Postdoctoral Fellowship
About the role
The Maxwell Laboratory at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (BRB II/III) is seeking a highly motivated and creative postdoctoral fellow to study early detection and early cancer development in patients with inherited risk to cancer. Working in collaboration with investigators from the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, St Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, the fellow will contribute to research on early cancer detection and initiation in individuals with inherited mutations in TP53 and BRCA1/2. The lab maintains the Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) and Men & BRCA Biobanks, which contain extensive clinical information and biospecimens used for experiments, under the direction of Dr. Kara Maxwell, Director of the Basser Center for BRCA Men and BRCA Program.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects evaluating the clinical utility of multi-modal cancer early detection tests.
- Investigate early cancer development in patients with inherited TP53 and BRCA1/2 mutations.
- Collaborate with graduate students, research technicians, and clinical research coordinators within the lab and external partners.
- Contribute to analyses using the LFS and Men & BRCA Biobanks.
Qualifications
- Doctoral degree (PhD, MD/PhD, MD or equivalent).
- Strong background in genomics, molecular biology and bioinformatics.
- Background in mouse genetics and mouse models of cancer preferred but not required.