Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Colorado Anschutz
Department:
Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine

Job Title:

Postdoctoral Fellow
Position # - Requisition #41226

Job Summary:

This position reports directly to Dr. Austin Gillen and is responsible for developing, executing, and analyzing data from research projects investigating how post-transcriptional regulation, RNA processing, and cellular heterogeneity shape cancer cell states in myeloid malignancies (e.g., acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic neoplasms). The position is an opportunity for a bright, creative, and enthusiastic individual to advance their career by performing impactful, cutting‑edge biomedical research that integrates wet‑lab experimentation with computational and bioinformatic analysis.

Questions should be directed to:
Daniel Page - daniel.page

• Design and execute single‑cell genomic experiments (e.g., single-cell RNA sequencing and related single-cell/multi‑omic assays) on patient‑derived and model samples.
• Contribute to high‑throughput screening and profiling efforts, including analysis of large patient cohorts and/or functional assays, to identify mechanisms of disease progression and treatment resistance.
• Perform bioinformatic analysis of single‑cell and genomic datasets, including scripting and pipeline development in R and/or Python.
• Contribute to the development, testing, and maintenance of reproducible software tools and computational methods for single‑cell and genomic data analysis, in collaboration with the lab's methods‑development efforts.
• Develop and apply flow cytometry, molecular biology, and cell biology assays to generate and validate experimental findings.
• Design and implement projects relating to the laboratory’s overall research program.
• Analyze, interpret, and fully document experimental results.
• Collaborate with computational and clinical colleagues across the Division of Hematology and Department of Medicine on shared datasets and cross‑disciplinary projects.
• Prepare data and manuscripts for publication.
• Prepare grant proposals to obtain independent post‑doctoral funding.
• Actively participate in and present data at group meetings, journal clubs, and conferences.
• Work in conjunction with the PI and other lab staff to achieve programmatic goals, including student and staff mentorship.
• To fulfill job requirements, candidates must receive training and adhere to institutional standards of best practice in laboratory safety, biosafety, data security, and other areas as determined by the institution and/or PI.
• Other duties as assigned.

Onsite - this role is expected to work onsite and is located on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.

The Gillen Lab is based in the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Austin Gillen. The lab runs an integrated bench‑and‑computational research program studying how RNA processing and cellular heterogeneity shape cancer cell states, with a particular focus on myeloid malignancies. Fellows are trained across the full research pipeline - experimental design, data generation, computational analysis, visualization, and manuscript/grant preparation - within a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment spanning hematology, oncology, and computational biology across CU Anschutz.

The University of Colorado offers a comprehensive benefits package. To see what benefits are available for Post‑Doctoral Fellows, please visit:

• Payroll & Benefits Orientation for Post‑Doctoral Fellows | University of Colorado (cu.edu)
• Comprehensive Benefits Guide for Post‑Doctoral Fellows (cu.edu)