Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Oklahoma Health Campus; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Oklahoma Harold Hamm Health Campus is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join an NIH/NCI-funded study on cancer immunotherapy and immunometabolism. The successful candidate will work in a multidisciplinary team to explore tumor-immune interactions in pancreatic cancer using state-of-the-art multi-omics, CRISPR screens, and mouse and organoid models.

Qualifications include a Ph.D or MD/PhD in Immunology/Molecular Biology/Cancer Biology with expertise in flow cytometry,

Qualifications

• Ph.D or M.D./Ph.D in Immunology, Molecular Biology or Cancer Biology.
• Experience with flow cytometry, cell-based assays, or animal studies preferred.

Responsibilities

Job description

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Oklahoma Harold Hamm Health Campus

The Kamiya Mehla lab in the Department of Oncology Science and the NCI-designated OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join an NIH/NCI-funded study on cancer immunotherapy and immunometabolism. The postdoctoral researcher will be working in a multidisciplinary research group to study novel aspects of immunometabolism, tumor-immune cell interactions at the primary tumor and systemic sites in pancreatic cancer. Our state-of-the art research program utilizes molecular biology and immunology techniques along with multi-omics approaches, including sc-RNA-seq, bulk RNAseq, epigenomics, metabolomics, proteomics, CRISPR screens and genetically engineered mouse models and organoid models of pancreatic cancer.

The ideal candidate should possess a Ph.D or M.D./Ph.D in the field of Immunology/ Molecular Biology/ and Cancer Biology with expertise in flow cytometry, cell-based assays, and/or animal studies. For more detail, please refer to our recent articles (Cancer Discovery, 2024, Molecular Cancer, 2026, Nature Cell Biology, 2024, Oncogene. 2022, Trends Immunol. 2022, Gastroenterology 2021, JEM 2020). The Mehla Lab offers a friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment with great excitement for cancer research. Our future research objectives include, but are not limited to, cell-based therapeutics.

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