Postdoctoral Fellow : Grand Rapids, MI, United States
The MacKeigan Lab within Van Andel Research Institute’s Center for Cancer and Cell Biology has a position available for one Postdoctoral Fellow. This postdoctoral position is available for a motivated PhD graduate who meets the description outlined below. The fellow will investigate autophagy in the context of KRAS-driven lung cancer using live cell microscopy and flow cytometry.
Description of an Ideal Candidate:
- A Ph.D. graduate with experience and publications in molecular biology and/or cell signaling
- A team player who shares knowledge with lab members
- A collaborator who is confident interacting with researchers from other disciplines
- An effective communicator who will contribute to a fun and positive work environment
- Creative, motivated, collaborative, and optimistic, with a strong desire to impact human health
Job Functions:
The scope of this fellowship project includes mammalian cell culture, dissection of relevant signaling pathways, live-cell/confocal microscopy and quantitation, RNAi, gene-editing, and flow cytometry. The candidate will work with Dr. MacKeigan and collaborators at Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop a model of autophagy-mediated survival in chemoresistant lung cancer.
Position Status and Salary: Full-time, non-exempt position. Salary determined based on Doctorate receipt date according to a set stipend schedule, which begins at $45,500 up to a maximum of $52,000. Benefits include:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Employer-sponsored life and AD&D insurance
- 401K retirement savings plans with employee/employer contributions
- Paid vacation, holidays, personal days
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