Postdoctoral Associate

A Postdoctoral Associate position is immediately available in Dr. Jiashu Xie’s lab at the Center for Drug Design, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota. The successful candidate will be working on a project focusing on targeted cancer therapy. Interested candidates should submit a PDF package with a cover letter, CV, and names/info for three references to Dr. Jiashu Xie via email: jxie@umn.edu.

Information about the Center for Drug Design (CDD) is available on the CDD website: https://drugdesign.umn.edu/.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and perform cell culture and cell-based assays, biochemical assays, various microscopy assays, or protein analysis to test new strategies for targeted cancer therapy.
• Design and conduct experiments in rodent models to evaluate the efficacy and safety of cancer treatments.
• Properly collect, interpret, manage, and present research data. Must be able to write manuscripts.
• Perform assigned lab duties related to lab maintenance and operation.

Required Qualifications:

• PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences / Pharmacology / Molecular Biology or other related fields, with prior research experience in targeted cancer therapies, and the ability to write manuscripts.
• Must be willing to work with mice, rats, or other laboratory rodents.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Well versed in cell culture and various basic biology techniques including SDS-PAGE, western blot, PCR, and ELISA.
• Experience in laboratory rodents handling, drug administration, blood and tissues collection, preparation and analysis.
• Strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge and research experience in membrane proteins/transporters, nanoparticle-/liposome-based drug delivery systems, or antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) is a plus.   

Working Conditions:

• The majority of the work in this position is performed in a multidisciplinary wet lab.