Research Fellow

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston

Job Description

Job ID: 22140
Date Posted: 03/05/2012
Location: Smith Building
Job Family: Fellowships
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary

Located in Boston, MA, 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 tomorrows 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 fellow will:

I) Identify aptamers that bind to recombinant proteins isolated from T cells

II) Identify aptamers that are internalized by T cells without activating them

III) Confirm knockdown of T cell-specific genes in vivo