies
• Handling and maintenance of an immune competent murine model
  • to include immune system profiling and working with a unique osteosarcoma surgery model

Apply to be a part of the mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

• Bachelor's degree in relevant scientific area is required, but a Master's degree is preferred

• Two (2) years of relevant, post-degree work experience is required for a Bachelor's degree.
• No experience is required with a Master's degree.
• A background in cancer biology or immunology is preferred.

Benefits
Salary is highly competitive (comparable to industry) and employee benefits are outstanding. Relocation assistance is available. Working at St. Jude provides the opportunity to make a tangible difference to pediatric cancer patient care and survival and St. Jude has been consistently ranked in Fortune magazine's "100 Best Places to Work" list and is exceptionally positively reviewed on GlassDoor.
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