Postdoctoral and Academic Positions at The Wistar Institute, nonprofit research institution and an international leader in biomedical science, with special expertise in oncology, immunology, infectious disease and vaccine research
Lab-Kulp- Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #653Thursday, April 28, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. Daniel W. Kulp with a research focus on rational vaccine and antibody design for a variety of infectious diseases such as SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and HIV. The lab has significant efforts in developing molecules for clinical translation, including SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and antibody therapeutics. The successful candidate will primarily be responsible for production and purification of immunogens and antibodies f … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Patel- Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #619Wednesday, April 27, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a highly motivated Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. Ami Patel. Research in the Patel lab focuses on investigating vaccine and immunotherapies against emerging infectious diseases (influenza, SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, AMR pathogens), utilizing non-viral DNA vectors for vaccine and antibody delivery, and gene therapy studies. The successful candidate will contribute to experiments in molecular biology, virology, immunology, and gene therapy, focu … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Montaner – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #636Tuesday, April 26, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for an experienced Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. Luis Montaner to support the HIV infection and cancer studies. Duties will include a wide variety of related laboratory and animal tasks. A bachelor’s degree in a life sciences related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience) with a minimum of one year of prior bench work experience with molecular biology work or flowcytometry is required. Experience with hands-on profici … MoreApply | Share
Bioinformatics – Bioinformatics AnalystThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #630Tuesday, April 26, 2022The Wistar Institute has current openings for Bioinformatics Analysts to join the Bioinformatics Shared Resource of our NCI-designated Cancer Center. The Bioinformatics Core provides Wistar investigators with expertise in computational analyses of biomedical research data as well as database management and software applications support.The Bioinformatics Analyst will:Apply and develop bioinformatics approaches for analysis of data from high-throughput experiments conducted by Wistar Institute sc … MoreApply | Share
Finance & Purchasing – Senior Research Financial Services SpecialistThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #651Wednesday, April 20, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Senior Research Financial Services Specialist in the Finance department. The Senior Research Financial Services Specialist will provide professional accounting, financial analysis, budgeting and research administrative support for a diverse and complex grant and contract portfolio with a focus on compliance and customer service.Responsibilities of the Senior Research Financial Services Specialist include:Providing financial and post-award administrative … MoreApply | Share
Finance & Purchasing – Research Financial AnalystThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #650Wednesday, April 20, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Research Financial Analyst in the Finance department. The Research Financial Analyst will provide financial and post-award support to Principal Investigators and their scientific staff. Duties and Responsibilities: Provides financial support to assigned Principal Investigators’ grants and contracts and other non-sponsored funds.Responsible for financial and post-award financial support of grants, including: Preparing financial aspects of federal and non … MoreApply | Share
Human Resources – HR Specialist/AnalystThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #644Friday, April 15, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Human Resources Specialist/Analyst to join its expanding Human Resources (HR) Department. The Specialist/Analyst partners with the HR team and supports initiatives of the HR Department including compiling and analyzing HR data and metrics to support the department functions, specifically in the areas of recruiting and benefits.Duties and responsibilities:BenefitsCoordinate with Benefits Administrator and support HRIS (Dayforce) reporting and data intelli … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Zhang – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #597Thursday, April 14, 2022The Wistar Institute is seeking a highly motivated Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. Rugang Zhang. The Zhang lab explores novel therapeutic approaches to epithelial ovarian cancer and investigates the role of cellular senescence in cancer using cutting-edge technologies.Duties include, but are not limited to, experiments in molecular biology, cell biology, tissue culture and mouse models of cancer. Occasional weekend or after-hours work may be required (1-2 times per month). The s … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Zhang – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #640Thursday, April 7, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Rugang Zhang. The Zhang lab is seeking an ambitious and productive candidate to explore novel intervention strategies for unmet clinical needs in ovarian cancer or investigate the role of cellular senescence in cancer development or tissue aging. Candidates should have a PhD (or equivalent) degree or should be close to obtaining their doctoral degree. Candidates committed to an academic career are prefe … MoreApply | Share
