Postdoctoral Fellow -Neurosurgery -Rostomily

　　Houston Methodist

　　Houston, TX

　　The Rostomily lab at the Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Department of Neurosurgery has a post-doctoral fellowship position immediately available to pursue development of a microfluidic based pre-clinical screening platform for drug sensitivity testing of patient derived tumor samples. This project is NIH funded and the candidate will also receive support from the PIs Dunn Chair in brain tumor biology. The project is a collaboration with Drs Albert Folch (microfluidics, bioengineering) and Ray Monnat (genome sciences, pathology) at the University of Washington. The candidate will contribute in one or more of the following areas according to interest and expertise:

　　1) characterization and drug response testing of PDX and patient derived slice cultures on microfluidic devices (generated at UW). This project involves profiling of slice culture immunophenotypes including stromal immune elements and adaptation of the model for potential testing of immunotherapies as well as genomically informed targeted therapies and conventional cyto/genotoxic drugs and radiation.

　　2) development of advanced automated real-time readouts for cell responses to treatments compatible with the existing or modified versions of the mircrofluidic device

　　3) generation of alternative 3D tissue engineered platforms from primary tumor tissues for drug testing on the microfluidic device

　　4) validation of predictive power of the platform by in vivo testing and comparison with alternative pre-clinical screening techniques.

　　PATIENT AGE GROUP SERVED

　　Not applicable

　　DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

　　Develops research methods and performs research activities. (EF)

　　Documents research results and writes reports of results for presentation and/or publication in professional journals and other publications. (EF)

　　Assists in maintaining the functionality and operations of the Principal Investigator¿s laboratory. (EF)

　　Demonstrates the components of the I CARE values. (EF)

　　Follows all safety rules while on the job. Reports accidents promptly and corrects minor safety hazards. Communicates with peers and management regarding any hazards identified in the workplace. (EF)

　　Performs other duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator.

　　EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

　　M.D. or Ph.D required

　　EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

　　Experience requirements will vary depending on the field of research.

　　Postdoctoral Fellow 0 -no Postdoctoral experience required

　　Postdoctoral Fellow 1 -one year of Postdoctoral experience

　　Postdoctoral Fellow 2 -two years of Postdoctoral experience

　　Postdoctoral Fellow 3 -three years of Postdoctoral experience

　　Postdoctoral Fellow 4 -four years of Postdoctoral experience

　　CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED

　　Not applicable

　　SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

　　Experience in biomedical research required

　　PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

　　Research laboratory environment

　　WORKING ENVIRONMENT

　　Research laboratory environment

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