Postdoctoral Fellow or Research jobs at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, the United States of America

About the University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is the public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.  Its comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) as well as professional degrees in architecture, business, medicine, law, pharmacy, nursing, social work, public health, and dentistry. Michigan’s body of living alumni comprises more than 540,000 people, one of the largest alumni bases of any university in the world.  As of October 2018, 50 MacArthur Fellows, 25 Nobel Prize winners, 6 Turing Award winners, and 1 Fields Medalist have been affiliated with University of Michigan.

About position

The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor is looking for motivated, dynamic, experienced and highly qualified Research Assistant to work under the Department of Biomedical Science, focused on Cancer Biology. The research will be focused on the evaluation of the activity and the mechanism of action of novel small molecules blocking epigenetic proteins in cancer. The position holder will be a part of an interdisciplinary team focused on the development and pre-clinical evaluation of novel anti-cancer drug candidates. In addition to that, he/she will be accountable to study the effect of small molecules in vitro and in vivo models of cancers and to pursue target validation studies using genetic approaches.

Required qualification and skills

• Ph.D. in biology or related field
• Must be an author of at least 2-3 publication
• Experience in cell and molecular biology techniques
• Expertise in cell biology and molecular biology techniques, including PCR, qRT-PCR, Western Blotting, co-Immunoprecipitation, ChIP, ChIPSeq, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, immunostaining
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
•  Ability to conduct independent scientific investigations