Specialist, Research ServicesThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #627Wednesday, April 6, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Specialist, Research Services to join the Research and Administrative Services department. In cooperation with the Director of Research & Administrative Services, this individual will provide Wistar faculty and scientific staff with non-financial pre- and post-award grants administration support.Responsibilities may include:Maintain and monitor grant proposal and post-award deliverable pipelines.In cooperation with Principal Investigators (PIs), compile … MoreApply | Share
Animal Facility – CustodianThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #638Tuesday, April 5, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening in the Animal Facility for a Custodian. The role performs a variety of cleaning, decontamination, and sterilization functions in the Institute’s Animal Facility. Responsibilities include sanitation of facility, cage waste disposal, supplying daily cage supply inventory, receiving feed deliveries, maintaining equipment, and other duties as assigned.Education: High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Experience Preferred: Previous experience working in a … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Herlyn – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #639Tuesday, April 5, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a full-time Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. Meenhard Herlyn. The Herlyn lab focuses on the biology that underlies melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer. The lab has established a large repository of PDX (patient-derived xenografts) and organoids, which we continue to genomically and biologically characterize. The Wistar Institute is also developing a Core Facility for PDX (and organoids), not only for melanoma but also for othe … MoreApply | Share
Operations – Science Administration AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #637Tuesday, March 29, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Science Administration Assistant in the Operations department. This position supports operations related to regulatory oversight committees, research operations, and environmental health and safety. The Science Administration Assistant will assist with administration of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) including but not limited to: preparing submissions for committee reviews, printing and assembling review packets, filing and e-mailing approv … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Herlyn – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #635Monday, March 28, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Meenhard Herlyn. This laboratory focuses on the biology and immune biology that underlie melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer. The laboratory has established a large repository of PDX (patient-derived xenografts) and organoids, which we continue to genomically, biologically, and immunologically characterize. We are developing new strategies for therapy using signaling inhibitors a … MoreApply | Share
Caspar Wistar FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #610Thursday, March 24, 2022Caspar Wistar Fellows Program at The Wistar InstituteThe Caspar Wistar Fellows Program is recruiting an exceptional, early-career, independent investigator who will be poised to join the next generation of scientific leaders. This program is designed to provide exceptional autonomy and resources to recent Ph.D. or M.D. graduates with outstanding research records, who are prepared to take an accelerated path toward independence as a principal investigator. Program candidates must demonstrate inte … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Montaner – Post-Doctoral Fellow (Cancer Immunotherapy)The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #634Wednesday, March 16, 2022The NCI-designated Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center together with the Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center at The Wistar Institute are seeking a Cancer Immunotherapy Post-Doctoral Fellow or Staff Scientist to join the laboratory of Dr. Luis Montaner. The Montaner lab has an increasing focus on myeloid cell regulation and cancer and immunotherapy through a combination of both murine-based models (ovarian, pancreatic, leukemia, etc.) and human translational studies using specimens from cancer pat … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Villanueva – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #628Wednesday, March 16, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a highly motivated Research Assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Jessie Villanueva to perform a wide variety of laboratory tasks and experiments. The Villanueva laboratory studies the molecular signaling pathways that become deregulated in melanoma with the goal of identifying suitable targets for therapy, particularly for tumors with limited therapeutic options.For more information regarding the research in the Villanueva Lab, please visit: https://wistar.o … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Montaner – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #633Wednesday, March 16, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for an experienced Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. Luis Montaner to support the infrastructure needed to advance cancer immunotherapy studies. Duties will include a wide variety of related laboratory and animal facility tasks. Individuals with experience as an Animal Technician are also encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to candidates with tumor model and flowcytometry expertise.Requirements: A bachelor’s degree in a science relate … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Shinde- Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #626Wednesday, March 2, 2022The Wistar Institute is seeking highly motivated and passionate Research Assistant to perform a wide variety of laboratory duties and experiments. Regular