3D Tumor Models Research Associate I
Job ID: req1644Employee Type: exempt full-timeFacility: Frederick: Ft DetrickLocation: PO Box B, Frederick, MD 21702 USA
The Frederick National Laboratory is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases. Our core values of accountability, compassion, collaboration, dedication, integrity, and versatility serve as a guidepost for how we do our work every day in serving the public’s interest.
Position Overview:
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. With more than 2,000 employees, the FNLCR is responsible for pursuing translational and applied biomedical research that is unique from academia, the pharmaceutical industry, or other federal contractors. The selected candidate will join the Molecular Pharmacology Branch’s (MPB) laboratory program, located at the NCI-Frederick campus, which is composed of four laboratories seeking to deliver new treatments for recalcitrant, rare, and neglected cancers through the discovery of novel targets and the evaluation of investigational therapeutics and new drug combinations using state-of-the-art approaches.
The selected candidate will work in the Organoid Models Laboratory which supports the Molecular Pharmacology Branch of the Developmental Therapeutics Program for the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD). Efforts will be concentrated in two main areas: (1) identifying and implementing conditions that increase the translational capacity of cancer organoid models to predict effective therapies in patient derived xenograft (PDX) models, DCTD-sponsored clinical trials, and precision medicine and (2) testing of mechanistic hypotheses on which DCTD-sponsored clinical trials and preclinical development can be built.
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Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) | Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V) | Drug Free Workplace (DFW)#readytowork
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