Applicants who are interested in this position should contact Kyoung Eun Lee (kyoungle@umich.edu). Please include a brief statement of research interests/goals along with a CV and contact information for references.

The laboratory of Dr. Kyoung Eun Lee in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School is looking for self-motivated individual who is a recent PhD graduate or will soon graduate with a PhD to fill a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position. The group focuses on understanding how pancreatic cancer develops in complex tissue environments, with particular interest in hypoxia and immune cells as critical tumor microenvironment components.

• Pursue full-time, laboratory-based research investigating pancreatic cancer biology using mouse and cell culture models.
• Work with PI and other colleagues in the laboratory.
• Prepare manuscripts for publication and present work at meetings and seminars.

• PhD or MD/PhD.
• Previous record of publication in primary research journals is required.
• Candidates must have a solid background in cancer biology and/or immunology.

In order to be considered for this position, the applicant must have met or will have met all the required qualifications prior to the start date of employment.

• Experience working with murine cancer models.
• Experience in multi-parameter flow cytometry.

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