duties and responsibilities will include ordering and maintaining laboratory reagents and supplies and managing mouse breeding and colonies. This individual will also be responsible for performing molecular biology techniques such as cell culture, flow cytometry, ELISA, western blotting, and transfection/cloning. The successful candidate will … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Weiner – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #616Tuesday, March 1, 2022The Wistar Institute has multiple openings for Research Assistants to join the laboratory of Dr. David Weiner to assist with various research projects in the laboratory supporting ongoing research. The studies include but are not limited to the use of DNA as a vaccine/therapeutic agent. There are ongoing studies for both cancer and infectious disease including DNA or protein immunogens and DNA-delivered monoclonal antibody approaches. Responsibilities will include assisting and performing experi … MoreApply | Share
Associate, Licensing & Business DevelopmentThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #625Friday, February 25, 2022The Wistar Institute is a world-renowned life sciences research and discovery engine focused on discovering new therapeutic drug targets and advancing innovative small molecule, antibody-based therapeutics, DNA medicines, diagnostics, and discovery platforms for the betterment of humankind. Wistar is the nation’s very first non-profit biomedical research institute, founded in 1892, and remains one of seven basic research NCI-designated cancer centers located in the heart of University City of P … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Villanueva – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #617Wednesday, February 16, 2022A postdoctoral position is available in the Villanueva Lab at the Wistar Institute to study mechanisms of therapy resistance in melanoma using genetic and biochemical approaches. We are seeking a highly motivated scientist who can integrate new concepts and techniques to investigate mechanisms of drug resistance and identify new therapeutic targets for melanoma. PhD (or equivalent degree) with expertise in molecular and cancer biology and experience working with mouse models is required. Knowl … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Kulp – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #609Friday, February 11, 2022The The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. Daniel W. Kulp with a research focus on rational vaccine and antibody design for a variety of infectious diseases such as SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and HIV. The lab has significant efforts in developing molecules for clinical translation, including SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and antibody therapeutics. The successful candidate will primarily be responsible for production and purification of immunogens and antibodi … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Kulp – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #608Friday, February 11, 2022The Wistar Institute has multiple openings for Post-Doctoral Fellows in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel Kulp. The lab develops and applies cutting edge technologies to facilitate rational nanoparticle vaccine design targeting broadly protective epitopes on HIV Env, Influenza HA and Coronavirus Spike. Projects will utilize multiple vaccine engineering approaches including structure-based design and directed evolution to design and optimize interactions between vaccine antigens and neutralizing antib … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Escolano – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #615Monday, January 31, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow to work in the laboratory of Dr. Amelia Escolano in the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center. The Escolano lab is interested in vaccine design, specifically in the analysis of the humoral and cellular immune responses to a novel form of vaccination that involves sequential immunization. Using HIV-1 as a model, and a combination of cutting-edge approaches and new animal models, the Escolano lab investigates the mechanisms g … More
Animal Facility – Animal Care TechnicianThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #586Monday, January 31, 2022An Animal Care Technician position is available in The Animal Facility at The Wistar Institute. Under direct supervision, the Animal Care Technician will be responsible for daily care of research animals including: the feeding, watering, cleaning, transferring, and changing of animal cages. The Animal Care Technician will need to perform technical rodent skills such as handling, along with assisting with health monitoring and technical procedures.Duties & Responsibilities:Responsible for the dai … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Sarma – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #526Tuesday, January 18, 2022The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Kavitha Sarma. The Sarma lab investigates mechanisms of RNA mediated epigenetic gene regulation by employing a combination of biochemistry, cell and molecular biological methods, and genome wide approaches. Candidates with research interests in chromatin biology, epigenetics, and non-coding RNAs are encouraged to apply. Candidates should have a PhD (or equivalent) degree or be close to obtaining their do … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Tian – Post-Doctoral Fellow in RNA Biology in Cancer and ImmunityThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #600Friday, December 17, 2021The Wistar Institute has an opening for a motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the lab of Dr. Bin Tian to study RNA biology at the interface of cancer and immunity, including regulation of tumor neoantigen expression and modulation of immune cells in tumor microenvironment. The Tian lab studies multiple steps of mRNA metabolism, including pre-mRNA processing, mRNA localization, and mRNA