Research Fellow

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston

Job Description

Job ID: 22872
Date Posted: 09/17/2012
Location: 44 Binney St, Boston
Job Family: Fellowships
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary

Located in Boston, Dana Farber Cancer Institute brings together world renowned clinicians, innovative researchers and dedicated professionals, allies in the common mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. Combining extremely talented people with the best technologies in a genuinely positive environment, we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all ages; we conduct research that advances treatment; we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers; we reach out to underserved members of our community; and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

Postdoctoral position to study molecular basis of genomic stability in human cancer suseptibility syndromes. Project will involve studying how ubiquitination of FA proteins contributes to repair in DNA lesions. Additional studies will characterize how protein deubiquitinates control this process with the aim of developing new therapeutic compounds for cancer treatment.