Postdoctoral Scholar - Pediatrics

Postdoctoral Scholar

The Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, in Hershey, PA, is currently accepting applications for a postdoctoral scholar. The lab focuses on delineating the epigenetic pathways that regulate normal hematopoiesis and to further determine how regulatory networks are perturbed in leukemia. Our current research focuses are:
1) Investigating the underlying molecular mechanisms by which 3D genome topology controls the hematopoietic transcription program and lineage differentiation in normal and malignant hematopoiesis.
2) Delineating the role of long noncoding RNAs in regulating CTCF boundary function during hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis.
3) Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of hematopoietic stem cell function. We utilize a variety of approaches including biochemical, proteomic, genomic, genome editing, and mouse modeling to study these questions.

Here are representative recent publications from the lab (Luo et al., Blood, 2018, 132 (8): 837-848;
Luo et al., 2019, Cancer Cell, 36: 645-659;
Zeisig et al., Science Translational Medicine, 2021, 13 (482): eabc
4822;
Zhu et al., Nature Communications, 2021, 12 (1): 1956. Doi: 10.1038/s-2);
Li et al., 2020. NAR, 48(6): .

Candidates should have obtained a PhD or an MD/PhD degree in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, mouse genetics or a related field. The candidate should have evidence of prior productive scientific work in the form of publications in peer-reviewed journals.

This is a limited-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire.

Prior experience in the study of gene regulation, hematopoiesis, and/or use of mouse models is preferred. Interested candidates should upload their Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter describing their background and research interests in the application and additionally send to shuang
4.edu

Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.

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