Scientist, Research Scientist

Overview

Department: 7H700:
Dept of Pharmacology & Nutritional Science

Job Title: Scientist I

Requisition Number: RE54439

Work Location: Lexington, KY

Grade Level: 44

Salary Range: $43,/year

Type Of Position: Staff

Position Time Status: Full-Time

• Required
  
  Education:
  
  MS
• Required Related
  
  Experience:
  
  No experience required.
• Required License/Registration/Certification: None
• Physical Requirements: Standing for long periods of time

• The Plattner lab studies the development and progression of cancer as well as how cancer develops resistance to current therapies.
• Work independently and publish 1st author publications while collaborating with other scientists, postdoctoral fellows and students in the laboratory.
• Contribute to projects examining how pediatric brain cancers develop resistance to targeted therapy (BRAF, MEK inhibitors); a project funded in July, 2026.
• Perform techniques including proliferation, survival, invasion, and apoptosis assays; kinase assays; ELISAs; qPCR; western blotting; cell culture; transfection; gene silencing; lentiviral infection; animal studies using xenograft, syngeneic, GEM, and PDOX models; immune monitoring;
  Next Gen sequencing; single-cell RNAseq, etc.

• Skills / Knowledge / Abilities: Experience with mouse models
• Preferred Education/
  
  Experience:
  
  PhD in chemistry or biology related field and two years experience preferred.
• Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?
  No

• Final date to receive applications: 06/16/2026
• for more information about equivalencies: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./equivalencies

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