Postdoctoral Research Fellow

1 week ago


Richmond, Virginia, United States Virginia Commonwealth University Full time
About Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU is a premier, urban, public research university nationally recognized as one of the best employers for diversity and classified by Carnegie as R1 and Community Engaged. The university is committed to graduating outstanding future pharmacists and scientists who will improve human health, foster exemplary research, and provide sustaining contributions to interprofessional patient care.

About the School of Pharmacy

The School of Pharmacy has a 125-year tradition beginning with the Medical College of Virginia and continuing to the present. The school is dedicated to graduating outstanding future pharmacists and scientists who will improve human health, foster exemplary research, and provide sustaining contributions to interprofessional patient care.

About the Role

A postdoctoral fellow position is immediately available in the laboratory of Dr. Jiong Li's lab in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI designated) at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Li's lab is focused on transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of cancer stem cells in colorectal cancer and head and neck cancer.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Identify novel therapeutic targets
  2. Develop new therapeutics (e.g., PROTACs) for cancer therapy using pre-clinic models
  3. Elucidate the molecular mechanisms of immune checkpoint inhibition in head and neck cancer
Required Qualifications
  • PhD or MD degree with a background in molecular signaling, molecular biology, cell biology, and/or cancer cell biology
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of team
  • Willingness and ability to assist mentor junior scientists
  • Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as an employee at VCU
Preferred Qualifications
  • Research experience in animal models would be highly desirable


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