stability. Cutting-edge techniques including spatial transcriptomics and live cell imaging will be used. Par … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Schug – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #591Monday, November 29, 2021There is an immediate opening for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Zachary T. Schug in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program at the Wistar Institute, an NCI-designated Cancer Center. Since metabolic pathways are intimately connected to immunity and cancer, understanding these connections will allow us to gain new insights into the dynamic interplay between cancer cells and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment. The Schug lab studies cancer cell metabolism and im … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Liang- Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #592Monday, November 29, 2021The Wistar Institute has an opening for an ambitious and productive Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Chengyu Liang to investigate mechanisms underlying the intricate dialog between imbalance of autophagy-lysosome, uncontrolled inflammation, and tumorigenesis. Research in Liang Lab is centered on understanding the basic principle of cellular processes including autophagy, apoptosis, DNA damage repair, and intracellular trafficking to answer key questions in cancer development as … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Claiborne- Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #587Tuesday, November 16, 2021The Wistar Institute has an opening for a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow to work in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel Claiborne in the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center. The Claiborne lab is focused on utilizing in vivo model systems of chronic antigen exposure to determine the mechanisms underlying the initiation and maintenance of dysfunctional T cell phenotypes. Specifically, the lab seeks to understand the pressures influencing the functional exhaustion of HIV-specific CAR T cells, in an effo … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Liang – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #582Thursday, November 4, 2021The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Research Assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Chengyu Liang to perform a wide variety of laboratory tasks and experiments in a highly interactive and collaborative team. The Liang Laboratory focuses on understanding the basic principle of cellular processes including autophagy, apoptosis, DNA damage/repair, and intracellular trafficking to answer key questions in cancer development and viral infection. The successful candidate will have two major responsi … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Chen – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #486Friday, October 29, 2021The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the lab of Dr. Qing Chen with a research focus on cancer metastasis, particularly in brain. The goal of the research projects is to obtain the mechanistic insights into the metastatic process in the unique brain microenvironment.Candidates should have recently received a PhD (or equivalent) degree or be close to obtaining their doctoral degree, with a strong background in one or more of the following disciplines: cancer biolo … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Patel- Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #577Wednesday, October 20, 2021The Wistar Institute is seeking a talented and motivated scientist at the postdoctoral level to join the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center at The Wistar Institute in the laboratory of Dr. Ami Patel. Dr. Patel’s research focuses on the cellular and immune mechanisms of gene-encoded vaccines/immunotherapies against emerging infectious diseases and protein delivery in vivo. We are studying gene therapy and immune modulation approaches to enhance non-viral nucleic acid delivery in vivo. The successf … MoreApply | Share
Lab-Auslander – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #559Friday, September 10, 2021The Wistar Institute has an opening for an ambitious and productive Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Noam Auslander. The Auslander lab employs state-of-the art machine and deep learning techniques to complex biological data, to answer pressing research questions in biomedicine. The lab develops and applies machine and deep learning methods, in combination with bioinformatic approaches, to study the evolution of tumor metastases and identify new markers and therapeutic strategie … MoreApply | Share
Faculty Position, Vaccine & Immunotherapy CenterThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #550Wednesday, August 11, 2021The Wistar Institute is seeking outstanding candidates for a faculty position in the Wistar Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center in the broad area of antimicrobial resistance with a focus on novel approaches for target identification/validation, invivo screening systems, CRISPR-CAS/Editing, screening, serological mitigation approaches including immunization or immune based therapeutic approaches and immune profiling approaches are encouraged to apply. Applicants qualified for an Assistant or Assoc … MoreApply | Share
Faculty Position – Program Co-Leader, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis ProgramThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #519Monday, June 7, 2021The “EXCEPTIONALLY”-rated NCI-designated Wistar Institute Cancer Center is seeking a highly accomplished scientific leader at the rank of Associate or Full Professor to co-lead its Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis (IMM) Program. The successful candidate is expected to have a nationally recognized scholarly and research portfolio with a strong track-record of extramural funding (preferentially NCI funding). As a member of the Wistar Cancer Center leadership team, the candidate will pro … MoreApply | Share