A Postdoctoral Position is available to conduct NIH grant funded research in the molecular pathology, chemoprevention and therapeutic targeting of biliary cancer. Our laboratory is interested in identifying and exploiting aberrant receptor tyrosine kinase pathways, abnormally expressed homeobox genes, and signaling disorders common to the pathogenesis of biliary cancer in the human and in the furan rat model of cholangiocarcinogenesis. Novel in vitro and in vivo experimental models of cholangiocarcinoma developed in our laboratory, together with a large unique collection of human cholangiocarcinomas and related high risk conditions are available for this research which ultimately is aimed at establishing novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for a cancer of which there is presently no effective treatment. Candidates should be highly motivated and possess a PhD degree in molecular oncology, molecular carcinogenesis, cell and molecular biology, molecular toxicology or related fields to qualify.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.