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Postdoctoral Fellow - Cancer Biology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Source: MD Anderson Cancer Center careers · View original posting
Employer job description
From MD Anderson Cancer Center's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
The Department of Cancer Biology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is hiring a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow under Dr. Eyal Gottlieb. The Gottlieb laboratory is seeking an outstanding and motivated postdoctoral candidate to expand our work on metabolic diseases. Our research is focused on the cross talk between metabolism and tumorigenesis outlining metabolic reprogramming in cancer.
We combine metabolomics and genetic approaches to identify pathways essential for disease progression with the aim of developing a new treatment strategy.
The candidate will train in cancer research using interdisciplinary research methods combining molecular and cellular biology, genetics, and analytical chemistry (metabolomics), to study metabolic roles in diseases and to explore new potential clinical approaches in different metabolic disorders and cancer.
All duties and responsibilities are carried out in compliance with institutional policies, ethical research standards, and applicable federal and state regulations.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The fellow will conduct lab-based research focused on cancer metabolism in general and liver metabolic functions.