A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Xiaoyu Zhou at The Wistar Institute. The Zhou lab investigates intercellular immune communications through a combination of synthetic receptor engineering and endogenous gene perturbations, with the goal of developing innovative immunotherapies against cancer and other diseases.

Example research projects include developing novel gene editing tools to enable high-content genetic perturbations for the discovery of therapeutic targets; and engineering immune receptors to reprogram T cell function in solid tumors.

We are looking for highly motivated individual who is interested in gene editing, immune engineering, and immunotherapy. The ideal candidate will have expertise in CRISPR gene editing and/ or T cell engineering. Additional experience with computational data analysis would be highly desired.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in Cellular or Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Bioinformatics or relevant field is required.  In addition to the online application, interested individuals should apply by submitting all the following as ONE single PDF file to Dr. Xiaoyu Zhou, xazhou@wistar.org:

The Zhou Lab is located at the Wistar Institute, a world leader in early-stage discovery science in cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources to its faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

It is the policy of the Institute to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, citizenship, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), pregnancy, caregiver status, domestic or sexual violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or on the basis of genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, with respect to all terms and conditions of employment.