Postdoctoral Fellow - Discovery Oncology, West Lab

About the role

The Position We advance science so that we all have more time with the people we love. A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available for a highly motivated and independent candidate to join the laboratory of Dr. Nathaniel West in the Department of Discovery Oncology at Genentech. Our laboratory is dedicated to the discovery of novel regulators of anti-tumor immunity that offer high potential for therapeutic exploitation. Recently, we have focused on underexplored and druggable cytokine pathways that offer the potential to support tumor-specific T cell responses while avoiding undesirable toxic effects on the host. We utilize state-of-the-art in vitro and in vivo techniques, insights from human genetics, and deep profiling of human clinical data to validate and target these critical nodes of host protection.

The Opportunity: To employ state-of-the-art technologies exploring fundamental cancer immunology. To collaborate with other researchers across the organization to accelerate research progress and foster interdisciplinary knowledge. To take advantage of Genentech’s rich environment of core facilities, including animal modeling, protein chemistry, and computational biology. To participate in the Genentech post-doctoral training program, which offers outstanding training and mentorship, opportunities to present work internally and externally, career development support, and exposure to an environment focused on drug development and breakthrough discoveries.

For information about the West lab at Genentech, please go to: https://www.gene.com/scientists/our-scientists/nathaniel-west https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6WIVDSQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Responsibilities

• Employ state-of-the-art technologies to explore fundamental cancer immunology.
• Collaborate with other researchers across the organization to accelerate research progress and foster interdisciplinary knowledge.
• Utilize Genentech’s core facilities (animal modeling, protein chemistry, computational biology).
• Participate in the Genentech post-doctoral training program, including training, mentorship, presentations, career development, and exposure to drug development environment.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Immunology, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, or a related field, with a proven track record of research accomplishments.
• Knowledge and hands‑on experience in immunology and T cell biology.
• Working experience with in vivo models.
• Ability to formulate scientific questions and hypotheses.
• Ability to design, perform, interpret, and effectively communicate experiments to test these hypotheses.
• Ability to analyze higher dimensional data.
• Must have advanced at least one key research project as evidenced by a first‑author paper published or accepted in a leading peer‑reviewed journal.
• Independent scientist with outstanding communication and collaboration skills, as well as a strong passion and commitment to science and cancer immunology.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualification: Working experience with cancer cell biology, molecular biology, protein chemistry, and cell biology techniques.

Skills

• Immunology and T cell biology expertise.
• In vivo model experience.
• Experimental design and communication.
• Higher‑dimensional data analysis.
• Scientific question formulation and hypothesis generation.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits are available for this job posting.
• Genentech Postdoctoral Program: competitive salaries, fully funded research expenses, mentorship, professional development workshops, seminars, networking opportunities, opportunities to present work internally and externally, career development support, exposure to drug development environment.

Pay

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco California is $100,000 to $106,500. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job‑related factors permitted by law.