Associate Staff Scientist - Leukemia

Job description

The Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology seeks a motivated Associate Staff Scientist. The goal of our laboratory is to develop better therapies to treat patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Patients with acute myeloid leukemia often have an initial response to therapy; however, the disease often reoccurs, and many patients will succumb to this relapsed disease. Not all AML cells are created equally. Indeed, a small subset of cells called leukemia stem cells (LSCs) persist throughout treatment and drive disease relapse. Therefore, it is critically important that we develop new therapies to better target LSCs. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Conduct Research - Design, execute and record laboratory experiments; apply standard scientific/research protocols to experiments, research and improve current methods and evaluate innovative techniques. Design and perform experiments and record data according to research protocol. Independently reproduce, evaluate, research and improve techniques currently used. Adapt new methods to existing procedures and modify current experiments through scientific knowledge and intuition. Maintain accurate and detailed records of all laboratory work...