Post Doctoral Scholar at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio

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Job Title:Post Doctoral Scholar

Department:CCC | Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Alinari Lab at the Ohio State University (OSU) is seeking highly motivated and successful individuals to study the lymphoma-immune cells crosstalk, to identifying therapeutic strategies that trigger potent immunogenic cell death in lymphoma, and to develop novel immunotherapies for lymphoma.

Responsibilities:

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  Performing with a variety of complex molecular biology techniques, including protein/DNA/RNA isolations, Western blots, Immunoprecipitation, PCR techniques, etc.

  
  


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  Immune cell transfection and viral transduction using lentivirus

  
  


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  Gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9

  
  


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  Spectral flow cytometry and cell sorting including preparing, executing, and analyzing samples

  
  


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  Performing a variety of cell culture techniques including: mammalian cell culture, primary cell culture, and processing tissue (human and murine) into single cell suspensions

  
  


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  Processing human blood samples, and isolating human immune cell subtypes

  
  


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  Performing data analysis and other statistical techniques on sample data, including processing flow data, sequencing, and using various statistical software.

  
  


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  Bacterial work including transformation and plasmid isolations

  
  


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  Assisting or executing animal studies including drug delivery, IVIS imaging, tissue harvesting, etc.

  
  


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  Assisting with writing and figure generation for manuscripts at the direction of the supervisor

  
  


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  Training other staff on techniques and protocols, including generating new protocols as needed

  
  


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  Independently troubleshooting assays and protocols

  
  


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  Taking inventory and assisting with ordering and restocking lab supplies

  
  


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  Maintaining lab equipment

  
  

Required Education/Experience:

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  A Doctoral degree in an appropriate discipline such as immunology or cancer biology is required.

  
  


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  Requires successful completion of a background check; qualified candidates may be asked to complete a pre-employment physical including a drug screen.

  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

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  Previous lab experience including working with cancer cells/immunological assays

  
  


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  Multiple first author publications

  
  

Salary Range:

$56,484 - $68,604 per the NIH scale

Additional Information:

Location:Comprehensive Cancer Center (0363)

Position Type:Term (Fixed Term)

Scheduled Hours:40

Shift:First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

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