The Wistar Institute in the United States invites application for vacant (38) Postdoc and Academic Positions

The Wistar Institute in the United States invites application for vacant (38) Postdoc and Academic Positions, an international leader in biomedical science, with special expertise in oncology, immunology, infectious disease and vaccine research

Lab-Zhang – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #597,The 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

Legal – ParalegalThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #688,The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.Wistar has a current opening for a Paraleg … MoreApply

Lab-Zhang – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #640,The 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

Lab-Claiborne- Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #687,The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. The Institute is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s single-minded focus is on making discoveries that will change the future of human health.The Wistar Institute is especially interested in q … MoreApply

Lab-Chen – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #689,The 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

Lab-Escolano – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #685,The 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, and in the analysis of the humoral and cellular immune responses to vaccination and infection. Using HIV-1 as a model, and a combination of cutting-edge approaches and different animal models, the Escolano lab investigates the mechanisms governing the B-cell and antibody responses … MoreApply

Lab-Auslander – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #559-The 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

Lab-Montaner – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #679-The 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 a Tissue Culture Specialist and Animal Technician are also encouraged to apply.   Requirements: A bachelor’s degree in a science related field or equivalent combination of education and ex … MoreApply

Animal Facility – Animal Care TechnicianThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #664-The Wistar Institute has an opening an Animal Care Technician to join the Animal Facility shared resource. 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 … MoreApply

Lab-Claiborne – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #683-The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Research Assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel Claiborne to perform a wide variety of laboratory tasks and experiments, including culturing of bacteria and viruses, engineering and production of CAR T cells, and performing animal procedures related to the implementation and maintenance of mouse models of T cell functional exhaustion. The Claiborne laboratory is interested in the mechanisms of T cell dysfunction during the immune response to chronic i … MoreApply

Lab-Kulp – Research AssistantsThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #681-The Wistar Institute has multiple openings for Research Assistants 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 antibo … MoreApply

Lab-Weiner – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #641-The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Research Assistant 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 experiments … MoreApply

Lab-Speicher – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #668-The Wistar Institute has an opening for a full-time Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. David Speicher to conduct biochemical research under the supervision of a senor lab member to study melanoma progression and response to therapies as well as identify protein and small molecule biomarkers and potential new therapeutic strategies. The project will utilize protein biochemical methods including SDS gel analysis, western blots, protein assays, and mass spectrometric analysis of prote … MoreApply

Lab-Liang- Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #673-The Wistar Institute has an opening for an ambitious and productive Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Chengyu Liang to develop and apply integrative approaches for high- throughput screening, functional genomic, and structural biology analyses to identify novel biomarkers, cancer/viral vulnerability targets in cancer genetics and treatment advancement. Research in Liang Lab is centered on understanding the basic principle of cellular processes to answer key questions in cancer d … MoreApply

Lab-Liang- Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #592-The 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 inflammation, cancer, and the lysosome pathway.Research in Liang Lab is centered on understanding the basic principle of cellular processes to answer key questions in cancer development as well as viral infectious disease. Our lab is multi-disciplinary, highly interactive team, and postdocs are expec … MoreApply

Metabolomics and Lipidomics – Managing DirectorThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #672-The Wistar Institute has an opening for an on-site Managing Director to lead and manage the Metabolomics and Lipidomics Shared Resource. The Managing Director will consult with Wistar researchers and other users on experimental design and data interpretation, analyze LC-MS/MS data, and perform hands-on small molecule experiments, as needed. Small molecule analyses include, but are not limited to, polar metabolite and lipid profiling (untargeted and targeted) and flux analysis on a Thermo mass sp … MoreApply

Proteomics – Managing DirectorThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #669-The Wistar Institute has an immediate opening for an on-site Managing Director to lead and manage the day-to-day operation and supervision of support staff of the Proteomics Shared Resource.  The position will include consultation with users on experimental design and data interpretation, analysis of LC-MS/MS data, and perform hands-on proteomics experiments as needed.  Proteomic analyses include, but are not limited to, global quantitative profiling (label-free, SILAC and TMT), characterization … MoreApply

Lab-Escolano – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #663-The Wistar Institute has an opening for a highly motivated Research Assistant to join the laboratory of Dr. Amelia Escolano. The Escolano lab investigates novel vaccination strategies against HIV-1 using cutting-edge technologies and animal models. The successful candidate will provide technical assistance with molecular and cellular biology methods, tissue culture and with animal studies. Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience) is req … MoreApply

Bioinformatics – Bioinformatics TechnicianThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #667-The Wistar Institute has a current opening for a Bioinformatics Technician 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 Technician will:Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using existing algorithms, software packages, statistical applications, or data … MoreApply

Human Resources – HR AnalystThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #644-The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Human Resources Analyst to join its expanding Human Resources (HR) Department. The HR 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:Collect and compile HR metrics and data from a variety of sources including Dayforce (HRIS) and employment records, exit … MoreApply

Lab-Sarma – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #662-Multiple Post-Doctoral positions are available in the Sarma lab at The Wistar Institute. The Sarma lab investigates mechanisms of gene regulation through RNA-containing chromatin structures called R-loops using neurodifferentiation and cancer models. Candidates with strong interest in gene regulation, chromatin architecture, epigenetic mechanisms, and non-coding RNA biology are encouraged to apply.  Candidates should have a PhD (or equivalent) degree or be close to obtaining their doctor … MoreApply

Business Development – Associate, Licensing & Business DevelopmentThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #625-The 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

Lab-Montaner – Post-Doctoral Fellow (Cancer Immunotherapy)The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #634-The 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

Scientific Operations – Administrative CoordinatorThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #659-The Wistar Institute has an opening for an Administrative Coordinator to join the Scientific Operations team. This individual will provide comprehensive administrative support to Wistar’s Scientific Operations department as it relates to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Institutional Review Board (IRB). Responsibilities may include:Provides administrative support for protocol submission processRegularly communicates with committee members and PIs regarding pre-review, … MoreApply

Research & Administrative Services – Specialist, Research ServicesThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #627-The 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

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Scientific Operations – Research Compliance CoordinatorThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #655-The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Research Compliance Coordinator to join the Scientific Operations team. This individual is responsible for the administration of the animal subject and human subject programs, providing relevant feedback and guidance to research staff in order to secure appropriate Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals. The position also coordinates all functions of the IACUC and IRB including working closely w … MoreApply

Bioinformatics – Bioinformatics AnalystThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #630-The 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

Finance & Purchasing – Research Financial AnalystThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #650-The 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

Caspar Wistar FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #610-Caspar 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

Lab-Villanueva – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #628-The 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

Lab-Villanueva – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #617-A 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

Lab-Kulp – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #608-The 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

Lab-Tian – Post-Doctoral Fellow in RNA Biology in Cancer and ImmunityThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #600-The 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

Lab-Schug – Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #591-There 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

Lab-Claiborne- Post-Doctoral FellowThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #587-The 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

Lab-Liang – Research AssistantThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #582-The 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

Faculty Position, Vaccine & Immunotherapy CenterThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #550-The 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

Faculty Position – Program Co-Leader, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis ProgramThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA ● Req #519-The “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