Staff Scientist: Metabolic-Tumor Biology & Resistance

LSU; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

LSU in New Orleans invites applications for Staff Scientist to investigate how obesity-related metabolic changes influence prostate cancer biology, focusing on therapeutic resistance and lineage plasticity under ADT and next-generation anti-androgens.

The ideal candidate will lead multi-omic projects, integrate RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq and metabolomics, perform CRISPR-Cas9 screens for functional validation, and develop computational pipelines while contributing to publications and grant

Qualifications

• PhD in biology, bioinformatics, or a related field.
• Strong experience with multi-omics analysis and data integration.
• Experience with gene editing (CRISPR) and functional validation.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute multi-omic experiments integrating RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, and metabolomics.
• Perform CRISPR-Cas9 screens and targeted edits to validate candidates.
• Develop computational pipelines for analysis of complex datasets.
• Contribute to publications and grant proposals.

Job description

LSU in New Orleans invites applications for Staff Scientist to investigate how obesity-related metabolic changes influence prostate cancer biology, focusing on therapeutic resistance and lineage plasticity under ADT and next-generation anti-androgens.

The ideal candidate will lead multi-omic projects, integrate RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq and metabolomics, perform CRISPR-Cas9 screens for functional validation, and develop computational pipelines while contributing to publications and grant